Edgar Cayce on Dreams

By Kevin Williams
Cayce was able to obtain virtually an unlimited
amount of knowledge on an unlimited number
of subjects. One of these subjects was dreams
and dream interpretation. Cayce was able to
astound people by interpreting their dreams
and giving them insight into their psyche, lives
and even past lives. Cayce revealed that dreams are actually journeys
into the spirit world.
dgar Cayce once said, !"reams, visions, impressions, to the entity in
the normal sleeping state are the presentations of the e#periences
necessary for the development, if the entity would apply them in the
physical life. $hese may be taken as warnings, as advice, as
conditions to be met, conditions to be viewed in a way and manner as
lessons, as truths, as they are presented in the various ways and
manners.!
ach night the average person spends appro#imately ninety minutes
in a dream state. %ome of us can remember all or most of our dreams,
and others have trouble remembering even a snippet from one of our
nightly sojourns.
$he dream state is an e#perimental playground which gives you a
chance to e#plore and e#press emotions without the usual inhibitions
you may display in your waking life. "reams provide an avenue of
e#pression for that part of yourself that knows both your history and
your potential as a spiritual being. $hey are another way the universe
provides guidance about relationships, careers, and health problems.
$hrough dreams you may find answers to your spiritual &uestions and
even receive encouragement to some challenge in your life. While
some dreams may allow you to release bottled emotions from your
day's activities, others can lead to profound insights in a psychological
or spiritual way.
(owever, Carl )ung said dreams are !the main
source of all of our knowledge about
symbolism.! $his means that the messages
you receive from your dreams are e#pressed
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symbolically and must be interpreted to find their true meanings.
Mark Thurston, executive director for Edgar Cayce's research
foundation and author of the book, Dreams Tonight's !ns"ers for
Tomorro"'s #uestions, says, $! dream symbol is the very best "ay for
your unconscious self to communicate to your conscious self. The
particular image chosen % be it an ob&ect, a person, an animal, or
"hatever % has shades of meaning and personal associations that
make it the best communicator of some truth about yourself.$
!ncient Chinese tradition held that it is your spiritual soul "hich
creates your dreams and leaves the body to travel to other realms and
meet other souls. They and other ancient cultures, including the
'reeks, erected dream temples for seekers to find guidance about
their lives. Many times purification rituals as "ell as other rites of
preparation "ere performed by the seeker prior to entering the temple
and the dream state. (pon a"akening, the seeker consulted "ith the
temple dream interpreters.
Cayce believed that our dreams serve several functions. )omatic
dreams % dreams referring to the body % are extremely important to be
mindful of. *ery often dreams "ill offer solutions to health problems.
+or example, one man "as plagued "ith food allergies for many years,
but "as unable to find the source of his discomfort. Then one night he
"ent to bed and he dreamed of a can of coffee. ,e -uit drinking coffee
and his symptoms disappeared.
.ung says that rarely do the symbols in dreams have &ust one
meaning. !nd "hen interpreting the messages in your dreams, he
suggests going "ith your first hunch, relying on your intuitive abilities,
before applying more rational methods of dream interpretation.
Cayce also believed that deceased friends and family members do
occasionally visit us in our dream state. These occurrences may offer
direct communication "ith those people or allo" us to resolve our
feelings about their death. The person may also represent some
aspect of ourselves.
/ne man reports that occasionally he hears a voice in his dreams.
This voice usually is loud and strong and is not associated "ith any
characters in his dreams. $Typically, 0'm told something very specific to
do or not to do,$ he relates. $0 kno" this is 'od speaking to me % loud
and clear. !nd 0 kno" 0'd better listen.$
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Morton Blumenthal, who received more dream
interpretations from Cayce than anyone else - often
reported dreams of a disembodied voice, which
offered counsel. Cayce usually indicated this was
input from the Creative Forces, God. For example,
in one dream, Blumenthal dreamt of a figure
leading him by the hand, and a voice which said,
!he "ord will lead you - but you must ... #e had
forgotten the rest of what was said to him, but Cayce interpreted it as
follows$
%s in this, as is seen, again and again, the entity receives that
reassurance of the higher forces guiding, guarding, and directing the
entity in its actions, as it were, with the cloud by day and the pillar of
fire by night.
