| THE THRONE, TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS, SEVEN | | | | influence over our actions, thoughts, and desires. These |
| SPIRITS, LAKE OF GLASS, AND FOUR BEASTS | | | | must be and are destroyed. The mountain is "the |
| A New Condition throughout the Body | | | | mount," the sixth chakra that has direct connection to |
| Now that the Spirit has addressed and awakened all | | | | this second chakra. It sends its message crashing into |
| seven centers within the body to the spiritualization | | | | the emotions and subliminal urges of this center to |
| process, it takes the body to a new level of vibration. | | | | subdue its lower influences and allow for more of its |
| Now a throne is in the midst of heaven, and the higher, | | | | higher purposes to awaken. |
| spiritual self is seated upon this throne. Around the | | | | OPENING THE THIRD SEAL & SOUNDING THE |
| higher self and the throne are the twenty-four elders, | | | | THIRD TRUMPET |
| which Cayce identifies as the twelve paired (24) | | | | The Black Horse - Famine - A Great Star Falls From |
| cranial nerves within the brain. Energy is being emitted | | | | Heaven |
| from the brain ("flashes of lightning and sounds and | | | | When the third seal is opened, out comes a horseman |
| peals of thunder"), and the seven chakras and glands | | | | with a pair of scales in his hand, riding a black horse. |
| are turned toward the throne ("seven lamps of fire | | | | His mission is to measure out limited portions to the |
| burning"), which are the seven spirits of God in the | | | | earth, allowing more room for spiritual influences. But he |
| midst of the throne. Before the throne are the four | | | | is instructed not to harm the oil and the wine, symbolic |
| beasts we first saw in Ezekiel's vision, then in Daniel's | | | | of those things that are only gained through |
| vision, and now here again in John's vision. We find | | | | experiences that squeeze the deeper essences out |
| these same beasts represented in ancient Egyptian | | | | of life and grow wiser with age. |
| mysticism as the four children of Horus. Horus was the | | | | These are the outer things that are related to this |
| messiah of the ancient Egyptians, rescuing the world | | | | center: (1) the color yellow, (2) the note mi, (3) the word |
| from his uncle Set's domination (Set is ancient Egypt's | | | | debts or trespasses in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet |
| Satan). The four children of Horus are wrapped like | | | | Mars, (5) the element fire, and of course, (6) the church |
| mummies on a lotus, subdued and intoxicated with the | | | | of Pergamos, (7) the adrenals and solar plexus, and (8) |
| fragrance of the great flower. They stand before the | | | | the beast like a lion. In Cayce's cosmology, the |
| throne-seated Osiris, Horus' father and guardian of the | | | | influence of Mars is to accentuate temper, madness, |
| way through the Netherworld. | | | | and contention, also associated with the adrenaline that |
| According to Cayce, these beasts are "the four | | | | flows into the bloodstream from this center (correlated |
| destructive influences that make the greater desire for | | | | with the adrenal glands). |
| the carnal forces, that arise as the beasts within self | | | | When the trumpet sounding occurs for this center, a |
| to destroy." We have learned what these destructive | | | | great star from heaven falls to the earth, which Cayce |
| influences are from the Spirit's comments to the first | | | | says is heavenly influences (the star) coming into the |
| four churches: (1) leaving our first love; (2) fear; (3) | | | | body (the earth). A third of the waters of the earth |
| anger, impulsive reactions, and spirit-killing urges; and (4) | | | | become bitter, and many men die from drinking it. |
| living life without spiritual purposes and ideals. All of | | | | Again, this is a symbolic way of saying that the earthly |
| these destructive influences are personified in Cain. | | | | influences are becoming less desirable, less tasty, |
| Though he first sought God's love, he later didn't desire | | | | causing earthly influences to be subdued and heavenly |
| it. He killed his brother impulsively in anger and | | | | ones to be magnified. Waters again symbolize |
| spitefulness, only to then become so afraid that he | | | | emotions and unseen influences that are below the |
| could not go on without God's promise of protection. | | | | surface of consciousness. All must be subdued in |
| Finally, he goes out to live life for himself and his own | | | | order for the spiritualization to take hold and grow. |
| gratification, without any spiritual interests or intentions. | | | | OPENING THE FOURTH SEAL & SOUNDING |
| Satan claims that Job is the same way, having no | | | | THE FOURTH TRUMPET |
| interest in God and the Spirit, and would curse God to | | | | The Pale Horse - Death & Hades - The Heavens |
| His face if He touched Job's material, physical life, and | | | | are Darkened |
| being. Cayce says that these destructive influences | | | | When the fourth seal is opened, out comes a |
