Time is a relative concept devised by man as a means to measure and understand his own experiences. Yet, as Cayce states in one reading, one minute experiencing the consciousness of God is more real and enduring than a thousand years of experience among the carnal–minded
With the creation of the earth and souls willfully projecting into it, we find two important statements made by Edgar Cayce.
The first is his affirmation that the earth was a separate creation from souls, and not intended as a habitation for them.
The earth and its manifestations were only the expression of God and not necessarily as a place of tenancy for the souls of men, until man was created—to meet the needs of existing conditions.
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Cayce’s other statement defines the real dwelling place—the universe!
For the universe was brought into being for the purpose of being the dwelling place of the souls of God’s children—of which birthright this entity is a part.
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“And Dry Land Appeared”
As the earth evolved, continents appeared and oceans formed. The Sons of God experienced each phase of development.
Two states of consciousnesses were being expressed: those who were “Sons of Darkness,” who were becoming more and more selfish and material-minded, and those who were still “Children of the Light,” who were experiencing the cycles of evolution through the Light and in harmony with God’s Patterns.
It is necessary here to follow out the activities of the Sons of Darkness, in order to establish our premise.
As these souls took on form and shape, great civilizations evolved over the continents. These beings possessed great mental and spiritual powers, and warfare–a reflection of the spiritual pattern—began between the two groups.
The readings admonish us not to confuse our flesh bodies of today with the bodies of Man in the very early history. They were soul-bodies then, Cayce states, “light” bodies which “were not so closely knit in matter.” (281-42)
Lecturing to his Bible students, Cayce described the condition thus:
“These beings were male and female in one; they were images (in spirit) of that God-spirit which moved and brought Light into being. Consequently, they also had the ability to push out of themselves, or to divide into various manifestations. They began to do this for their own selfish gratification, or for the propagation of their own selfishness, rather than for the glory of their Creator.
Unless we can get a glimpse of such a state existing in the earth, it will be impossible to understand the necessity, later, of God creating a perfect man, through which all souls might return to their original source.”
“And God Said, Let There Be Light” (Gen. 1:3)
A characteristic of Cayce’s interpretations is that all phases of Scripture are related to states of consciousness which are directly experiential. Thus, “Let there be Light” can be experienced through an awakening to the perfection of the godhead within. The verse also relates to “First consciousness,” and the creation of souls.
For in the beginning, God said, “Let there be light.” You are one of those sparks of light, with all the ability of Creation, with all the knowledge of God.
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When Jesus spoke of himself as “The Light” it was in reference to this Light of Genesis.
Begin and read Genesis 1:3, and see that is to thee Light, the light of men, even that One who is the Christ-Consciousness.
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This verse was of central importance to Edgar Cayce. One of his Bible class students recalls his stating that the rest of Scripture was an attempt to explain, “And God said, Let there be Light.”
Apparently the First Consciousness of souls not only partook of the awareness of “The Lord thy God is One,” but also “love of neighbor as self”:
The spirit moved—or soul moved—and there was Light (Mind). The Light became the light of man—Mind made aware of conscious existence in spiritual aspects or relationships as one to another.
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The Divine Image
In Genesis 1:27 it is written, “God created man in His own image.” God is Spirit, and therefore the image is spiritual. According to Edgar Cayce, the Divine Image is the soul of man, the Mind and Spirit those aspects of Man which are god-like, individual, and eternal.
For the image in which man was created is spiritual, as He thy Maker is spiritual.
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For the soul was made in the image of the Creator, to be a companion with that influence which is constructive, which is creative.
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For as each soul—not the body but the soul—is the image of the Maker, so with the awareness of the soul-consciousness there may come the awakening to the realization of the soul’s relationship with that universal consciousness, as is promised in Him.
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. . . the soul remains ever as one. For it is in the image of the Creator and has its birthright in Him.
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This describes the state of man “In The Beginning.”
Man in his former state, or natural state, or permanent consciousness is soul. Hence in the beginning all were souls of that creation, with the body as of the Creator—of the spirit forces that make manifest in using same in the various phases or experiences of consciousness for the activity.
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These two extracts indicate the nature of these pre–Adamic creations:
Some brought about monstrosities, as those of its [that entity’s] association by its projection with its association with beasts of various characters. Hence those of the Styx, satyr, and the like; those of the sea, or mermaid; those of the unicorn, and those of the various forms—these projections of what? The abilities of the psychic forces (psychic meaning, then, of the mental and the soul) . . .
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. . . there . . . were those who were physically entangled in the animal kingdom with [the] appendages, with cloven hooves, with four legs, with portions of trees, with tails, with scales, with those various things that thought forms (or evil) had so indulged in as to separate the purpose of God’s creation of man as man—not as animal . . .
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The Pre-Adamic World
Although the mating of the Sons of God with the Daughters of Men is considered a post-Adamic experience, Cayce used this verse many times to describe events