Edgar Cayce on Mastering Your Spiritual Growth. Kevin J Todeschi

artistic talent was traced to an incarnation that had coincided with the period when the early Christians were being persecuted for their beliefs. At the time, she had apparently been both the companion and student to one of the most popular artists of the day. The Christian persecutions had troubled her, and she had spent many hours in personal introspection and contemplation trying to understand what prompted individuals to die for their beliefs. That prompting eventually led Angela to investigate spiritual truths for herself.

      The beginnings of her spiritual longing were traced to an earlier incarnation in Greece, when she had forsaken the beliefs of her upbringing and had instead pursued religious principles that would eventually form the basis for the Zoroastrian religion. That incarnation had enabled her to learn that worldly goods are only important if they lead an individual to the attainment of spiritual truths. Although that lifetime had brought her material hardships because of giving up her heritage, it had provided her with a spiritual understanding and development that remained with her even in the present.

      Angela was advised that she possessed the ability to relate life’s experiences through her art. Somehow, people could have an inner awakening about their own life experiences simply by beholding her work. In terms of where she was supposed to turn her artistic expression, she was encouraged to create works that would “bring happiness to others, with a joy of life and its experience . . . something of joy, something of hope . . . ” (431-1) By so doing, she would bring greater joy, peace, and harmony into her own life.