| must be met; as God says to Cain, "Sin is couching at | | | | horseman named "Death," and "Hades" is following him. |
| the door, its desire is for you, but you must master it." | | | | Death rides a pale or ashen horse. His mission is to kill |
| As the Revelation continues, the four lower glands are | | | | a fourth of the earth with sword, famine, pestilence, |
| raised to higher vibrations, turning away from material, | | | | and wild beasts, making more room for spiritual |
| earthly pursuits and contributing to the spiritualization of | | | | influences. |
| the body ("the four beasts gave glory and honor and | | | | These are the outer things that are related to this |
| thanks to him who sits on the throne"). When they do | | | | center: (1) the color green, (2) the note fa, (3) the word |
| this, it affects the cranial nerves ("the twenty-four | | | | evil in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet Venus, (5) the |
| elders will fall down before him who sits on the | | | | element air, and of course, (6) the church of Thyatira, |
| throne"), and they in turn begin to contribute to the | | | | (7) the thymus, and (8) the beast like an eagle. In |
| spiritualization of the body ("cast their crowns to him | | | | Cayce's cosmology, the influence of Venus leads one |
| who sits on the throne"). Then the spiritual self is able | | | | to be loving, considerate, even-tempered and |
| to open the seals on each of the spiritual chakras of | | | | interested in art, music, and beauty, all benevolent |
| the body. Cayce states that the book with the seven | | | | features of the heart chakra. |
| seals is the human body. The only part of us that is | | | | When the fourth trumpet is sounded, a third of the sun, |
| truly worthy to do this is that part that has crucified | | | | moon, and stars are smitten so that their light will be |
| self-centered desire sufficiently to allow God's will to | | | | darkened. As mentioned earlier, Cayce says that this is |
| fully enter. This one is identified in the Revelation as | | | | to make room for the light of the Son, awakening the |
| "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root and offspring | | | | body to the true, eternal, inner light that God will bring |
| of David," all terms associated with the Messiah, only | | | | with Him. |
| this is the little messiah within each of us; our spiritual | | | | The Son symbolizes our heritage with our Creator. As |
| self reborn, created by God and sent to redeem our | | | | Psalm 82 teaches, "You are gods, sons and daughters |
| physical selves. This self has made its will so | | | | of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, you shall die |
| subordinate to God's that it is represented as a lamb. It | | | | like men and women, and fall like any prince or |
| is in the spirit of the Lamb of God that we may safely | | | | princess." Our human self must die to its interests and |
| open the seals of the spiritual centers of our bodies. | | | | desires in order for the godly self to arise from its |
| THE SEVEN SEALS & THE SEVEN | | | | slumber and regain its place by the side of our Creator, |
| TRUMPETS | | | | the Most High. |
| Cleansing & Uniting the Seven Centers | | | | After this sounding an eagle is seen flying in |
| Now that the seven spiritual centers are awakened, | | | | midheaven, saying, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who |
| the higher self and the life-force are raised and again | | | | dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of |
| seated upon the throne. The lower urges are turned | | | | the trumpet of the three angels who are about to |
| away from their interests and the cranial nerves are | | | | sound!" Cayce identified these four lower centers with |
| firing with spiritual influences. We begin a series of | | | | the earthly portion of our nature, and the next three |
| cleansings through the seven bodily centers. Prompted | | | | higher centers with the heavenly portion. Therefore, it is |
| by John's vision of the four colored horses, Cayce | | | | not surprising that "those who dwell on the earth" are |
| picks up on the colors for each center and proceeds | | | | going to have great woe when the heavenly influence |
| to add musical notes, key words from the Lord's | | | | comes into full glory throughout the body. The body will |
| prayer, the four elements, the endocrine glands, and | | | | lose much of its earthly urges and desires, leaving |
| even planets within our solar system! There is so | | | | those who have feasted on these and developed |
| much information that the original group working directly | | | | appetites for them to suffer the next three woes. |
| with Edgar Cayce created charts to keep track of | | | | OPENING THE FIFTH SEAL & SOUNDING THE |
| everything. I've also created charts based on the | | | | FIFTH TRUMPET |
| originals, but with supplemental information. See the | | | | The Martyrs - White Robes - The Bottomless Pit |
| illustrations section of this manual. | | | | When the fifth seal is opened, the souls of the martyrs |
| We might ask, how could the planets in the solar | | | | come out from underneath the altar in heaven. They |
| system have any relevance to the spiritual centers | | | | had been slain for their testimony to the word of God. |
| and endocrine glands in our bodies? Cayce's answer is | | | | They now want to know how much longer God is |
| that we are parts of the Universal Consciousness, and | | | | going to tolerate the negative influences in the earth. |
| as such we have relationship to the Universe and all | | | | They are given white robes and told to rest a little |
| that is in it. At first glance it may seem paradoxical that | | | | while longer. Soon the process of enlightenment will be |
| these outer influences are also within us: spiritually, | | | | completed. |
| mentally, and physically and that universal "things," such | | | | These are the outer things that are related to this |
| as planets, find a relating point within our physical | | | | center: (1) the color gray or blue, (2) the note so, (3) the |
| bodies. But, as the Ancient Egyptian god Hermes | | | | word will in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet Uranus, (5) |
| (Thoth) stated it: "As within so without, as above so | | | | the element ether, and of course, (6) the church of |
| below." It is not so much the occult science of | | | | Sardis, and (7) the thyroid. There is no beast because |
| astrology that we are referring to as it is the | | | | we have moved beyond the earthly centers (the four |
| microcosmic and macrocosmic nature of life. The | | | | lower ones). In Cayce's cosmology, the influence of |
| human body is arranged in a manner that reflects the | | | | Uranus brings forth the extremes in temperament, in |
| arrangement of the universe. Here's one of Cayce's | | | | enthusiasm, in zeal, likes and dislikes, and an interest in |
| best explanations of this. I have italicized a key line and | | | | the unusual and the occult. This center is also |
| his stenographer capitalized words that Cayce | | | | correlated with the harbinger or herald, and therefore |
| emphasized by raising his voice during a reading: | | | | with John the Baptist, who baptizes with cleansing |
| As we find, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus - | | | | water and calls for repentance, and prepares the way |
| with Mars in an abstract position - all becoming a part | | | | for the coming of the One who baptizes with fire and |
| of this entity's experience; not because of bodily birth | | | | resurrection. Each are aspects within our own hearts |
| but because of the entity as a soul. | | | | and minds. |
| For the entity finds itself body, mind and soul, and | | | | When the fifth trumpet is sounded, the star that had |
| recognizes - or may become aware of the | | | | fallen from heaven and the key to the bottomless pit |
| manifestation of the Godhead in the Father, the Son, | | | | are given to the fifth angel, or heavenly influence, which |
| the Holy Spirit. He finds himself then a counterpart, a | | | | we have identified earlier with God's will rather than our |
| shadow of all that is; and that within his own self | | | | will. The angel opens the bottomless pit, which Cayce |
| EACH CELL of its body is but a miniature of the | | | | says is symbolic of all those things within us that are |
| universe without its own body, its own cell of positive | | | | "the most uncomely," that are far from the presence |
| and negative force that applies to the material, the | | | | of God. These must have the light shined upon them |
| mental and the spiritual. Indeed then the body is the | | | | and be destroyed by the angel of the abyss: Abaddon |
| temple of the living God, where He hath promised to | | | | in Hebrew, and Apollyon in Greek, meaning |
| meet thee in thy searching, in thy seeking to know | | | | respectively "destruction" and "destroyer." These |
| what ye may do; not for the gratifying of thine own | | | | influences within us that are incompatible with God's |
| selfish self alone but to fulfill the purpose for which ye | | | | presence and all-knowing mind are "lost in the beauty |
| came into being to be then an emissary, and | | | | of the Son," Cayce says, and our human self arises to |
| advocate, yea, a sign; that others who have lost their | | | | "the glory of the star as in the Son not sun, but |
| way (as YE may have lost thine) may take hope and | | | | Son." (Here again we must keep in mind that "Son" |
| gain more awareness of the God-force that IS latent | | | | refers to our heritage as sons and daughters of the |
| and manifested within thine own self. | | | | Creator and the resurrection of that truth within our |
| Following this philosophical line of thought, each spiritual | | | | hearts, minds, and actions.) Though this woe causes |
| center in the body has a corresponding relationship | | | | many to seek death, the transformation of these |
| with the seven primary colors of the spectrum, the | | | | hidden evils leaves us with lighter hearts, purer minds, |
| seven basic notes of the Western musical scale, | | | | and we are thus more compatible with the coming |
| seven key words in the Lord's prayer, and seven | | | | Spirit, which is All-Knowing and Omnipresent, from |