Blumenthal also had a fascinating dream in which God came to visit
him. !o the dreamer&s surprise, God was a modern businessman.
Cayce&s interpretation pointed out that God was someone with whom
we can do business. God is not only transcendent but also actively
involved in human affairs. 't was a powerful message and, in a sense,
a wonderful revelation from the divine.
More Cayce on (reams
!he following is an excerpt from the excellent boo) by #armon Bro
entitled Cayce on (reams.
(uring the dreaming state of sleep, we experience the different levels
of consciousness and receive input from the different realms of the
spirit world. !hrough dreaming, we have special access to our spirit
within. %ccording to the Cayce readings, there is not a *uestion we
can as) which cannot be answered from the depths of our inner
consciousness when the proper attunement is made.
% dream may be of a physical, mental, or spiritual nature and may deal
with all manner of psychic manifestations. !hese include telepathy,
clairvoyance, prophetic visions, out of body traveling, remembrance of
past lives, communication with beings in other realms including
deceased friends and relatives, spirit guides, angels, Christ, and even
the voice of God. (reams can also give invaluable information on the
status of the body.
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All subconscious minds are in
contact with one another.
Through the subconscious,
dreams may place us in
attunement with those in the
physical realm or those in the
spiritual realm. We may be
visited in the night by
discarnate entities for many
reasons: they may seek to
give us assurance about their
well-being in other realms of
existence they may come
seeking our aid through
prayer they may come to bring us information which may be very
helpful or limited or they may come to influence us with their own
desires or perspectives, which may be helpful or harmful. !or example,
there are dream reports of deceased relatives appearing and giving
instructions about where to find a will or a lost ob"ect.
The events we experience in the third-dimension are, as it were, a
#past condition# because this dimension is simply a pro"ection or a
reflection of what is being built at another higher level. Therefore,
when we tune into these higher levels, as we may in dreams, we
become aware of what is being built, and what may be pro"ected into
the physical in the future. $othing of importance happens to us that is
not foreshadowed in our dreams. Which is not to say that all dreams
are precognitive or that the exact detail of everything we experience is
given earlier in dreams. %owever, the word #foreshadowed# suggests
that we may glimpse and be warned of what we are building now
which may come into manifestation later. We call these dreams
#precognitive# or #prophetic.#
&ust as the angels spoke to people in dreams in the times of the 'ible,
the spirit world still speaks to people to this day. (ome people came to
)ayce with dreams of )hrist. $one was told that it was simply his
imagination, but all were assured they were indeed in touch with him.
There is no dimension of human life, whether social, financial,
emotional or physical, mental or spiritual with which the dream may not
on occasion deal. *reams may encourage or reprimand, instruct or
deceive, inspire or seduce, guide or confuse. The potential for an
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immense array of experiences in consciousness is always there. What
we actually receive depends upon our attitudes, motivations, the
measure of our attunement, and the extent to which we have made
applicable what was received in earlier dreams and in waking
experiences.
Many people came to Cayce to have their dreams interpreted. An
example was the dream of a young man about his father-in-law, who
had recently taken his own life. n the dream a voice commented!
"#e is the most uncomfortable fellow in the world."
$hen the dreamer was shown his own baby crying for food. $he
image was to convey the dead man%s hunger for guidance and spiritual
sustenance, said Cayce. $he next night the dreamer heard the man%s
own voice, together with "a wandering impression of
restlessness." $he voice said!
" seek rest. want to leave and be with my family down there."
Again Cayce said the dream contact had been authentic, showing the
dreamer how much his prayers were needed for the father-in-law, who
was still an "earthbound" discarnate. #e added that the reason the
discarnate was turning towards people in earthly life was that "the
lessons are learned from that realm, see&" t was a point Cayce often
made, that souls who had once entered the 'arth had to learn their
final lessons in the 'arth, where will is called into play in a fashion
different from existence on other realms.
(et contact between the dead and the living can be )oyous.
