Copyright 1993 by William A. McGarey 10th Printing, December 2004 Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reser ed.

. !o part o" this boo# may be reprod$ced or transmitted in any "orm or by any means% electronic or mechanical% incl$ding photocopying% recording% or by any in"ormation storage and retrie al system% &itho$t permission in &riting "rom the p$blisher. A.'.(. Press )1* +,th Street -irginia .each% -A )3/*1 0)1+1 2ibrary o" Congress Cataloging0in0P$blication 3ata McGarey% William A.% 19190 4he oil that heals5 a physician6s s$ccesses &ith castor oil treatments 7 by William A. McGarey. p. cm. (8panded and re . ed. o"5 (dgar Cayce and the Palma Christi. 9ncl$des bibliographical re"erences. 9S.! 10:,+1/031:0) 1. Castor oil;4herape$tic $se. ). Cayce% (dgar% 1:,,0 19/*. 9. McGarey% William A. (dgar Cayce and the Palma Christi. 99. 4itle. 'M+++.C3,*M3: 1993 +1*6.3)39*;dc)1 930)+1:* (dgar Cayce 'eadings 19,1% 1993% 199/% 199*% 199+ by the (dgar Cayce <o$ndation. All rights reser ed. Co er ill$stration and design by Sally .ro&n

DEDICATION 4his boo# is simply% b$t &ith a great deal o" lo e% dedi0 cated to t&o indi id$als &ho ha e together shaped &orld tho$ght in a &ay that bene"its e ery indi id$al li ing in it. (dgar Cayce &as born in 1:,, in =op#ins ille% >ent$c#y% and li ed a li"e that &as sometimes pain"$lly e ent"$l. =e had de eloped a gi"t in "ormer li"etimes% ho&e er% &hich ga e him the capacity to lie do&n and enter a state o" al0 tered conscio$sness that co$ld then be tapped. =e &as able to to$ch in on the a#ashic records and the in"ormation in &hat &e call $ni ersal conscio$sness. =e co$ld contact the $nconscio$s mind o" indi id$als "ar distant "rom &here he &as gi ing a reading and co$ld describe not only past li es% b$t also the state o" the in?$irer6s physiological "$nctioning and &hat needed to be done to ret$rn that indi id$al to "$ll health. =is legacy "or the &orld &as a library "$ll o" nearly 1*%111 psychic readings o" s$ch depth that they ha e not been e?$alled in this cent$ry% i"% indeed% in any cent$ry. =$n0 dreds o" boo#s ha e been &ritten abo$t this man and his readings% and tho$sands $pon tho$sands o" men and &omen and partic$larly children ha e a&a#ened to ne& li"e thro$gh the $se o" the in"ormation he le"t 9 ha e not seen s$ch a legacy ri aled in the thirty0se en years 9 ha e spent &or#ing &ith psychic data and this material as it related to the practice o" medicine. (dgar Cayce called his &or# the &or# o" the Christ% and anyone &ho st$dies these readings to any depth &o$ld most li#ely agree. 9 certainly "ind it to be so. 9 co$ld not stop there. <or% &itho$t the li"etime that =$gh 2ynn Cayce @(dgar6s eldest sonA spent &or#ing &ith the readings% bringing the Wor# o" the Christ to the attention o" the &orld thro$gh his leadership% his tra eling% spea#ing% &riting% and enth$siasm% the A.'.(. &o$ld probably not

Foreword

4here is no Bealot li#e the nonbelie er &hohas seen the light. 9 s$ppose 9 "it that description &hen it comes to castor oil. As a child% 9 had too many distaste"$l enco$nters &ith a concoction my mother made by adding a liberal dose o" castor oil to my orange C$ice and ma#ing s$re that 9 "orced it do&n. 9 hated the taste% and "or years a"ter&ard a oided or0 ange C$ice beca$se o" the $npleasant association. 4oday% than#s to ha ing been enlightened by 3r. William A. McGarey% 96m a tr$e belie er that &e can enCoy the health bene"its o" Dthe oil that healsD &itho$t drin#ing a drop o" it. Conse?$ently% 9 #eep a bottle o" it close at hand and $se it o"ten. Castor oil o"ten seems mirac$lo$s% "or &ho &o$ld e8pect so many bene"icial medicinal e""ects;e erything "rom pre enting abdominal s$rgery to dissol ing gallstones and eliminating &arts;"rom a common% ine8pensi e l$0 bricant% $sed mostly today "or ind$strial p$rposes. 9n describing cases o" magical reco eries by his patients IX

&ho applied castor oil% 3r. .ill reminds me o" a !e& (ng0 land doctor &ho years ago proclaimed the health bene"its o" drin#ing &ater laced &ith honey and inegar. 9t is so simple and ine8pensi e% one &onders &hy all doctors don6t recommend it .$t 3r. .ill does m$ch more here than tell poignant s$c0 cess stories o" sic# people &ho got &ell by applying the oil he o"ten recommends. =e o""ers $s a basic ed$cation abo$t the healing process itsel";a process mis$nderstood by those &ho belie e that it is the doctor or the dr$g% or both% that heals $s. !ot so% says the a$thor% based on his long e80 perience as a "amily physician. =ealing is a nat$ral God0gi en "$nction o" the body% in collaboration &ith the mind and spirit. 3isease or a "ail$re to heal signals a dys0 "$nction in one or all systems. 3r. McGarey% a tr$e medical pioneer% has sho&n great co$rage in betting his pro"essional rep$tation on this con0 cept% &hich he learned "rom st$dying and testing the concepts "o$nd in the (dgar Cayce readings% beca$se it is ery dist$rbing to many elements o" the health care com0 m$nity. Many mainstream practitioners sco"" at this D$nscienti"icD theory;altho$gh it is one that is m$ch more &idely accepted today than &hen 3r. McGarey began prac0 ticing it o er t&enty years ago at the A.'.(. Clinic he "o$nded in Phoeni8% AriBona. Many patients reCect this con0 cept o" healing beca$se they &o$ld rather belie e they are the ictim o" an e8ternal ca$se than ta#e personal responsi0 bility "or their condition. And the Ddisease0care ind$stry%D as 3r. C. !orman Shealy describes the hospital0health ins$r0 ance b$siness% "inds this concept threatening. 9t co$ld red$ce health problems i" &e learn to gi e o$r body0mind0 spirit all the nat$ral ad antages needed to promote sel"0healing. 3r. .ill is doing his ery best to teach $s ho&. While some health practitioners may regard Dthe oil that healsD as C$st another Dsna#e oilD or placebo% readers &ill

learn that 3r. McGareyEs clinical research has demonstrated that the application o" castor oil e8ternally to the abdomen can increase signi"icantly the total lymphocyte co$nt% th$s strengthening the body6s imm$ne system. 4he res$lts o" this preliminary testing at the A.'.(. Clinic% "inanced by a grant "rom the <etBer <o$ndation% sho$ld be eno$gh to C$sti"y m$ch greater research into the healing mechanism trig0 gered by castor oil. Mean&hile% 3r. .ill contin$es to do &hat he "eels called to do% a h$mble healer &ith a noble mission that is ser ed &ell by this al$able boo#. 9t is a &orthy addition to any li0 brary% as a primer "or $nderstanding the gro&ing a&areness o" Denergy medicineD and as a handy re"erence "or &hen to $se the oil "or many minor ailments and serio$s dys"$nc0 tions. <or as a co$ntry doctor he ?$otes once said% DCastor oil &ill lea e the body in better condition than it "o$nd it.D 4hat6s a so$nd prescription "or $s all. A. 'obert Smith (ditor Venture Inward magaBine

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Introduction

4=('( '(A22F 9S!64 A M9'AC2( CU'( <G' A!F4=9!G% "or miracles are C$st amaBing happenings that come abo$t "rom application o" tr$ths lodged some&here in the realm o" the yet0$ne8plained la&s o" the $ni erse. =o&e er% it seems li#e a 4iiracle &hen someone gently r$bs a bit o" castor oil o er and o er on a s#in cancer o" the ear% "or instance% and the cancer C$st grad$ally disappears. 9t might ta#e days or &ee#s or a "e& months% b$t it C$st doesn6t ma#e good sense. <or &ho &o$ld attrib$te mirac$lo$s po&ers to a s$bstance as lo&ly as castor oilH Fet this has hap0 pened% and the o&ner o" the lesion on the ear "eels as i" he or she has disco ered a ne& &orld. 9t6s really a miracle to that indi id$al. 4his boo# is not abo$t miracles% b$t it certainly has its "o$ndation in the #ind o" healing that ta#es place &hen cas0 tor oil is $sed on;and sometimes in;the h$man body. Castor oil has a speci"ic #ind o" an e""ect &hich some ha e Mil

called ibratory% &hen it is $sed therape$tically. <or the present time% ho&e er% it probably is proper to say that the method o" healing by $sing this oil is still $ndetermined. 4he res$lts% ho&e er% ha e been apparent;not only in my e8perience% b$t in ancient times% as &ell as earlier in this cent$ry as reported in the medical literat$re. 9t &as t&enty0si8 years ago that 9 "irst &rote a boo# abo$t the $se o" castor oil in the practice o" medicine. At that time% the man$script &as intended to be a simple report on the $se o" castor oil pac#s in the healing process o" the h$man being. 9t &as a monograph. =o&e er% a"ter the "irst co$ple o" years% it became ob i0 o$s that the boo# &o$ld be help"$l "or the lay reader in searching o$t &ays o" impro ing one6s health and general &el"are% in addition to alle iating the symptoms o" an ill0 ness. So the monograph became a boo#. And it came to be called Edgar Cayce and the Palma Christi. !o&% a"ter "orty0si8 years in the practice o" medicine and more than thirty0eight years as a st$dent &ho has p$t into practice the concepts "o$nd in the (dgar Cayce readings% and a"ter tho$sands o" copies o" the Palma Christi ha e "o$nd their &ay into the hands o" the general p$blic% 9 "eel it is important to $pdate and add to the original man$script 9 am incl$ding some o" the more important lessons 96 e learned and some o" the interesting happenings that ha e come my &ay as my patients% my "amily% and my "riends ha e $sed the castor oil pac#s on their o&n bodies. Also% as these years ha e passed by% 96 e "o$nd the .ible and its contents coming into close association &ith the h$0 man being and a person6s amaBing capabilities to become healed% and 96 e "o$nd the mind @the conscio$s and the s$b0 conscio$sA to be the lin# among the body% the emotions% and the spirit$al essence o" &hat &e really are. 4he .ible &ith its &isdom% the (dgar Cayce readings% the mind% and the body are all interrelated thro$gh the $se o" these amaB0 I9-

ing castor oil pac#s% as yo$6ll see as yo$ "ollo& my ad en0 t$res thro$gh the pages o" this boo#. 9t has tr$ly been an amaBing Co$rney "or me thro$gh this en ironment &e call the earth plane. My most i id memory o" one part o" the .ible;the )3rd Psalm;has me standing &ith my portable tape recorder in the ery center o" the Gree# theater located C$st a stone6s thro& "rom the spot &here Aesc$lapi$s is said to ha e had his temple o" sleeping and dreamingJ &here legend says that those &ho s$""ered &ith a di ersity o" illnesses came% slept% dreamed% and;in their sleep and dreaming;they &ere healed. 9 &as standing there% s$rro$nded by the ghosts o" memories% listening to and recording the oice o" =$gh 2ynn Cayce% the son o" (dgar Cayce% as he stood in the high0 est ro& o" seats in this aco$stically near0per"ect theater% &hispering the &ords o" his "a orite psalm. 4he latter portion seems especially signi"icant here5 D4ho$ preparest a table be"ore me in the presence o" mine enemies5 tho$ anointest my head &ith oilJ my c$p r$nneth o er. S$rely goodness and mercy shall "ollo& me all the days o" my li"e5 and 9 &ill d&ell in the ho$se o" the 2ord "or e er.D @ . *0+A Kes$s &as called the Christ% the Anointed Gne% "or the Christ means Danointed.D 4he mind o" h$manity thro$gh the cent$ries% apparently% has #no&n that oil is nec0 essary "or anointing% tho$gh one cannot easily say &hy. Gne type o" $nion &ith God% certainly% is symboliBed by the anointing &ith oil. 9s this perhaps a healing o" another por0 tion o" o$rsel esH 4o my mind% this is not $nli#ely "or my e8perience has ta$ght me that the greatest mystery in the $ni erse is not o$ter spaceJ it is not &hat might be "o$nd in the depths o" the earthJ b$t rather it is in the innermost parts o" the h$0 man being% yo$ or me% the entity% the so$l that God created in the beginning and made in =is image as a spirit$al be0 ing. xv