| planets within this star system or solar system. | | | | whom nothing can be hidden. The dark pit of our heart |
| Nevertheless, Cayce does hedge his teaching on this | | | | and mind must be opened and cleared of all its |
| in several readings, explaining that these correlations | | | | darkness in order for the All-Knowing to fully come in |
| that we are making are only relatively correct because | | | | our consciousness. |
| of the many variables in human spiritual development | | | | OPENING THE SIXTH SEAL & SOUNDING THE |
| that would cause another color, or note, or word, or | | | | SIXTH TRUMPET |
| planet to better represent that center. The variables | | | | Earthquake - Wrath of the Lamb - Four Angels and |
| are these: (1) cycles in each person's development, or | | | | Their Army |
| (2) a particular individual soul's unique experiences, and | | | | Now that the pit has been opened and cleared, a |
| therefore, karmic influences. But for us all generally, | | | | great earthquake occurs within us, the sun is |
| these are relatively correct as we have them (and in | | | | completely blackened, the moon is turned to blood, the |
| the chart in the illustrations section of this manual). | | | | stars fall from heaven like a fig tree shaken by a great |
| As we go through the opening of the seals and the | | | | wind, the sky is split apart like a scroll, and the rulers of |
| sounding of the trumpets, Cayce says that we are | | | | the earth search for places to hide from the rising |
| going through the purifications that influence spiritual | | | | presence of the Lamb and its wrath toward those |
| development through the vibrational changes in the | | | | things that are incompatible to God's complete |
| body. The way these purifications are described in the | | | | presence. The Bible is filled with prophecies of this |
| Revelation causes one to believe that these are | | | | type, spoken of as "The great and terrible day of the |
| terrifyingly devastating to the physical self. However, | | | | coming of the Lord," and this phrase is usually followed |
| Cayce explains that as the progress is made toward | | | | by the question, "Who can stand against Him?" Here |
| giving birth to the spiritual self (which occurs later in | | | | these words come to life in the final line of chapter six |
| chapter 12 of the Revelation), the physical self must | | | | of the Revelation. The body is falling away from its |
| become more humble, meek, long-suffering, and | | | | earthly appetites; the rising spiritual vibrations are |
| patient. It must decrease while the spiritual self | | | | opening the hardened flesh body like a great |
| increases, as John the Baptist said of himself and the | | | | earthquake, and the stars of heaven's energy are |
| coming Jesus. Cayce says that the devastating | | | | coming down upon the enlivened, sanctified vessel that |
| sufferings represent those influences that meet and | | | | the body and mind have become. |
| conquer self for the greater spiritual development and | | | | When the sixth trumpet is sounded, heaven releases |
| the creating of a oneness of the individual's purposes | | | | four angels who have been prepared for this very |
| and desires. The two parts of our being (human and | | | | "hour and day and month and year" to further cleanse |
| divine) can be at war with one another unless these | | | | a third of the earth. Then, out of heaven descends the |
| cleansings occur and a singularity of purpose is | | | | higher self, clothed in a cloud, with a rainbow around his |
| achieved by subduing earthly desires and accentuating | | | | head, a face like the sun, feet like fire, and in his hand is |
| heavenly, spiritual desires. Therefore, the fire is to | | | | the little opened book with all seven of its seals |
| purify; hail, to crystallize opposing purposes into | | | | opened, representing the newly opened body with its |
| oneness of purpose. Less and less of self's desires | | | | seven spiritual centers. The descending Spirit places his |
| and more and more of God's desires are depicted as | | | | right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, |
| the destruction of a third of the earth, the sea, and the | | | | representing his power over the body's emotions and |
| heavens, followed by the falling of a great star from | | | | flesh. He cries out, and seven peals of thunder rumble |
| heaven, representing the coming of heavenly | | | | throughout the sanctified body, which has now |
| influences upon the earthly self. The Sun is darkened | | | | become the temple of the living god, made in the |
| so that the Son may give a new light to the body. All | | | | image of the Most High God. John is not allowed to tell |
| the terrifying events that occur during the opening and | | | | us what the seven peals of thunder uttered throughout |
| sounding of the seven spiritual centers under the | | | | his body; each of us will have to experience that for |
| influence of the higher self upon the throne of | | | | ourselves. Our godly self declares that there will be no |
| consciousness are symbolic of this great transition, this | | | | further delay. When the seventh angel sounds his |