*ometimes it occurs because the dead want to show the living what
death is like, to take away their fear and grief. 'xploring the possible
reality of such contact, one dreamer had her side pinched by a
discarnate friend, so vividly that she screamed in fright, while another
had his toe pulled when he asked for it - and did not ask again.
+ne dream took a man inside the brain of a woman dying of cancer, a
relative, and showed him precisely what a relief death was, when it
finally came. A later dream also showed him how a soul feels when
awakening to consciousness after death.
,iscarnates are not only rewarded by recognition from the living, they
can experience the )oy of teaching the living. $hey can also, in
relatively unusual cases, work directly with the living for the fulfillment
of worthy causes. $he dead differ from the living only in this respect!
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they are in a permanently subconscious state because the conscious
mind of the physical body no longer exists. But the body is an
expendable shell, and all else is intact. On the astral level of existence,
the subconscious mind replaces the conscious mind of the soul, and
the superconscious replaces the subconscious.
Hence, in dreams, we find that communication with those who have
passed on is more logical than the average person is able to
comprehend. The following are more excerpts from spirit
communications in dreams as told to Edgar Cayce and interpreted
One man related to Cayce
!Both my mother and father "deceased# came to me and were so glad
to see me, but then they told me my sister had committed suicide.!
Cayce replied in trance
!This dream presents to the entity, through the mother and father both
dead, the thoughts being entertained by the sister because of
dissatisfaction to meet properly the conditions in her life. $nd as seen,
the father and mother depend upon you to so instruct, to so direct, and
to so counsel your sister. %ive the sister spiritual counsel so that she
may better understand, thereby enabling her to grow& otherwise,
detrimental experiences will destroy her. 'uicide is in her mind.
(emember, too, that thoughts are deeds in the mental realm, and they
increase or mar the activities of the higher self.! ")*+,-.#
$ woman related to Cayce this dream
!/ dreamed my mother told me / should warn $unt Helen against an
accident between an automobile and a streetcar. 0y mother then
became ill.!
Cayce replied in trance
!This is a warning. Tell $unt Helen about it. /f she observes the
warning, and stays out of automobiles and streetcars until the waning
of the moon, it will not happen. 1arn her, then, for this is a direct
communication from one in the spiritual realm to one in the physical
realm. This attunement is made when the conscious mind is
sub2ugated, as in meditation or in sleep, and an attunement with the
universal forces is established. This is also an illustration of the ability
of those in the spiritual realm to see the future.! ")*+,34#
5erhaps the most common dream experience in spirit communication
according to Cayce is related by the message which in essence says
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"I am fine and happy. Your grief, however, is holding me back and
making me sad. You can help me greatly by trying to overcome your
sorrow. You must stop grieving!"
Dream Analysis ips from !dgar "ayce
# $eep a notebook beside the bed. %ecord your dreams
as soon as possible after waking.
# &uggest to yourself every night as you fall asleep, "I
will remember my dreams."
# If you wake during the night, write down the main
symbols, and the entire dream will usually come back in
the morning.
# 'ractice keen observation in your dreams through self(
suggestion prior to sleep.
# )ook for these components in your dreams* the
setting, the people, the action, the color, the feeling, and
the words.
# +ork on analy,ing your dreams every day, otherwise
their progression will be difficult to assess.
# If dreams are illogical, three reasons are possible*
-.
.nly the fragments of the dream have been
recalled.
/.
he dream is reflecting something illogical in
the dreamer0s life.
1. 2ental blocks have erased your recall.
# If you are unable to decipher an important dream,
suggest to yourself, before your ne3t sleep, that the
dream repeat itself more clearly.
# 4ightmares, which bring with them an inability to move
or cry out, usually indicate the wrong diet. o end the
nightmarish dreams change your diet.
# Dreams that are unchanged through the years indicate
the dreamer0s resistance to change.
# Dreams of ill health can be either literal or symbolic
warnings.
# +hen a problem confronts you, ask by prayer for
guidance to be sent to you through your dreams.
# 5e practical in your interpretations. Always look first for
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a lesson. What have you refused to face or been
ignoring?
Observe carefully recurrent dreams, as well as the
serially progressive ones. These often illustrate progress
or failure.
Dreams are the reaction of the inner self to daytime
activity and often show the way out of the dilemma. So
relate them to current activity, because dreams may be
retrospective as well as prospective.
Dreams come to guide and help, not to amuse. They
direct your attention to errors of omission and
commission and offer encouragement for right
endeavors. They also give us the opportunity to pray for
others and to help them bear their burdens.
f you receive an unusual message, reduce it to
common terms. See if the symbolism of the !ible can be
of help in interpreting the dream.
"oo# for past$life e%periences in your dreams. These
manifest themselves not only in color, but in the proper
costume and setting of their period. They come to warn
you against repeating the same old mista#es& to e%plain
your relationship and reactions to certain people and
places& to reduce your confusions& to enable you to
better understand life.
Do not fear conversation with the so$called 'dead' in
dreams. f the communication is one$sided, it denotes
telepathy. f both participate, it may be an actual
encounter of bodiless consciousness.
Dreams are primarily about self. Only a few dreams
relate to family, friends, and world events.
Watch for mental telepathy in dreams.
(emember, persistence is necessary to learn any new
language, and dream symbols are the forgotten
language of the subconscious.
)ive daily than#s to )od for all things and use daily
prayer to improve the *uality and reception of your
dreams.
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Edgar Cayce on How to Interpret Your Dreams
It would seem that sensory
experiences are
permanently recorded by
our subconscious mind,
even though we remain
consciously unaware of
them. nder hypnosis,
eyewitnesses to a crime
are able to recall detailed
facts that they had
previously been unable to remember. !sleep or awa"e, the
subconscious, li"e the tape recorder, registers continuously. #his is
because the senses are awarenesses of the inner self which never
sleeps. #his may also explain why associations with some symbols
appearing in dreams are difficult to interpret $ they are not consciously
observed.
Dreams symbols, such as a house, a bird, or a friend, always
represent much more than that which first meets the eye. #his is why
the beginner can benefit from help received from those who have
made a serious study of dreams. Carl %ung voiced much the same
thought when he said that, if one understands symbols, one can
understand the dream as much by empathy as by formal analysis.
#he ideal, however, is for the individual himself to learn to understand
his dreams by writing them down. Dreams are more easily understood
in series. Dream researchers have discovered that three or even four
of the dreams each night often relate to the same basic problem or
sub&ect, but in different symbols.
It is also helpful not only to pray for guidance, but also to learn to
meditate. 'editation, which is the art of listening with the ego subdued,
improves the clarity of dreams, expands the consciousness, and
encourages extrasensory perceptions by brea"ing down the barriers
'ore Dream Information from Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce(s Dream Interpretation of the )oo" of
*evelation
Dreams and the !fterlife Connection
! Dream Induced +ear,Death Experience
-evin .illiams( !fter,Death Communication Dream
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between the conscious mind and the subconscious and
superconscious.
Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of symbology is that it is a
universal language, teaching and preserving permanent basic truths.
What shorthand is to words, symbology is to ideas. This is especially
true of religious concepts.
According to Edgar Cayce, the Boo of !evelation is a compilation of
the Apostle "ohn#s dreams and visions while he was in e$ile. %t
illustrates his growth in consciousness as he sought, through
meditation and prayer, to fully comprehend the manifestation of the
&oly 'pirit in his life.
The following are many of the dreams symbols Cayce encountered
from all those who came to him to have their dreams interpreted. Each
dream symbol and its meaning are given. %f you cannot find the dream
symbol in the list below, visit the Edgar Cayce (ream (ictionary
website.
Dream Symbol Interpretation Index
(ream %nde$ Buildings Trees
'ituations %n the &ouse )lowers
Body *ature *umbers
Clothing Animals Colors
+ehicles Birds ,iscellaneous
-Each soul enters with a mission. We all
have a mission to perform.- . Edgar Cayce
/ Edgar Cayce %nde$ /
Copyright 0 1234 *ear.(eath E$periences and the Afterlife
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