4hese three seemingly di erse s$bCects;Aesc$lapi$s% the )3rd Psalm% and my chosen li"e pro"ession;all appear to be related5 dreaming is not only "or the health o" the mind% anointing is not only o" the spirit% and healing is cer0 tainly not only o" the physical body. Perhaps it &as% in part% this bac#gro$nd &hich led me to begin in estigation into the $se o" an oil &hich has its ori0 gins in anti?$ityJ &hich% in t$rn% has almost been discarded by medical practice todayJ b$t &hich% in his psychic dis0 co$rses "or those &ho &ere ill% (dgar Cayce ad ocated "or more than "i"ty di""erent conditions o" illness in the h$man body and to &hich he attrib$ted some ?$ite remar#able ?$alities. Castor oil is still $sed in medicine as a cathartic% b$t my $se o" it in the "orm o" a pac# came abo$t beca$se o" my "amiliarity &ith the Cayce readings% beca$se o" my st$dy o" them% and beca$se 9 sa& literally h$ndreds o" instances in &hich s$ch pac#s &ere ad ised "or conditions o" the body that seemed to be;in most instances;$nrelated to each other. Fet each person &as ad ised to $se the same therapy. 9t &o$ld be di""ic$lt to state no& "or &hat #ind o" condi0 tion 9 "irst recommended the $se o" the castor oil pac#. As res$lts came% ho&e er% its $tiliBation became more and more "re?$ent. A"ter three or "o$r years% 9 began my earlier report% &hich e ent$ally became the boo# dealing &ith my e8periences $p to that time. 9n the years that ha e passed since that "irst attempt to record the changes that occ$r &ithin the physiological "$nctioning o" the body "rom the $se o" castor oil% literally tho$sands o" indi id$als ha e bene"ited by castor oil ap0 plied as a pac# and as a s$bstance to be r$bbed onto the body. 4here is probably no portion o" the e8ternal h$man anatomy that has not been treated &ith this remar#able s$bstance. 4hen &hy not call it Dthe oil that healsDH I-9

Parti Chapter One Don't Forget to Smell the Dandelions

W=(! 9 WAS A <9-(0F(A'0G23 .GF playing on the hills that rimmed the Ghio alley% 9 disco ered a mag0 ni"icent "lo&er. 9t had a &onder"$l yello&0orange "ace to it% &hich magically changed a"ter a "e& &ee#s to a "l$""y &hite ball o" &hat my parents called seeds. 4o me% they &ere one o" nat$re6s miracles;9 co$ld pic# one o" those long0 stemmed obCects o" &onderment% hold it close to my mo$th and gently blo&% and o"" they &o$ld go% these little &hite "loaters% into the &ind to land "ar a&ay "rom my sight. .$t the "lo&er itsel" carried e en more interest "or me. 9 $sed to lie do&n on the grass and smell the dandelion as it &as clothed in all its glory. 9 &ondered abo$t that bit o" na0 t$re. My nose told me there &as not m$ch o" an odor% b$t an aroma o" some sort did seem to be there. And 9 &on 0 dered% DWhat can the dandelion be good "orHD 9n my later years% it occ$rred to me that perhaps memo0 ries o" a past li"e as a doctor $sing herbs co$ld ha e been

2/

THE OIL THAT HEALS

stirred deep &ithin me% to gi e me that early interest in the dandelion. Most people thin# it is simply a &eed% especially &hen it gets a good start on one6s la&n. .$t that memory o" lying there on the grass% not "ar "rom my home% smelling the dandelion has made its place in my li"e e er since. 9t symboliBed "or me the in?$isiti e spirit that m$st be in all indi id$als% i" they are to $nderstand their origin% their destiny% and the nat$re o" all those mysteries that are loc#ed &ithin e ery created obCect that becomes part o" o$r personal e8perience. 4he dandelion @Taraxacum officinale ! as a matter o" "act% is a highly respected herb% n$tritio$s in its nat$re and $sed to clear obstr$ctions "rom and to stim$late the li er to deto8i"y poisons in the system. 9t has a strong al#aliniBing e""ect to ne$traliBe acids and acts as an eliminatory herb in maintaining body health and as a b$ilding agent 4he lea eH and the root are the acti e ingredients most commonly $sed% and dandelion tea is applied most "re?$ently in renal% bladder% and li er di""ic$lties.1 Perhaps the "lo&er is there to catch one6s attention and thrill all those &ho are% by nat$re% in?$isiti e and in estigati e. .$t there is a al$e% too% and 96 e "o$nd that most o" nat$re;gi en $s thro$gh the #indness o" GooL;is here to be $sed "or aid and "or help% once its $se is determined. 4he e8perience &ith the dandelion has pro ed to me that the commonplace things one tends to neglect in tra els thro$gh the earth are o"ten $ncommon in their tr$e al$e% so let6s al&ays remember;e en &hen &e are gro&n and relati ely sophisticated;to smell the dandelions. 9t &as not long a"ter that that my mother died "ollo&ing s$rgery"orp$lmonary t$berc$losis. 9 &as se en% andl;li#e my t&o brothers;cried &hen 9 "o$nd o$t that mother had le"t $s and &o$ld not be seen again. Some years later% &hen the idea o" reincarnation became part o" my belie" system% 9 $nderstood death as a passage "rom one room to another%

3G!64 <G'G(4 4G SM(22 4=( 3A!3(29G!S 3

"rom one en ironment &hich &e call the earth plane to a spirit$al setting &here the s$rro$ndings are o" a di""erent ibratory nat$re. When &e ma#e that change% it is really 9 or yo$ &ho steps into that other dimension. When my mother died% 9 &asn6t &ise eno$gh to smell the dandelions in that e8perience. 2oo#ing bac#% ho&e er% 9 #no& there is tr$th in the concept that e ery e8perience is an opport$nity "or so$l gro&th. 9" li"e is indeed contin$o$s% my inner being m$st ha e been a&are o" that reality% and &hat (dgar Cayce had to say abo$t it &as my inner lesson5 "ife is continuous# The soul mo$es on! gaining by each e8perience that necessary "or its comprehending o" its #inship and relationship to 3i ine. @111/0)A My belie" system &as rooted early in the Presbyterian ch$rch% altho$gh 9 ha e had past incarnations% too% as a Catholic priest. .$t in this li"e% 9 chose parents &ho had adopted the Presbyterian approach to their $nderstanding o" the 3i ine. <rom the time 9 &as t&el e years old% 9 ta$ght others abo$t the biblical story. At "irst% 9 ta$ght se en0 and eight0year0old st$dents. A"ter many years% 9 ta$ght ad$lts. 9n bet&een% 9 aimed my li"e to&ard the ministry% b$t changed it midstream to medical ed$cation. .$t my "aith incl$ded the ie& o" a Creati e <orce in the $ni erse;and e en o$tside the $ni erse;&hich bro$ght me into being and &hich created all things. 4his ie& bro$ght me later to the &ritings o" the Chinese mystic% 2ao 4s$. =e "o$nd the 3i ine to be the Mother o" the 4en 4ho$0 sand 4hings% and C$st as m$ch o" a mystery. 4hese "e& &ords% ho&e er% "rom the Too Te Ching% helped me "eel more in to$ch &ith that &hich 9 co$ld not tr$ly e8plain5 Something% in eiled creation% came to be .e"ore the earth &as "ormed% or hea en.

