This reading came from the highest of sources, the universal forces. It was transmitted to Cayce’s subconscious mind by an archangel. Archangel Halaliel acted as a messenger of predictive truth, by using his ability to interpret the universal forces.

All of the evaluative criteria that could be applied from Table 1 to determine the truthfulness and reliability of a Cayce reading gave satisfactory results. Reading 3976-15, therefore, may be held up as the pre-eminent pole-shift and Earth-changes reading. It will serve as the standard against which all others will be measured.

This reading was given for a 66-year-old Protestant widow and writer. We have written previously about her, using the pseudonym, “Mrs. Whitsell.” Present at the reading in addition to Mrs. 1152 were Gertrude Cayce, the conductor, and Gladys Davis, the stenographer. The reading was given in Mr. Cayce’s office. Mrs. Cayce’s suggestion indicates the sincerity of the requester, Mrs. 1152.

GC: You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of [1152], present in this room, who seeks information, advice and guidance as to her health, her life and work. Feeling that a new life of service to humanity is calling her, you will please give the entity definite information as to just what this work is, and where she should live in order to best carry out this work. The entity submits herself to these sources for guidance, being perfectly willing to give up all personal belongings and to follow in the way that HE leads. You will give the entity that needed in order to be in the right place and at her right work. Then you will answer the questions she submits, as I ask them:

How high is the source of this reading? My estimate is that it could be as high as sources 1 or 2 in Table 2. It is true, however, that the reading does not mention pole shift, as does 3976-15. But this may be because pole shift was not a subject with which Mrs. 1152 was familiar. Or perhaps she was simply disposed to Earth changes, rather than pole shift.

What about the physical, mental, and spiritual condition of Cayce when giving the reading? From correspondence with Mrs. 1152, Cayce certainly knew of the fact that his reading, 1152-1, had said that she had been “a daughter of the Inn Keeper, that stood by - and was the second of those that took the Babe into their arms.” The strongly Christian nature of that reading would have from the first inclined Cayce’s conscious mind favorably to 1152’s own conscious mind, full of thoughts of the Christ Consciousness as her’s was.

The conductor of the reading was most acceptable. The ability of Mrs. 1152’s mind to understand the level of the information sought was quite adequate. And Mrs. 1152’s sincerity of purpose and desire was strong. All of the remaining criteria used to judge the readings showed or implied that Cayce was not hindered to any degree in giving the reading.

This reading ranks a close second to 3976-15 in truthfulness and reliability for predicting potential Earth changes. And like 3976-15, which correctly predicted the rise and fall of Hitler, the paragraph above in 1152-11 [see the words in green] correctly predicted the time of the end of WWII and establishment of the United Nations in 1944 and 1945.

(Q) What great change or the beginning of what change, if any is to take place in the Earth in the year 2,000 to 2,001 A.D.?

(A) When there is a shifting of the poles. Or a new cycle begins.

This fragment is found in a reading that was given for a 35-year-old, male Protestant lawyer. He had requested a check reading on his mental and material welfare and he had submitted questions in advance. Mr. 826 was in Washington D.C. at the time of the reading. Present with Mr. Cayce in his office in Virginia Beach were Gertrude Cayce (conductor), Gladys Davis (stenographer, Hugh Lynn Cayce (HLC), and L. B. Cayce.

Gertrude Cayce began with this suggestion: “You will consider this entity's mental and spiritual developments and their expression in the present life. You will answer the questions which he has presented regarding his activities.” 

EC: Yes, we have had the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces that are manifested and latent in the personalities of the present entity.

Ready for questions.

We then find three questions, and answers, on the times of 826’s physical and soul births, two questions on whether or not he should change jobs, one question on how to obtain copies of books he was interested in, and two questions on the evolution of souls. The next question asked is the same as that found above, at the beginning of this section. All in all, we have a person who seemed to be trying to satisfy threads of curiosity roaming through his mind. He seemed not the type to take an approach to truth seeking such as, say, that displayed by Mrs. 1152.