| great preparation for the birth of the new, | | | | trumpet, then the mystery of God is finished. Then this |
| God-centered self. | | | | godly portion of John's being hands him the little book |
| Let's go through the opening of the seals and the | | | | and tells him to eat it. John reports to us that it was |
| soundings of the trumpets for each center. Though | | | | sweet in the mouth, but bitter in the belly, and Cayce |
| these are done separately in the Revelation, we will do | | | | explains that this indicates that spiritual truth is beautiful |
| them together here for the sake of clarity and focus. | | | | to look at and sweet in the tasting, but at times is bitter |
| OPENING THE 7 SEALS & SOUNDING THE 7 | | | | in the applying and living of it in daily life. Here are |
| TRUMPETS | | | | Cayce's further comments on this important phase of |
| OPENING THE FIRST SEAL & SOUNDING THE | | | | the Revelation process: |
| FIRST TRUMPET | | | | How did the Son in the earth become as an |
| The White Horse - Conquering - 1/3 of the Earth Burns | | | | intermediator between sinful man and an All-Wise, |
| Up | | | | All-Merciful God? By going through or experiencing, or |
| The higher self, in the form and spirit of the Lamb of | | | | in giving to, through the very sufferings in the body, the |
| God, and in coordination with God's will, opens the | | | | right, the purpose, the aim to be in that position! |
| seals of the body. | | | | Now, man having attained same by this study must |
| When the first seal is opened, out comes the first of | | | | prophesy - apply - prophesy IS apply - before many in |
| the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The first | | | | many experiences, in many ways, in many environs, in |
| horseman is riding a white horse, wearing a crown, and | | | | many lands. All of these are a part and parcel of |
| carrying a bow. His mission is to conquer the negative | | | | same. How did He put it as He gave, "I will bring to |
| influences and win this center for the spiritual self. | | | | your remembrance ALL things, from the foundations |
| These are the outer things that are related to this | | | | of the world." |
| center: (1) the color red, (2) the note do, (3) the word | | | | Then as it has been experienced by those who have |
| bread in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet Saturn, (5) the | | | | taken hold of, who have combined the book (that is |
| element earth and of course, (6) the church of | | | | the book of Life), into the experience, it becomes within |
| Ephesus, (7) the gonads (ovaries or testes), and (8) the | | | | its body then a part and parcel of - and is to be |
| beast "like a calf." In Cayce's cosmology, the influence | | | | expended in its relationships to the environs in that of |
| of Saturn is to recast all "insufficient matter" or | | | | prophecy, yes; in experiences before kings, yes; yea |
| "spiritualize" the flesh. Here we see the white horse | | | | as beggars; yea as rulers; yea as those in authority; |
| rider conquering flesh for the Spirit. | | | | yea as those authoritative over. |
| When the first trumpet sounds, hail and fire, mixed with | | | | THINK of how this is shown in the life of the Master |
| blood, are thrown down upon the earthly influences. | | | | himself; He that made man, yet under the authority and |
| Cayce says that hail is symbolic of "crystallizing" or | | | | the will of man by the mere giving of self in the |
| uniting ideals under the spiritual influence, fire is purifying | | | | experience of passing through same. Not that these |
| earthly influences, and the blood of the Lamb of God | | | | were needed other than that it might be fulfilled, what? |
| symbolizes our being cleansed from all sin (a clear | | | | Prophecy, as had been given in man's search for God. |
| reference to 1 John 1:7, "If we walk in the light, as he is | | | | Then as this has been found, as is illustrated here by |
| in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and | | | | John, in the taking of the book and in becoming these, |
| the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."). | | | | each then must pass in its experience through the |
| Here is an example of Cayce's view on the | | | | same sources. |
| metaphysical and, for that matter, the physical power | | | | Suffering is a part of the journey, especially for the |
| of the blood: | | | | outer, physical self, which must lay down its desires in |
| (Q) Please give advice which will aid me, physically, | | | | order to give birth to its true, eternal self. |
| mentally and spiritually, in fulfilling my destiny in life of | | | | These are the outer things that are related to this |
| aiding my fellow man. | | | | center: (1) the color purple or indigo, (2) the note la, (3) |
| (A) Manifesting in self that which is meted to the body, | | | | the word name in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet |
| mentally, physically, spiritually, that is necessary to bring | | | | Mercury, (5) the "element" cloud, a higher vibration of |
| those influences within self, those conditions mentally | | | | water, and of course, (6) the church of Philadelphia, |
| and physically within self, as to cleanse or to make | | | | and (7) the pineal gland. In Cayce's cosmology, the |
| more in accord with that which is the birthright of | | | | influence of Mercury brings the mental powers, as |
| every physical being - to be perfect within itself, | | | | reasoning rather than simply sentiment. |
| through the blood as cleanseth from unrighteous-ness | | | | OPENING THE SEVENTH SEAL & SOUNDING |
| in material, in the mental, and in the spiritual plane. | | | | THE SEVENTH TRUMPET |
| Hence, as there is created that consciousness within | | | | Silence for a Half Hour - The Golden Censer with |
| self of being whole, or one with that Creative Energy | | | | Incense |
| as manifested by Him, through those channels that | | | | The Kingdoms of the World and the Lord Unite |
| have been set as the ways, the manners for | | | | Finally, the seventh seal is opened and there is silence |
| perfecting of such a consciousness within self, then | | | | in heaven for about a half hour, the ultimate |
| may the body be that channel to be the greater | | | | achievement of attunement to God, as stated by the |
| blessings to those about the body. But use that thou | | | | psalmist in Psalm 46: "Be still, and know that I am God." |
| hast in hand day by day! For, that which is used gives | | | | The seven angels, or angelic influences of the seven |
| the ability, the understanding, to apply that which may | | | | spiritual centers of the body, now stand before God. |
| be needed from day to day. | | | | They receive the seven trumpets for the seven |
| The first sounding also burns up a third of the trees | | | | soundings. Another angel burns incense in a golden |
| and grasses of the earth, again symbolic of removing | | | | censer. The fragrance of the incense is added to the |
| earthly influences. | | | | prayers of the saints and goes out before God. Then, |
| OPENING THE SECOND SEAL & SOUNDING | | | | the angel throws the censer to the earth, causing |
| THE SECOND TRUMPET | | | | peals of thunder, flashes of lightning, and earthquakes. |
| The Red Horse - War - 1/3 of the Sea Becomes | | | | When the seventh trumpet is sounded, loud voices |
| Blood | | | | from heaven cry out: "The kingdom of the world has |
| When the second seal is opened, out comes a | | | | become the kingdom of the Lord, and of His Messiah; |
| horseman wielding a great sword and riding a red | | | | and He will reign forever and ever." The twenty-four |
| horse. His mission is to take peace away from the | | | | elders (twelve paired cranial nerves) worship God, |
| earth and make men slay one another. The spirit | | | | saying, "We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the |
| cannot allow us to be terrestrial, earthly beings forever. | | | | Almighty, who is and was, because Thou hast taken |
| We must be forced to seek the Spirit, even if it means | | | | Thy great power and hast begun to reign." Then all |
| war. We were, are, and will be again celestial, heavenly | | | | cells of the body are judged according to their level of |
| beings made in the image of our infinite, universal | | | | attunement and at-onement with this new reign. And |
| Creator. We cannot be allowed to remain terrestrial, | | | | then the temple of God is opened, and the ark of the |
| physical beings. | | | | covenant appears in the temple, causing flashes of |
| These are the outer things that are related to this | | | | lightning, peals of thunder, earthquakes, and a great |
| center: (1) the color orange, (2) the note re, (3) the | | | | hailstorm. The physical body has now reached a level |
| word temptation in the Lord's prayer, (4) the planet | | | | of cleansing, vibration, and attunement to become the |
| Neptune, (5) the element water, and of course, (6) the | | | | temple of God. Cayce describes it this way: |
| church of Smyrna, (7) the cells of Leydig, and (8) the | | | | As the Book of Life then is opened, there is seen the |
| beast like a man. In Cayce's cosmology the influence | | | | effect of that which now has been attained by the |
| of Neptune is to accentuate the mystical-spiritual | | | | opening of the system, the body, the mind; all of those |
| forces in our lives. | | | | effects that have been created by the ability of the |
| When the second trumpet is sounded, a great | | | | entity to, in the physical, ... attune self to the |
| mountain, burning with fire, is thrown into the sea, | | | | consciousness of being at-one with the divine within. |
| causing a third of the sea to become blood (the | | | | Now we see those in the material world using these |
| cleansing concept again). A third of the sea creatures | | | | influences for self-exaltation, self-indulgence, |
| die, and a third of the ships are destroyed, again | | | | self-glorification; and yet we see those using same for |
| symbolic of reducing the earthly, bodily influences to | | | | the glory, the understanding, the knowledge, the |
| allow for more spiritual influences. Water and the sea | | | | wisdom of the Father. |
| symbolize emotions and urges that lie below the | | | | It is done. |
| surface of consciousness but have tremendous | | | | |