From the readings’ perspective, virtually any health condition affects the normal vibration and functioning. Measures that were frequently recommended to help the body return to health and proper vibration often included the following: improved eliminations, exercise (especially gentle stretching exercises), massage, diet, chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and more. Even when surgery, medicine, and other allopathic treatments were utilized in a patient’s care, Edgar Cayce often commented on the fact that these measures either carried a helpful vibration themselves or would somehow positively influence the vibrations of the affected area. For example, on one occasion, hormone injections were recommend for a woman who had been unable to conceive and was diagnosed with sterility. Cayce stated that those injections would help stimulate the proper vibration within her body so that within four to six months, that vibration would create the necessary conditions for conception to take place. (3980-1)
A forty-seven-year-old male who had received surgery in order to remove a large, rectal polyp, described as being the size of a “small pear,” obtained a follow-up reading to discern his prognosis for a complete recovery. Since the surgery occurred in 1940, a large incision had been made through the abdominal wall, and it was not healing properly. The man’s secretary was worried about him and wrote Mr. Cayce her own thoughts as a cover letter to her boss’s request for assistance. She described her concerns:
I saw him yesterday and he has a hole in the middle of his abdomen that you could stick your whole fist into. And, I would feel much better if a few more days were past and I could feel sure that [he] is out of the woods. Frankly, although everyone is very optimistic I am very much worried about him, although I have not said that to him. So far, they have sewed him up four times and the stitches have not held. It seems to me there must be something more wrong there than the doctors are telling and I know you can find out what is really wrong and tell them how to correct it. And, you are the only one who can do this for him.
257-222 Background
When the reading was given, Cayce stated that the internal healing was occurring much more rapidly than the external area of the incision appeared to be healing. The reading suggested that the medicines and antiseptic prescribed by the physician were helpful and should be continued. Part of the man’s problem was traceable to the anesthesia slowing down the proper functioning of the nervous system; however, according to the reading, the essential cause was that the normal functioning of vibrations had been disturbed, making it impossible for the incision to heal properly. When asked why the wound had not healed and had begun to seep even eight days after the operation, Cayce replied, “The lack of the vibrations being such as to cause the coagulations.” In terms of whether or not the problem would be eliminated, the response came, “This may be entirely eliminated, as there is created better vibratory forces through the system.”
Treatments included a change in diet, vitamins, a continuation of the medication prescribed by the physician, relaxation, the use of one of the Cayce-prescribed electrical appliances, and the suggestion to refrain from spending too much time on his feet. The man was advised that he was exerting himself too much, both physically and mentally.
One month later, the businessman was apparently healed and feeling well enough to return to his normal schedule, as he wrote Mr. Cayce from Chicago while on a business trip: “I arrived on Sunday, I feel fine, except I get tired and sleepy and a little backache occasionally . . . God is good and just. His greatest blessing to me was the friendship he gave to you and me, and I hope we shall continue to enjoy His blessings together.”
A reading that specifically discussed how vibrations might be used to facilitate healing is the case of a forty-four-year-old woman with fibroid breast tumors. Edgar Cayce told her that by beginning a course of treatment immediately and by changing the vibration within her body, it would be possible to completely eradicate the tumors without surgery: “. . . as we find, if the vibrations are raised sufficiently these [tumors] may be dissipated, and–with the body kept in a constructive way and manner–eliminated entirely from the system.” (683-3)
Her recommended course of treatment included physiotherapy, massage, the use of one of the electrical appliances, and a change in diet. For several days she was encouraged to eat nothing but concord grapes as a means of helping to eliminate toxins from her system. Afterward, she was encouraged to refrain from eating red meat and instead to follow a diet consisting of fish or fowl but principally vegetables and nuts. When she asked if breast surgery would be necessary, Cayce replied that as long as the recommendations were followed, no surgery would be required; however, without following the recommendations, in all likelihood it would become a necessity.
Demonstrating how some of the health recommendations in the readings continue to be helpful long after Cayce’s death, forty years later a woman read about this case and used some of the recommended treatments as her own. She also incorporated the use of castor oil packs– flannel cloth saturated with castor oil–as the readings recommended these packs as a means of helping the body’s vibratory forces and enabling the elimination processes to absorb tumors. She reported her experience:
The story [of the forty-four-year-old woman with fibroid breast tumors] was very significant for me because I had an experience similar to that woman. I too had discovered a lump in my breast and was told to see a surgeon as soon as possible. My doctor told me he thought it was a cyst and not a tumor but in any event should be removed.
I had read where Castor Oil Packs on external cysts, warts and moles were beneficial but I hadn’t read where it was recommended for the breast. Well I applied the packs faithfully for about a week. I even fell asleep once with a pack on! Almost immediately the size of the lump decreased.
During this time I meditated daily. I say this only because I often miss a day or two and I know meditation has a healing effect on the body.
During the next month I continued the packs but only once every two days.
It is now two months later since finding the lump and it has disappeared. I returned to my doctor and after examining me found everything normal. He asked if I saw the surgeon and I replied, “no” . . . Whatever–the lump is gone and I feel the Castor Oil had a lot to do with it.
683-3 Reports
Other situations from the Cayce files that explore the topic of vibrations and healing include the following.
During a reading given to parents of a thirteen-year-old girl who suffered from cramps and menstrual irregularities resulting from a kidney infection, there was the confirmation given that each individual possesses a unique vibration. The parents were told that the medicines that had been recommended by the reading would work in concert with their daughter’s specific vibration: “There is a vibratory rate of each individual entity. All properties given as medicinal or active influences upon the circulation or the glandular system respond to those vibrations.” (2084-10)
A sixty-five-year-old woman was told that she possessed an innate talent with spiritual and magnetic healing and could, in fact, use that talent to help individuals heal with the vibrations from her hands. (5277-1)
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