Then, after several more questions, now on his previous incarnations and whether or not he had incarnated on planets of the solar system, Mr. 826 asked for further suggestions from the primary source of the reading’s information. Here’s the final Q&A of the reading.

(Q) Do you have any further suggestions?

(A) Look within self rather than without. For what has been the command to those that came into the earth? "Be fruitful, multiply, SUBDUE the earth." For these have been given thee as signs, as seasons, as those that make known into the heart of man, in the study of these, the GLORY that the Father hath prepared for man. To imply that they rule the earth is to imply (or its teachers of same, is to imply) that they were set in motion and then have been forgotten!

Is that thy experience? Then you are in a bad shape!

In trying to get an idea of the possible source of the reading fragment on a shifting of the poles in 2,000 to 2001, I reviewed all of Mr. 826’s previous readings. It seems that he had been a cousin and right-hand man of Uhjltd (a previous incarnation of Edgar Cayce) in Arabia. (826-4) In 826-5, he was told to write a book on “Wheat.” He was never told to write a book on pole shift. Where 826 got the idea to ask his question on the change, if any, to take place in the Earth in 2000 to 2001 A.D. is unknown, at least from his correspondence on file and from his previous readings.

The real question, of course, is from what source did the answer come? The readings for 826 give no clues. It is possible that Mr. 826 already had read something about “end times” prophecies, including a pole shift, for the turn of the century. Or perhaps he was aware of the prediction of the shifting of the poles given in reading 3976-15 some 31 months earlier. If so, this would lead us to believe that the source of the answer was his own self (source no. 12 in Table 2). Or perhaps the answer came from the subconscious mind of one of those present for the reading (source no. 7, Table 2). Recall that HLC had conducted reading 3976-15, and that HLC was also present for reading 826-8. In any event, the source seems not to have been anywhere near as high as that inferred for readings 3976-15 or 1152-11.

Owing to a lack of information, I think that there are only two other evaluative factors (see Table 1) that one can use to assess this reading fragment. One involves the sincerity or desire of the requester. (See no. 6, Table 1). Just how sincere, or desirous of an accurate answer, was Mr. 826 in asking what might easily be considered to be a flippant question? And was Cayce himself “bothered” by Mr. 826 asking such an irrelevant question (see no. 7, Table 1)? If so, we have grounds for concluding that the answer to Mr. 826’s question may have contained “wavered,” or “shaded” information, as explained in Part 1.

The truthfulness and reliability of this pole-shift reading fragment is questionable. It is not so much an answer to a prediction that was sought, as it is a very short answer to an unwarranted question. The question might well have disturbed Cayce to a degree because it was irrelevant both to the content of reading 826-8 and to all previous readings given for Mr. 826. Furthermore, there is a high probability that the source of the answer was considerably lower than that of readings 3976-15 and 1152-11.

Thus, the answer, “when there is a shifting of the poles,” is considered to be an example of the “wavering” or “deflection” of truth, as accessed by Cayce from his subconscious forces during a reading. I could be wrong, because there seems to be some evidence that the shifting of Earth’s poles may have begun in 2000-2001. Only time will tell.

Note also that the answer was cryptic and not at all in depth. Again, this may have been due to a wavering of the answer as it was transmitted from Cayce’s subconscious to his conscious mind, effectively preventing a useful amplification.

This reading was given for a 50-year-old male, a Protestant and an accountant. Present at the reading were Gertrude Cayce (conductor), Gladys Davis (stenographer), Estella Smith, Jack Tobin, Jr., and Hugh Lynn Cayce.

The requester, Mr. 270, was in San Francisco, Calif.

The suggestion for this reading asked Cayce to address the body and enquiring mind of 270. Written questions were available for asking. After answering 18 questions about 270’s physical problems, business considerations, political matters, mining situations, and real estate deals, the final question of the reading was offered to sleeping Cayce, as follows:

(Q) What is the primary cause of earthquakes? Will San Francisco suffer from such a catastrophe this year? If so, give date, time and information for the guidance of this body, who has personal property, records and a wife, all of which it wishes safety.

(A) We do not find that this particular district (San Francisco) in the present year will suffer the great MATERIAL damages that HAVE been experienced heretofore. While portions of the country will be affected, we find these will be farther EAST than San Francisco - or those SOUTH, where there has NOT been heretofore the greater activity.

The causes of these, of course, are the movements about the Earth; that is, internally - and the cosmic activity or influence of other planetary forces and stars and their relationships produce or bring about the activities of the elementals of the earth; that is, the Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water - and those combinations make for the replacements in the various activities.

This last portion of the reading then concludes with the fragment given at the top of this section.

Note that the predictions in the first paragraph of the answer just above proved to be accurate, as documented in my book, Coming Earth Changes (1996, A.R.E. Press, Virginia Beach, VA, p. 66). This suggests that the information for the entire reading fragment of interest is from a source high enough to make credible predictions. This source might even have been as high as the universal, or cosmic consciousness source. I would not think of it as being lower than the archangel source level (see Table 2).

In trying to apply evaluative factors 2-10 from Table 1 to the relevant fragment of reading 270-35, I could find no reason to suspect any wavering or shading of the information being transmitted from Cayce’s subconscious to his conscious mind.

The predictions of Earth changes given in the reading fragment under analysis seem to be reliable and without any components of wavered truth.

This reading fragment is believed to have true predictive capability.

For, these [records] were to be kept as had been given by the priests in Atlantis or Poseidia (Temple), when these records of the race, of the developments, of the laws pertaining to One were put in their chambers and to be opened only when there was the returning of those into materiality, or to the Earth’s experience, when the change was imminent in the Earth; which change, we see, begins in ’58 and ends with the changes wrought in the upheavals and shifting of the poles, as begins then the reign in ’98 (as time is counted in the present) of those influences that have been given by many in the records that have been kept by those sojourners in this land of the Semitic peoples.

 

This reading was given for a 56-year-old male Protestant executive. It was given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Zentgraf, 400 St. Paul's Ave., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York.

The suggestion given to Cayce to begin the reading is recorded as follows: “Soul-mind, who seeks further information on his Egyptian incarnation as Hept-supht and its influence in the present; especially in reference to the incident and ceremony at the completion of the pyramid. Questions.” 

EC: Yes, we have those experiences of the soul-entity, the activities in the material, [378] - Hept-supht, in Egypt.

Much might be given respecting the activities of the entity who sealed with the seal of the Alta and Atlanteans, and the aid given in the completion of the pyramid of initiation as well as in the records that are to be uncovered.

This is a fascinating reading and it seems certain that it was sourced almost entirely from the Akashic records. The one small part of the reading that seems not to have been sourced from the Akashic records is found in the words at the beginning of this section. The words below, in bold font, indicate that the remainder of the sentence constitutes a prediction:

“….which change, we see, begins in ’58 and ends with the changes wrought in the upheavals and shifting of the poles, as begins then the reign in ’98….”

Because this prediction is consistent with those of 3976-15, a reading that we already have decided was sourced from the highest levels, we may assume that this part of 378-16 was sourced from that level as well.

Due to a lack of information to the contrary, I will assume that all of the evaluative criteria listed in Table 1 were favorable with respect to Cayce’s reception and transmission of un-wavered and un-deflected, truthful information.

This reading fragment’s pole-shift and Earth-changes predictions are believed to reflect essentially un-wavered truth and can be assumed to be accurate, within the overall context of the Cayce readings.

And Poseidia will be among the first portions of Atlantis to rise again. Expect it in sixty-eight and sixty-nine ('68 and '69); not so far away!

This reading was given for a 31-year-old divorced, female secretary, of the Protestant faith. The reading was given at Cayce’s home in Virginia Beach in accordance with a request made by the Miss 958. It had been 11 years since her previous two readings for physical problems. Present for the reading were Gertrude Cayce (conductor), Gladys Davis (stenographer), and Mrs. [1100] and Mr. [470]. The requester (958) was in Texas during her reading.

GC’s suggestion was as follows: “You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the Earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them.”

EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '34 - not so well - " etc., on back to birth date.)

Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [958].

In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these are chosen from same with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling it to realize the purposes for which it entered this present plane.

For, the entity is one of those from the Atlantean activities; and thus, in a manner, will be one that will either advance through the hardships and disappointments which have arisen, and may arise, or that will allow such to become the stumbling stones for the bringing of disturbances to make the entity dissatisfied; and thus losing the opportunities that are given each soul.

The prediction that Poseidia would rise again in 1968 and 1969 did not come about, at least in terms of its rising above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. It may, however, have begun to rise in those years, as intimated in reading 2012-1 given in September of 1939 nine months prior to 958-3. Reading 2012-1 states that there were records of activities of individuals on Atlantis that were preserved in “…the Atlantean land, that sank, [and which] will rise and is rising again…”

Thus, a possible interpretation of these two readings is that the part of Atlantis that contains certain pre-historical records was rising in 1939 and, as of 1968 or 1969, Poseidia was also beginning to rise. We need to consider also that perhaps the truth of this extract from 958-3 was somehow wavered or deflected in some way to yield erroneous dates. A factor that enters into judging the accuracy of psychic information is that sometimes the event is foreseen but the time remains uncertain.

When Cayce was asked when we can expect the Earth changes, his source sometimes said, in effect, only God knows, as in the following reading.

(Q) Regarding the general world conditions, is it likely that changes in the Earth's surface in the Mediterranean area will stop Italy's campaign against Ethiopia?

(A) Not at THIS particular period. This may EVENTUALLY

be a portion of the experience, but not just yet.

(Q) When is this likely to occur?

(A) As to times and places and seasons, as it has indeed been indicated in the greater relationships that have been established by the prophets and sages of old - and especially as given by Him, “As to the day and the hour, who knoweth? No one, save the Creative Forces [God].”

416-7; October 7, 1935

Almost nothing specific is available relative to the fragment of 958-3 that we are analyzing. Because 958-3 is essentially a Life Reading, however, we can assume that the source for nearly all of the reading is the Akashic records (see no. 8, Table 2). It is thus both unexpected and strange that another (?) source would suddenly break into the overall train of thought of a Life Reading to proclaim, “And Poseidia will rise again in ’68 and ’69; not so far away!”

This proclamation sounds like an answer to an unspoken question, perhaps one originating in the minds of either the man [Mr. 470] or the woman [Mrs. 1100] present during the reading. Each of these individuals had been given Life Readings that indicated that they had been closely associated with and “marked” by Ra-Ta the high priest [Cayce in an earlier incarnation] in the Egyptian period. No explanation is given for their sitting in on the reading for Miss 958-3, off somewhere in Texas.

This Life Reading was undoubtedly sourced from the Akashic records. The reading fragment of interest seems wholly out of place, however, and may have been an answer to a question originating in the mind of one of the individuals sitting in on the reading, or in the mind of the conductor or recorder of the reading. This surmise suggests that there was a wavering of the truth behind the dates given for the rising of Poseidia. The true dates might well have been deflected if Cayce had been bothered by the irrelevant question that may have emanated from a mind other than the requester’s (Miss 958’s).

Finally, reading 416-7 indicates that dates given for coming Earth changes must always be conditional, because only the Creative Forces of the Universe know exactly when they will occur.

This reading was given for a 29-year-old male commercial agent for a railroad company. He was a Protestant and Rosicrucian.

This reading was given at Cayce’s office in Virginia Beach. Present for the reading were Gertrude Cayce (conductor), Gladys Davis (stenographer), Mr. [311], and Hugh Lynn Cayce.

GC: “You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of [311], present in this room, regarding information which has been given through these sources, and his material and mental affairs. You will answer the questions which he will ask regarding these, as I ask them.”

What is the source for the Earth changes information found in 311-8? As one reads through 311’s earlier readings he becomes certain that the issue of Demetrius lurking in the background must be faced squarely. For as reading 311-3  indicates, the requester might be depending a bit too much on the spirit form known as Demetrius for information.

(Q) When [Edgar Cayce is] giving a reading, do the thoughts come from your [his] subliminal self, from a discarnate entity or entities or from what source is the information derived?

(A) That [is] dependent upon the individual SEEKING the information, and may be by the desire of the individual made to APPEAR or be from either or ANY of the sources; that is, as is seen in this particular instance, or case [311-3], the channel here is a manner or means of the source as of the universal, or of that phase or portion of students IN the universal plane, as it may ALSO be of any COSMIC force, or an individual disincarnate force CAPABLE of ATTUNING to those channels - or that ATTUNEMENT which ALLOWS an intercourse of expressions with the desire of one seeking same - see? As may be given here, there have been those interests of this individual entity in the study of various forms of OCCULT or MYSTIC influences. An influence of the study of any particular system creates a SPIRIT of that force, partaking of all that would add TO that particular interest - as may be termed the "Spirit of America", that which includes all that is disincarnate or incarnate that is to the upbuilding, to the development OF that force itself in SPIRIT form, and MAY be had by one seeking same, as a whole or any portion thereof. Or, as in the study of those that the body mental itself has studied. Now, there may be obtained such as is the spirit of Buddha, or Buddhism in its CRYSTALLIZED form, or as it touches upon any of the various characterizations that have incarnated into the earth's plane, or any in the Zoroastrian - which the entity or body has made a study of rather close in some form. THESE may be had from individual or from that as a WHOLE itself - see? This is deep, yes - but this IS the FORMATION in which one in THIS position, as THIS body, MAY understand. Few would!

So then, was Demetrius giving the Earth changes information found in the extract at the beginning of this section? Or was it given from the universal plane, or from “students IN the universal plane?”

I think one might reason that because Earth changes information was a relatively new topic to Mr. 311, he might not have considered relying on Demetrius for an answer. Indeed, it is only after the first three paragraphs of this reading-paragraphs that sound like the universal source speaking -- that Demetrius breaks in for one paragraph’s worth of advice to Mr. 311. Right after this interjection we find, “Ready for questions.” And the answers given to all of the questions after this point in the reading strike one as having been sourced from the universal plane of consciousness (see no. 1, Table 2). This seems especially true if one considers the last Q&A in the fragment at the beginning of this section. Here we find an awareness on the part of the source of the information that comports well with the ongoing theme of 3976-15 - sourced from the universal plane. The similarity in themes between 3976-15 and 311-8 is that the Earth changes would not be happening soon after 1932 (the date of reading 311-8) but would only begin in 1958-1998.

There is a lack of information on any of the other criteria (Table 1) that might be used to evaluate this reading fragment’s veracity and predictive capability.

Seven psychic readings given by Edgar Cayce predicted Earth changes and/or pole shift, especially for the post-1998 period. Analysis of the predictive capability of each reading was based on two sorts of information, as obtained from various other readings given by Cayce throughout his period of work.

The first type of information used to evaluate the truthfulness of information obtained in a predictive reading, was concerned with the level from which the information was obtained. The level of the source of the information was the fundamental determinant of the quality of the psychic predictions. The highest level, for example, was the universal or cosmic-consciousness source (or level) of predictive information. Some twelve possible sources of Cayce’s psychic information are identified and ranked - somewhat subjectively to be sure -- according to their presumed level of truth.

The second type of information used to evaluate the veracity, comprehensiveness, and predictive capability of each reading had to do with factors that could have “shaded,” “deflected,” or otherwise compromised the truth being transmitted from Cayce’s subconscious to his conscious mind during the process of giving a reading. An example of a compromising factor would be the physical, mental, or spiritual condition of Cayce when giving a reading. Some ten factors, or evaluative criteria, were identified and applied, where possible, in the analysis of the predictive capability of each of the seven readings.

Here are the results of my work.

3967-15 (Pole shift and Earth changes)

1152-11 (Earth changes)

270-35 (Earth changes)

378-16 (Pole shift and Earth changes)

311-8 (Earth changes)

826-8 (Pole shift)

958-3 (An Earth change)