Edgar Cayce; mystery man of miracles

I like this book because of its underlying theme: that every time Cayce concentrated on making money, he would lose his voice. You could see how his soul was in charge. I like that the author put the chronological events of Cayce's early years together with his problems of losing his ability to speak. Like so many of us, Cayce struggled with an inner conflict of will over whether he would devote his life to fulfilling his soul purpose by giving psychic readings to help others, or would he concentrate on providing for his family? It seemed that every time Cayce would put himself in charge instead of following his soul purpose, he would lose his ability to speak. Don't get me wrong. The message isn't that you aren't supposed to concentrate on caring for your family. In fact, in Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, the author emphasizes that Cayce's trance source assured his family that they would never want for the necessities of life. Nonetheless, they often did not know how they would heat their house, or find food to eat. It did work out, though. Since Edgar Cayce: Mystery Man of Miracles concentrates on Cayce's early years--his childhood and his young adult years--I wouldn't have know that he continued to have problems with losing his ability to speak into his late adult years. Gladys Davis Turner, his secretary, describes special trance sessions for Cayce in which he would heal his throat by increasing circulation to the area while under trance in her book, My Years with Edgar Cayce : The Personal Story of Gladys Davis Turner. I find it a bit disconcerting that some of the stories in this book disagree with Cayce's first biography, There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce. For example, in this book, the angel comes to him while he is asleep in his bedroom at night. In There is a River, she arrives while he is outside in his special place in the woods. Which story is the right one? What I especially like is the author's writing style, how he starts by saying that Christian County, Kentucky, where Cayce was born, was known for producing strange animal babies, such as piglets with two tails or calves with two heads. The inference is that Cayce was a strange baby in a long list of anomalies. For anyone who can't get enough of Cayce, this is a delightful read that takes you right into Cayce's life as he sets out to wrangle with his unusual psychic talents. by Carol Chapman, photographer of Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce and author of When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening.