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kentuck

(115,659 posts) Sun May 17, 2026, 10:10 AM Sunday

Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"? [View all]

He had some thought-provoking writings about sleep, dreams, and the soul. He called sleep the "little death". He analogized that the soul was like a balloon tied to a tight string during our consciousness but during sleep, it was free to go where it wanted.

He wrote about "energy vampires" that steal our energy and interrupt our lives with their "materialism". They can destroy our lives if we let them.

Like Nostradamus, he predicted 2026 as an eventful, and perhaps, a cataclysmic year. Although he had never read Nostradamus, he had similar ideas about the future.

However, it was his writings about sleep and the soul that I found the most interesting.

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Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"? [View all] kentuck Sunday OP

Edgar Cayce. Yes I'm familiar with him raccoon Sunday #1

Ironically, I was thinking about him a few months back and was going to research a bit more... hlthe2b Sunday #2

He was quite a fascinating fellow bucolic_frolic Sunday #3

The Association for Research and Enlightenment The Blue Flower Sunday #9

Not sure how it could be secure from climate change? hlthe2b Sunday #10

I cant's answer that The Blue Flower Sunday #11

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Hey, welcome to DU! The Blue Flower Sunday #93

............ paleotn Sunday #32

Lucid dreaming is realizing you are dreaming, while you are dreaming jimmy the one Sunday #91

I don't remember Cayce specifically mentioning... Chemical Bill Tuesday #152

Yes, I am familiar with him. it's been years since I have tried to read anything by him. mwmisses4289 Sunday #4

He supposedly knew where Atlantis was -- somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle? -- which displacedvermoter Sunday #5

Cayce died in 1945, during WWII, so unless it was an old movie reel, I don't see how he was on Nimoy's show (1976-1982). Celerity Sunday #13

A couple of episodes of "In Search Of" went into Cayce's theories. Beartracks Sunday #25

Ok. Makes sense. Celerity Sunday #31

He wasn't on the show himself, unless, perhaps in another astral dimension.. displacedvermoter Sunday #45

Yes, another poster above already explained it. Celerity Sunday #60

Probably??? paleotn Sunday #23

The clock isn't broken. mr715 Sunday #69

......... paleotn Sunday #99

displacedvermoter...... Upthevibe Sunday #73

Yes, I read quite a few books about Edgar Cayce PatSeg Sunday #6

When facing problems or tasks I need help with... MiHale Sunday #7

I understand that technique has been quite successful. Joinfortmill Sunday #33

There's a lot of recent research into "lucid dreaming" which mirrors some of what you talk about. erronis Sunday #47

I also lucid dream...not always... MiHale Sunday #75

Quite an effective method! SheltieLover Sunday #51

I've used some of his remedies. Here is one. Maraya1969 Sunday #8

Yes! I was in a study group in the 80's discussing his writings hauckeye Sunday #12

I think his writings about this time... kentuck Sunday #14

I'm reading one of his books now and find it very interesting. MLAA Sunday #15

When I was a sophomore in college... ananda Sunday #16

;-{)..... Goonch Sunday #17

Crazy shit. paleotn Sunday #34

Barnum and Bailey meets Carter's Pills nt Maru Kitteh Sunday #81

Cayce was literate. He read the Bible, cover to cover. Chemical Bill Tuesday #153

I have many books about him karin_sj Sunday #18

I e heard of both of them and read about both of them. AllaN01Bear Sunday #19

George Carlin said Cayce was not a medium, Sneederbunk Sunday #20

Ah, don't we all miss George Carlin? hlthe2b Sunday #28

George Carlin was always right. Srkdqltr Sunday #127

He predicted that San Francisco would be destroyed SCantiGOP Sunday #21

After it was destroyed in 1906. By an earthquake. paleotn Sunday #35

This is insane Wifes husband Sunday #22

I would venture that some on DU have never heard of him... hlthe2b Sunday #26

So there's value delving into the works of a con and nut? paleotn Sunday #30

One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con" hlthe2b Sunday #44

I'm not precluding a goddamn thing. I'm merely pointing and laughing. paleotn Sunday #106

Your cursing at me doesn't help your argument, paleotn. Not one bit... hlthe2b Sunday #107

What? That's silly. paleotn Sunday #111

Since I have argued the exact opposite, you show that you are just posting to see your own words hlthe2b Sunday #113

Oh please. To some degree? i.e., you want it both ways. paleotn Sunday #115

Desperation and ridicule for sure hithe2b Clouds Passing Sunday #112

Got any evidence? Didn't think so. paleotn Monday #138

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How the circulatory system functions SonOfNebanaube Tuesday #154

lol!!!! paleotn Tuesday #158

Hmmm. Wonder about Jesus, Moses, etc., etc. erronis Sunday #49

I'm sure many shared this thought stopdiggin Sunday #68

Cayce was a HEALER not a murderer. That could be the difference between the two Clouds Passing Sunday #71

Bwahahahaha! paleotn Sunday #105

Verify evidence that he didn't heal anyone. People have a right to question and explore. live love laugh Monday #134

Prove a negative?? Really? That's your response?? paleotn Monday #137

Ooooo! Cussing! paleotn Monday #139

I was really into him in my younger years bif Sunday #24

Oh, please. He was equal parts con and nutter. paleotn Sunday #27

We heard you the first time. Joinfortmill Sunday #37

Plus several more MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #61

I get the inclincation to boil everything down to "woo" hlthe2b Sunday #40

Thank you. Well said. I tend to be very skeptical having been taught that the scientific methods are best. erronis Sunday #53

No one would call vaccines woo TxGuitar Sunday #92

Oh, REALLY?!!! Where have YOU been the past decades-- and especially the past five years hlthe2b Sunday #95

Not sure what your post even means TxGuitar Tuesday #155

Did you just invoke Hitchens's razor!? mr715 Sunday #101

What does that mean? TxGuitar Tuesday #156

Christopher Hitchens mr715 Tuesday #157

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Sunday #102

" There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of niyad Sunday #65

Very true. SheltieLover Sunday #79

Yup. Fascinating person and his work was all documented. Joinfortmill Sunday #29

Documented as complete BS. paleotn Sunday #36

Back off. Joinfortmill Sunday #38

Or what? Wifes husband Sunday #46

My response was not directed at you. Joinfortmill Sunday #54

I will not. paleotn Sunday #104

Why? Truth hurts?? paleotn Sunday #103

would you please provide NJCher Sunday #57

Where is Atlantis? mr715 Sunday #67

post was directed to paleotn NJCher Sunday #72

Don't blame me, I was just astral projecting. mr715 Sunday #74

... reACTIONary Sunday #83

Ahem, my post was directed to NJCher mr715 Sunday #85

Unfortunately.... reACTIONary Sunday #125

I kant handle philosopher puns. mr715 Sunday #126

Give me some documentation that his conman ramblings are actually true. paleotn Sunday #100

Did you go to college? NJCher Monday #132

What does "Did you go to college?" have to do with anything. Abolishinist Monday #133

You don't know how to argue either NJCher Monday #135

You're arguing without a shred of evidence. paleotn Monday #141

I'm not making the extraordinary claims paleotn Monday #136

And all bull shit Wifes husband Sunday #43

Nostradamus only "predicted" things in reverse. Gore1FL Sunday #39

That right. Nostradmus predictions are retrofitted Buckeyeblue Sunday #94

I visited his research center in Virginia Beach beveeheart Sunday #41

I think there is a relevance that is helpful to these times we are living in.... kentuck Sunday #42

Interesing subject kentuck. I do beleive that as we sleep, our unconscious does 'communiicate' c-rational Sunday #48

I wouldn't know. kentuck Sunday #52

"Little Death" JoseBalow Sunday #50

Being a cat person I know that Edgar Cayce had a lot of interesting things to say about cats. flashman13 Sunday #55

Cats have a sixth sense, I am sure. kentuck Sunday #59

Cats most certainly have a sixth sense. Several years ago an elderly stray orange cat wandered in and came flashman13 Sunday #80

Yes, he was a fraud. mr715 Sunday #56

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Science is falsifiable mr715 Sunday #87

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Pluto being a planet or not is a matter of definitions. mr715 Sunday #90

"you're" ( contraction for "you are"), not "your" (possessive). niyad Sunday #96

Ooof, that is always embarrassing mr715 Sunday #97

When I was in my twenties I read Cayce. 1WorldHope Sunday #58

Well said PatSeg Sunday #120

Too me he was Faux pas Sunday #62

just the name Kali Sunday #63

Thanks for this thread! MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #64

I'm more familiar with Carl Jung's similar work Brother Buzz Sunday #66

Although Jung was pretty woo too. mr715 Sunday #70

LOL, in my world, Jung was as woo as Christianity is Brother Buzz Tuesday #147

I love Jung mr715 Tuesday #148

kentuck........ Upthevibe Sunday #76

Yes, I've read some of his work and I agree. ms liberty Sunday #77

Did read some of his stuff when I was a teenager because it was allegorical oracle Sunday #78

He still has a following in Virginia Beach. GreenWave Sunday #84

me ma read his books duckworth969 Sunday #88

Fraud, huxster and con man edhopper Sunday #98

Message auto-removed Name removed Monday #131

The sleeping profiteer? usonian Sunday #108

I believe there is much we do not know. kentuck Sunday #109

Quantum and consciousness get lumped together because of woo. mr715 Sunday #110

That is what is being questioned. kentuck Sunday #114

It is a challenging question... mr715 Sunday #116

In some unexplainable way... kentuck Sunday #117

These are not supernatural, though. mr715 Sunday #118

That is how I tend to see it PatSeg Sunday #119

Poe "Up Through The Spiral" 1971 Concept Albums,Psych Omaha Steve Sunday #121

I have a copy of that album. PurgedVoter Monday #140

My great Aunt in Portsmouth, Va once saw him speak SomedayKindaLove Sunday #122

He cured my great aunt's TB jcboon Sunday #123

I heard an interview with one his followers on the Art Bell Radio Show years ago. Jacson6 Sunday #124

I find him fascinating MustLoveBeagles Sunday #128

Familiar with him but not aware of any 2026 RubyRose Sunday #129

Well this fellow wrote a book after studying the Great Pyramid in Egypt FakeNoose Monday #142

Given the recent underground scans that show RubyRose Tuesday #145

Edgar Cayce Stephan Schwartz Monday #143

Sir: kentuck Monday #144

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #146

All aboard the Woo Woo Train! LudwigPastorius Tuesday #149

Edgar Cayce prophesied that geological cataclysms would cause the Great Lakes to drain into the Gulf of Mexico. Emile Tuesday #150

I have read much of "his" writing. Chemical Bill Tuesday #151