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4=( G92 4=A4 =(A2S

9n the silence% apart% alone% 9t changes not% is e er present% ne er "ailing; 4hin# o" it as the Mother o" the 4en 4ho$sand 4hings. 9t seems to me no& that &e need a basis "rom &hich to start $nderstanding the mystery o" the body and that &hich bro$ght it into being. 9 didn6t loo# at li"e in e8actly that &ay d$ring my "ormati e years% b$t &hat &as happening inside my $nconscio$s mind &as the adoption o" the idea o" God as the Creati e <orce% the .eginning o" all things% the Wis0 dom that created me &ith =is potential and made the path clear "or the ret$rn oyage. And 9 accepted Kes$s as the Christ% the Anointed Gne% &ho had already made the trip bac# to =is beginning and &ho had per"ormed something mystical here in the (arth that is still di""ic$lt to $nderstand. Another e8perience "or me% another step. Comm$nication has al&ays been important to me. When 9 &as in the eighth grade% my teacher told me 9 &o$ld some day &rite a boo#;she apparently sa& that in my &riting. <rom the time 9 &as ele en years old $ntil 9 "inished college% 9 &or#ed in some capacity &ith ne&spapers. Paperboy% printer6s de il @they had those in the 631sA% reporter% typeset0 ter% printer% and;"or a period o" se eral months &hen the editor o" the small0to&n ne&spaper &as do&n &ith a heart attac#;9 &as the acting editor o" the paper;at age eighteen. 9n college 9 too# part in &riting% helping to create a liter0 ary p$blication% &riting poetry and short stories% and helping &ith the college ne&spaper% editing it in my "inal year. 9t seemed that &riting &as something that had to be part o" my destiny% &here er 9 "o$nd mysel". 4he e8peri0 ences that came abo$t d$ring those years ta$ght me ho& to comm$nicate% b$t one cannot comm$nicate $nilaterally. 4o &rite a story "or the ne&spaper% 9 had to as# ?$estions and listen to those &ho #ne& &hat &as happening. 4hen 9 p$t my talents to &or#.

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9t m$st be that &ay% to some e8tent% as &e &or# &ith o$r physical body. 9" &e pay no attention to &hat o$r body is telling $s% &e may end $p &ith a per"orated $lcer o" the stomach instead o" the earlier o eracidity. 2istening &ill tell $s that something is &rong% something is b$rning in o$r stomach. Why not listen and gi e the comm$nication a re0 sponse;change o$r diet% o$r li"e style a bit% and introd$ce some antacid preparationH Gne o" the most "re?$ent criticisms 9 hear abo$t today6s physicians is that they don6t listen. Patients tell me this% their oices ringing &ith resentment and anger% "or they all be0 lie e they #no& something abo$t their o&n body. 9t is% a"ter all% their body. 4hey #no& ho& they "eel. And to them% ho& they "eel is important. 9" their doctor &on6t listen% "r$stra0 tion res$lts and there is "$rther disr$ption o" the physical body beca$se o" the emotional $phea al. Comm$nication is al&ays a t&o0&ay street. >no&ledge o" o$r body re?$ires a sensiti ity to &hat is going on and a response to that need. 9t doesn6t al&ays ta#e a doctor to #no& &hen something is happening inside% and then &hat o$r conscio$s response brings abo$t in the &ay o" correc0 tion. Sometimes% li#e a r$mor that a reporter catches on the "ly% there is a hint o" something going &rong inside the body that comes in an instr$cti e dream. .oth the r$mor and the dream need in estigation. Gnce in estigated and inter0 preted% the r$mor may become "act that can be p$blished in the paper and the dream may become a therapy that can be instit$ted in the body. 4he #ey is to listen% appraise% then act.

Chapter Two Medical School and Early Practice Years

(IP('4S A.GU!3 9! A22 M(39CA2 SC=GG2S% A!3 MF classmates sa& them as the "o$ntainhead o" all #no&ledge;g$r$s% in a sense. M$ch #no&ledge% b$t little philosophy. Philosophers are rare indeed in medical halls o" learning. 4hey are present% b$t their oices are o$tn$m0 bered% $nheard% or disco$nted. (8istence o" a =igher Po&er% a Creati e (nergy% a God% &as not ac#no&ledged in my "o$r years o" medical schooling. (8cept% perhaps% in the "orm o" pro"anity. 9 recall clearly a partic$larly &ild arg$ment 9 had &ith Kohn Miley% one o" my classmates. =e &as saying% D4hat6s &hat the e8perts say in the te8tboo#s.D 9 &as telling him &hy their statements did not ma#e sense to me% and ?$estion0 ing &hy 9 sho$ld accept their point o" ie&. Common sense;philosophy;does not o"ten "ind its &ay into medi0 cal literat$re. (arly in my practice o" medicine% a pathologist &as loo#0

MEDICAL SCHOOL A

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ing at a section o" the appendi8 &hich had been remo ed. =e told me it sho&ed appendicitis. 9 loo#ed at the specimen and as#ed the doctor ho& many lymphocytes had to be there to designate it as appendicitis instead o" a normal appendi8. =e shr$gged o"" the ?$estion% b$t 9 persisted beca$se normally the appendi8 does ha e lymphocytes present &hen nothing is &rong. S$ch a presence is% in "act% a part o" the imm$ne system% &hich encompasses all the lymphatic tiss$e in the body. 9t appeared to me that the n$mber o" lymphocytes present simply ga e the pathologist an opport$nity to ma#e an ed$cated g$ess. =is g$ess &as Dappendicitis.D My pathologist &as $nhappy &ith me% b$t he didn6t #no& that 9 $sed to smell dandelions. 9 "o$nd o$t "rom these t&o e8periences that all things are not really as they seem. 4he e8perts are not al&ays right% as &e o"ten ass$me% and disease is not an on7o"" phenomenon% b$t rather a process "o$nd acti e &ithin the physiology o" the h$man body. Medical school did teach me% ho&e er% abo$t the str$ct$re o" the body% abo$t physiology% something abo$t the ario$s specialties% a great deal abo$t pharmacology% m$ch abo$t pathology;the end point o" a disease process;b$t most signi"icantly &e &ere ta$ght abo$t diseases% ho& to recogniBe them &hen they appear @sometimes as i" by magicA% and ho& to do battle &ith them. We &ere not ta$ght that the body "re?$ently has amaBing abilities to o ercome the beginning stages o" a disease process% i" gi en a bit o" help here and there. And &e &ere not gi en any instr$ction abo$t n$trition% dietary practices% or the e""ect o" these $pon the health o" the body. !or &ere emotions and their direct e""ect $pon the "$nctioning o" the body gi en credence. 9 &as impressed by the &or# &hich 'ichard -Uter% one o" my pro"essors% had done in the "ield o" itamins% and 9 co$ld not $nderstand &hy the $se o" itamins as an aid to the

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body &as not more &idespread. 9 tested itamins early in my medical school career% and 9 "o$nd that 9 had more en0 ergy and simply "elt better &hen 9 $sed them. Another insight;something good might be happening &ithin the body tiss$es &hen yo$ simply "eel better. .$t arg$ments still rage abo$t &hat itamins do and do not accomplish. A good night6s sleep &ill o"ten ma#e one "eel better. See0 ing someone yo$ lo e &ill do the same. A good h$gJ;or a b$nch o" h$gs;&ill enhance that same "eeling. 'ecent &or# has sho&n that one "eels &orse &hen one "ro&ns% "eels better i" one p$ts a smile on one6s "ace;no matter ho& Ddo&nD the person may "eel prior to the smile. And% i" things get &orse% la$ghL 4hat6s another &ay to mo e to&ard hap0 pier% "eeling0better times. 4o a degree% those happier times spell healing o" the body. 9t &as shortly a"ter 9 began my practice o" medicine in my home to&n o"Wells ille% Ghio% that 9 disco ered another &ay to gain an insight into mysel";another &ay to smell the dandelions. 9t &as a ery b$sy time% and ho$se calls &ere still a &ay o" li"e in that mid0Western to&n. A"ter an especially b$sy day incl$ding ho$se calls% s$r0 gery in the morning% and a "$ll day at the o""ice% 9 "inally climbed into bed. When the phone rang shortly a"ter mid0 night% 9 groaned. 9 &as s$mmoned on another call% and 9 gr$mbled all the &ay to my car% o&ing to charge "i e dol0 lars instead o" the $s$al three. When 9 ret$rned home% more li#e a p$ssy cat than the roaring lion% 9 tried to snea# into bed &itho$t &a#ing my &i"e. .$t she heard me and said% DWell% did yo$ charge them li#e yo$ said yo$ &o$ldHD 9 told her 9 didn6t;that the little girl &as really sic#% and besides% they didn6t ha e any money to pay me "or the isit. We &ent to sleep again. 9t &as at that point that 9 became a&are that ser ice &as &hat 9 &as there "or and 9 chose it. My later years empha0 siBed that concept o" ser ice and enlarged on it% "or ho& is

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the ?$ality o" 3i ine 2o e best mani"ested% $nless it is in helping those &ho need help% caring "or those &ho are an8io$s and insec$re% those &ho are sic# in body% mind% or spiritH

Chapter Three Chance Encounter

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!G4=9!G '(A22F =APP(!S .F C=A!C(% 3G(S 94H A4 least that &as &hat 9 &as to "ind repeated o er and o er again in the (dgar Cayce readings. 9 &as no& in the practice o" medicine in Phoeni8% AriBona% ha ing started o er again a"ter a stint in the air "orce as a "light s$rgeon. 9t &as 19**% and 9 had been in to&n C$st a "e& months. 9 had started an e8ploratory ad ent$re into the "ield o" para0 psychology &ith a "riend o" mine% 3r. .ill 'ogers. We had come across a &onder"$l story abo$t (dgar Cayce;a man &ho co$ld lie do&n on a co$ch and enter an altered state o" conscio$sness;and really tell &hat &as happening inside the body o" another indi id$al &ho co$ld be )%111 miles a&ay. 9t &as as i" he &ere comm$nicating &ith the $ncon0 scio$s mind o" another person% &hile his o&n conscio$s mind &as set aside. 9 &as "ascinated% b$t tho$ght;DWell% that6s C$st another e ent in the past% "or Cayce died in 19/*.D 10

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4hen% one day% my receptionist came r$shing into the o"0 "ice and ga e me the phone n$mber o" a man &ho &as going to tal# abo$t (dgar Cayce. 9t &as Cayce6s oldest son% =$gh 2ynn Cayce% and 9 &as e8cited. 4hat &as the beginning o" the ad ent$re that &as to ta#e me thro$gh time and space% in a sense% and demand my time and attention% my tho$ght processes% and my &riting and spea#ing abilities "or the rest o" my li"e. <or there is still m$ch to be done% some thirty0eightyears a"ter that Dchance enco$nter.D 9t &as =$gh 2ynn Cayce &ho capt$red my imagination that day a"ter 9 made the phone call. And the &orld &as a di""erent place "rom that point on&ard. =$gh 2ynn told abo$t his "ather6s abilities that night at a lect$re% and 9 began to $nderstand ho& this psychic in"or0 mation co$ld relate to the practice o" medicine. M$ch o" (dgar Cayce6s li"e &as spent in gi ing 1/%31+ Dreadings%D as they came to be called. G er a period o" "orty years% t&o0 thirds o" these readings;9%+1/;&ere gi en "or indi id$als &ho &ere illJ some serio$sly so. 4he remainder &ere "or a ariety o" other reasons. 4he b$l# o" his &or#% then% had to do &ith &hat 96 e been trained in and in ol ed &ith "or most o" my li"e;the care o" those &ho are ill. 4he "$ll story o" his li"e is &ell told by 4homas S$gr$e in his boo# There Is a &i$er!' &hich is biographical in nat$re. 2ater on% Kess Steam a$thored a best seller abo$t Cayce% The (lee)ing Pro)het!* &hich emphasiBes more the importance o" Cayce6s physical readings. Since then% literally h$ndreds o" boo#s ha e been p$blished abo$t this man or his &or#% &hich he stated &as the &or# o" the Christ. Cayce died in 19/*% b$t &hile he li ed he &as able to lie do&n on a co$ch or bed% loosen his tie and collar% and place his "olded hands on his "orehead. A"ter a "e& moments% he &o$ld bring his hands do&n o er his solar ple8$s% and en0 ter a state that resembled trance or sel"0hypnosis. 9t has been called in recent years an altered state o" conscio$sness.

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9n this state% he &as able% $pon s$ggestion by the con0 d$ctor o" the reading% to is$aliBe% describe% and comment $pon another indi id$al &ho might be tho$sands o" miles distant at that moment and a complete stranger to Cayce and those s$rro$nding him. =e &as able to describe physi0 cal conditions &hich &ere present in that person6s body% in the bloodstream% the ner o$s system% or other parts o" the person6s physiologyJ and then gi e s$ggestions% &hich% i" "ollo&ed% tended to restore that body bac# to a more nor0 mal condition o" health. (ach time Cayce D&ent to sleep%6 and ga e s$ch in"ormation "or an indi id$al% this% &ith the ?$estions and ans&ers% became a reading.* Cayce6s clair oyance% &hile in this condition% &as s$b0 stantiated time and again% and he s$bse?$ently became #no&n nationally as 4he Miracle Man o" -irginia .each% -irginia%+ &here he spent his last years. =is abilities to be acc$rate in the $nconscio$s state thro$gho$t his li"e bro$ght a ariety o" people to see him and as# him ?$es0 tions. 3$ring the days o" World War 99% the mail bro$ght literally tho$sands o" letters pleading "or help "or ser ice0 men &ho &ere embroiled in the &ar and had not been heard "rom. =e &as indeed an $n$s$al man &ho apparently had direct contact &ith a so$rce o" in"ormation "e& people ha e had in recorded history. Cayce6s strength;in this "ield o" parapsychology;&as his medical clair oyance. =e described the body di""erently than anyone else 9 had e er met or read abo$t Certainly he did not disc$ss it in the &ay 9 had been ta$ght in my medi0 cal school training. =e tal#ed abo$t D"orcesD in the body;meaning the energy in the bloodstream or the ner0 o$s system;the digesti e acti ities% and all those acti ities that go on &ithin the body. =e tal#ed abo$t incoordination% abo$t Do er"lo& o" ner e imp$lses%D abo$t lacteal d$cts% abo$t the Peyer6s patches in the small intestine. 9t &as a ne& ed$cation in ho& to help the body to become healed and to

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ret$rn to a normal balance. 9t too# me ?$ite a &hile to loo# at this &onder"$l h$man body "rom a perspecti e di""erent "rom &hat 9 had been ta$ght Gne o" the earliest readings in &hich castor oil pac#s &ere s$ggested by Cayce &as "or a &oman &ho had applied "or a reading beca$se o" a t$mor o" the $pper bo&el;diagnosed by 80ray as cancer% b$t stated in the reading to be an impac0 tion. 4his reading &as ta#en on A$g$st 1,% 19),% and represented the beginning o" a type o" therapy &hich &as contin$ed thro$gho$t the li"e o" this psychic indi id$al% &ho% &itho$t a medical training or degree% "o$nd himsel" in the position o" diagnosing illnesses and gi ing s$ggestions "or therapy% &itho$t seeing the patient or o"ten e en #no&0 ing anything abo$t the person% e8cept the location o" the indi id$al. 9n another reading @1:3+01A Cayce described &hat he sa& in the "$nctioning o" a si8ty0t&o0year0old man &ho had epi0 lepsy and ad ised &hat to do5 As &e "ind% $nless there are meas$res ta#en the con0 ditions here may become ery serio$s. 4hese are the conditions as &e "ind them &ith this body% M1:3+N5 4here ha ing been a dist$rbance in the lacteal d$cts% there has been a dist$rbance that ca$ses an ad0 hesion in this portion o" the bodyJ and at times a dra&ing in the side @rightA C$st belo& the li er and gall d$ct area. 4his disassociation ca$ses a brea#age in the coordi0 nating o" the cerebrospinal and sympathetic ner o$s system% $ntil there are the tendencies and imp$lses "or an o er"lo& o" the ner e imp$lse thro$gh the cere0 brospinal system. And these% $nless some meas$res are ta#en% may

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"orm a clot or a brea# on the brain. As to the general conditions o" the body% these are grad$ally gi ing a&ay to these dist$rbances% both "rom the physical reaction and "rom the an8iety in the sel" as &ell as those abo$t the body. 4hen% as &e "ind5 We &o$ld apply% consistently% "or at least ten s$ch applications% the castor oil pac#s;abo$t e ery other e ening% &hen the body is ready to retire% "or an ho$rJ the pac#s changed abo$t t&ice d$ring the ho$r pe0 riod. 4hese &o$ld be applied o er the caec$m and the gall d$ct area% or the right side "rom the ribs to the point o" the hip% e8tending lo&er o er the abdomen in that area% seeH Use abo$t three thic#nesses o" "lannel% &r$ng o$t o" the hot castor oil and applied% then a pad p$t o er same% and then the electric pad or dry heat p$t o er same to #eep it &arm or as hot as the body can stand it% seeH 3o this e ery other e ening "or at least ten s$ch applications% ma#ing a period o" t&enty days% seeH Also% each e ening% "or at least t&enty to thirty days% &e &o$ld massage the spine;do&n&ardJ beginning at the base o" the brainJ one day $sing oli$e oil! the ne8t day $sing cocoa b$tter. Massage all the body &ill ab0 sorb. 2et this e8tend on either side o" the spinal col$mn% "rom the base o" the brain to the end o" the spineJ gently% in a rotary motion% massaged into the body% seeH '$b away from the head% al&ays. 4a#e abo$t t&enty to thirty min$tes each e ening to gi e this mas0 sage% seeH A"ter the massage% as also a"ter the castor oil pac#s% the body may be sponged o"";the areas o" the mas0 sage and the pac#s;&ith l$#e&arm soda &ater i" desired. 9n the diet;#eep a&ay "rom "ried "oods and "rom

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any hog meat o" any #ind;especially sa$sage or the li#e. @1:3+01A Cayce &ent on to ass$re the man that i" he &ere to "ollo& the directions% he &o$ld "ind assistance in eliminating the dist$rbance in his body.

Chapter Four %ealing wa&ening Consciousness as an in

(3GA' CAFC(% 9! 4=( F(A'S P'9G' 4G =9S death in 19/*% seemed to ha e an a""inity "or castor oil. 9n most ?$arters% tho$gh% it has been held &ith disdain% since its action on the intestinal tract% &hen ta#en in large doses by mo$th% is sometimes e8plosi e. !e ertheless% Cayce ad0 ocated it h$ndreds o" times in his readings% o""ering the oil as an aid in bringing the body bac# to a state o" normalcy. Most o"ten% ho&e er% it &as to be applied on the body% not in it. Gne in?$irer% see#ing help "or himsel" "rom the sleeping Cayce% as#ed i" he sho$ld ta#e the oil by mo$th. 4he reply &as that i" yo$ ha e a castor oil conscio$sness% ta#e castor oil. 4his &as a re elation to me. 9 &as C$st beginning to $n0 derstand that Cayce% "rom his $nconscio$s mind% &as dealing &ith illnesses "rom a perspecti e that 9 had not yet enco$ntered. And it began to ma#e sense. Cayce &as ap0 proaching things "rom the standpoint o" conscio$sness and 1)

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need. What does that mean in a practical senseH When 9 "irst started reading the Cayce material% a patient came to see me &ho &as ery de"initi e in his approach to remedies. =e had a sore throat and he told me that penicil0 lin al&ays too# care o" his sore throats and that6s &hat he &anted. .e"ore reading Cayce6s statement abo$t conscio$s0 ness and castor oil% 9 &o$ld ha e been a bit dismayed by the man6s &anting penicillin. =o&e er% the idea o" conscio$s0 ness ga e me ne& insights. Perhaps this man had a penicillin conscio$snessL 9" so% he &o$ld respond to it. And he did. What does penicillin conscio$sness meanH Perhaps it is better $nderstood as a mani"estation o" "aith. Why% "or in0 stance% am 9 a PresbyterianH 9 &as born into the "aith @by choice% o" co$rse% i" &e tr$ly ha e that po&er be"ore being bornA% and 9 belie ed the tenets 9 learned in the ch$rch. So 9 nat$rally &o$ld respond% in my spirit$al de elopment% to the ideas in that ch$rch more readily than in the .aptist% "or instance% or Gree# Grthodo8% or &hate er. 9 had a Presbyte0 rian conscio$sness. 4he incident &ith the penicillin% along &ith Cayce6s state0 ment% made it a lot easier "or me to $nderstand that e eryone has a di""erent approach% a di""erent road to tra el as he or she mo es thro$gh an incarnation. And 9 needed to be sensiti e abo$t &hat &o$ld help patients most;as nearly as 9 co$ld tell;in their search "or healing. 9" they ha e a castor oil conscio$sness% they get castor oil. 9" they ha e a s$rgical conscio$sness% they $ndo$btedly need s$rgery. Gr manip$lation or radiation or chemotherapy. People need &hat they tr$ly need $ntil they change their o&n conscio$s0 ness in a manner that mani"ests a di""erent need. As this bit o" in"ormation san# into my a&areness s$""i0 ciently to p$t it into action% 9 also became a&are o" another pertinent "actor in the healing process5 there is an a&a#en0 ing o" conscio$sness;a psychic e ent;&ithin the tiss$es

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o" the body &hene er tr$e healing comes abo$t. And the therapy that is $sed carries &ithin it an essence% a po&er that enables that a&a#ening to come abo$t. Perhaps it is the "aith mentioned earlier that is the path&ay% b$t the po&er is the creati e element that stim$lates the atoms and cells into a ne& a&areness. Cayce described it li#e this5 <or% all healing comes "rom the one so$rce. And &hether there is the application o" "oods% e8ercise% medicine% or e en the #ni"e;it is to bring MtoN the con0 scio$sness o" the "orces &ithin the body that aid in reprod$cing themsel es;the a&areness o" creati e or God "orces. @)+9+01A 9t has been itally interesting "or me to probe into the $nconscio$s images Cayce presented abo$t &hat &e are as h$man beings. 4he D"orces%D "or instance. All tiss$e is composed o" atoms% and it &as Cayce6s point o" ie& that all atoms ha e conscio$sness. Conscio$sness is a D"orceD &hen applied in any sit$ation. 4h$s Cayce termed those aggregations o" atoms and cells as D"orces.D And they% #no&ing their origin a"ter ha ing been a&a#ened by the 3i ine% respond by attaining their normal stat$s. Some people call this healing% or a c$re. Castor oil pac#s became the "irst Cayce therapy 9 applied in my practice o" medicine. 9t had been described so o"ten in the readings and seemed so simple to $se and so innoc$o$s. 4he res$lts seemed remar#able to me and to the patient =o& co$ld an oil pac#% applied &ith a heating pad% bring abo$t the resol$tion o" an intestinal problem or an abscess o" the a8illaH Gr a gallbladder attac#H Gr a phlebitis o" the legH .$t these things did happen% and 9 &as compelled to loo# deeper.

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9 =A-( A2WAFS .(29(-(3 4=A4 W( CA! 4(22 more abo$t the tr$th o" &hat is happening inside the h$0 man body by st$dying the indi id$al &ho is ill rather than cons$lting a set o" data and getting lost in statistics. 3r. 'i0 chard 2ee &rote abo$t this concept. , =e pointed o$t that obser ations o" single e ents in medicine% p$blished or $n0 p$blished% are today Dcondescendingly called anecdotesJ stories concocted by &ell0meaning b$t scienti"ically nai e clinicians.D 3r. 2ee s$ggests that n$mbers and statistics ha e ta#en the place o" the care"$l attention to the indi id$al case and the commonplace% pre io$sly in the "ield o" medicine rec0 ogniBed as the hallmar# o" the e8cellent clinician. =e as#s% D=o& many important and interesting biologic e ents go $nnoticed by blin#ered academicians &or#ing single0 mindedly at collecting series o" patients or diseases being eno$gh to p$blishHD 1%

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9n his paper% 2ee reminds $s that modern medicine% along &ith the c$lt$re that has shaped it% has noted a steady decline in appreciation and respect "or the indi id$al and the $ni?$e. DGne test% one patient% one problem cannot be0 gin to satis"y the oracio$s appetite statistically signi"icant doctors ha e "or m$ltit$des o" n$mbers and cro&ds o" pa0 tients ... <or the best possible o$tcome% each patient needs% and has a right to e8pect% his7her doctor6s $ndi ided atten0 tion and e""ort. 4o C$dge the patient% the illness% and the medical e""ort only by a erages and percentages demeans both patient and doctor and diminishes the importance o" illness...D Some o" the most important disco eries in medicine ha e been thro$gh obser ation o" only one patient. And 3r. 2ee6s message is to #eep on seeing the al$e in single obser0 ations. 9 &o$ld add that &e need to #eep on disco ering the mysteries that lie &ithin that h$man being &ho has $n"ort$nately "allen ill. 9llness has a p$rpose and 96m s$re it is one associated &ith learning at the deepest le el o" the h$man being. 4he so$l $ndergoing the e8perience #no&s this "act. 4here is an eternal need "or greater $nderstanding o" onesel" that can come abo$t only "rom the learning e8periences gi en each person and met in a constr$cti e% help"$l manner. 4hese a&arenesses al&ays mo e one "or&ard to&ard "$l"illment o" the greater p$rpose in li"e. Cayce tal#ed abo$t &hat one6s p$rpose might be5 4he p$rpose in li"e% then% is not the grati"ying o" ap0 petites nor o" any sel"ish desires% b$t it is that the entity% the so$l% may ma#e the earth... a better place in &hich to li e. @/1/,0)A 4he goal and the p$rpose &ere a bit di""erent% Cayce o"0 ten indicated. 4he goal% he said% &as to come to the point o"

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#no&ing o$rsel es to be o$rsel es% yet one &ith God% or the Creati e <orces. 4hat brings the goal and the p$rpose% the hea ens and the earth% closer together in o$r $nderstand0 ing. 4o p$t 3r. 2ee6s &ords into action% let6s loo# at a n$mber o" single e ents% and see i" they do not spar# a ne& a&are0 ness in o$r minds. 4he people in ol ed in the "ollo&ing e ents "o$nd the al$e in castor oil as they e8plored its $se "or conditions that a""licted their o&n bodies. CASTOR OIL FOR HERNIAS =ealing o" the h$man body comes abo$t in a ariety o" &ays% b$t the Cayce readings emphasiBe the concept that conscio$sness o" the indi id$al is the real determining "ac0 tor. ( ery organ% e ery cell% e ery atom has its o&n type o" conscio$sness. (ach part o" God6s &orld% do&n to its mo0 lec$lar and atomic str$ct$re% is a&are o" its o&n indi id$al Cob% its origin and its destiny% as a mani"estation o" the Cre0 ati e <orces o" the $ni erse. 4his is one o" the reasons &hy 9 am "ascinated by the a0 riety o" illnesses and conditions o" the body that respond to the oil o" the lo&ly castor bean. 9t can certainly cleanse the body;most o" $s recall that e""ect clearly "rom o$r child0 hood% &hen &e are gi en a bit o" that oil to clean $s o$t. 9" cleansing is part o" the nat$re o" conscio$sness o" castor oil% then logically it &ill cleanse &here er it is applied. Proper cleansing allo&s cell$lar str$ct$res to "$nction more normally and o"ten to regenerate themsel es. A recent letter reminded me o" this. 9t came "rom a man &ho had s$""ered a condition $s$ally cleared $p only by s$rgery;ing$inal hernia. When he &as se enty0one% he began &earing a standard hernia s$pport beca$se he "elt a strain in the le"t ing$inal area. <o$r years later the same con0 dition sho&ed $p on the right side% so he s&itched to a

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do$ble hernia s$pport 2ater on that year% &hen his right hernia b$lged o$t rather se erely% he $nder&ent s$rgery on that side. <or the ne8t t&o years he contin$ed &earing the appli0 ance on the le"t side% b$t neither side D"elt real good.D So% he started to massage both areas &ith hot castor oil% $sing a rotary motion;cloc#&ise on the le"t% co$ntercloc#&ise on the right D9 did this in $nits o" 111 massage stro#es% then rested "or a &hile and repeated ten or t&el e more $nits%D he told me. DConse?$ently% each area recei ed 1%111 to 1%)11 rotary stro#es. Castor oil &as applied liberally d$ring the massage and perhaps t&o to three tablespoon"iils &ere absorbed by the body. When "inished% 9 &o$ld not &ash b$t C$st &iped o"" the s$rpl$s oil &ith paper to&els. 9n se eral &ee#s both areas "elt better. 9 "ollo&ed the massage proced$re three or "o$r times a &ee#. 9n se eral months% things &ere greatly impro ed.D =e no longer &ore a hernia belt% only an athletic s$p0 porter. Gccasionally he noticed discom"ort and some s&elling% b$t those conditions cleared $p a"ter se eral months. =e contin$ed the massages once or t&ice a &ee# as ins$rance. When he &rote% at age se enty0nine and a year0and0a0hal" a"ter starting the oil treatments% he reported that his condition had cleared $p5 D9 li"t &hate er has to be li"ted. Gnce it &as necessary to li"t 111 po$nds. 9n "act% 9 don6t thin# abo$t the hernia any more.D 9 agree &ith my correspondent &hen he tells me% D96m s$re the massage &as a "actor in my healing. =o&e er% 9 strongly "eel the castor oil that &as absorbed by my body did a great deal o" good.D S$ch an e8perience is e8hilarating;to him and to me. 4his patient6s e8perience is m$ch li#e Cayce6s comments on ho& healing comes abo$t

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>no& that all strength% all healing o" e ery nat$re is the changing o" the ibrations "rom &ithin;the att$ning o" the 3i ine &ithin the li ing tiss$e o" a body to Creati e (nergies. 4his alone is healing. Whether it is accomplished by the $se o" dr$gs% the #ni"e or &hatnot% it is the att$ning o" the atomic str$ct$re o" the li ing cell$lar "orce to its spirit$al heritage. @19+,01A >eep this a&areness &ithin yo$r o&n inner being and yo$6ll e8perience a leap in conscio$sness e ery time yo$ o ercome an illness o" the physical body. CHRONIC PROBLEMS 9n $nderstanding the body% 9 thin# it is important to rec0 ogniBe that e ery portion o" the body tends to maintain a stat$s ?$o. -ery "e& people really li#e change% and change m$st ta#e place i" healing is to occ$r or i" the patient is going to progress in conscio$sness. P$r eyors o" change $s$ally are not &elcome. 9" they are in the "orm o" therapies o" any #ind% the total body conscio$sness &ill o"ten rebel and pre ent positi e res$lts. 9t6s some&hat li#e a comp$ter. When the comp$ter is programmed in a certain manner% hitting the proper se0 ?$ence o" #eys &ill al&ays gi e the same reado$t. 9t6s di""ic$lt to change the programming% and s$ch change ta#es time. 4he h$man body responds in a similar &ay. 4he castor oil pac# might be compared to a ne& program as% o er time% it a""ects the cells o" the body and th$s a ne& program is in operation. -elma is a se enty0t&o0year0old &oman &ho had a hys0 terectomy in 19+*. 4he s$rgery seemed to ha e been all right% b$t since the operation;"or the past t&enty0three years; she has e8perienced constant gaseo$s distention%

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constipation% abdominal Dmiseries%D edema o" the an#les% and episodes &here her g$t &o$ld "eel as i" it &ere t&isting in on itsel". 4hese periods &o$ld sometimes last "or ho$rs. A"ter being seen as a patient in o$r o""ice% she &as in0 str$cted on ho& to $se a castor oil pac#. She &as "aith"$l in "ollo&ing instr$ctions and came bac# "or a rechec# in C$st t&o &ee#s. She told $s that &ithin min$tes a"ter the ery "irst pac# &as placed on her abdomen% she "elt as tho$gh the g$t in0 side the belly &all $nt&isted on itsel". Since that time% there has been absol$tely no rec$rrence o" symptoms. She has no t&isting sensations% her an#les are no longer edemato$s% and her abdominal Dmiseries%D constipation% and gaseo$s distention are gone. Some indi id$als are $ndo$btedly more sensiti e than others. 96 e obser ed those &ho are se erely reacti e to smo#e% &hile others are not. Some cannot ta#e medicines% only herbal preparations. 4here are those indi id$als &ho cannot eat meat. Sensiti ity also e8tends to those &ho t$ne in to their $nconscio$s more than others. 4his &oman m$st ha e been one o" those &ho are sensi0 ti e to the healing po&ers o" castor oil. <or she reported to $s;and this is the most $n$s$al aspect o" her story;that since she6s been $sing the pac#s% she has act$ally seen oil in her stools. And she6s ta#en no oil by mo$th. 9t is interesting to consider &hat mechanisms might ha e ta#en part in restoring normalcy to someone li#e this eld0 erly &oman &ho has been bothered &ith a problem that has no #no&n diagnosis% no ob io$s "indings to the search0 ing hands o" a physician. Fet% "or t&enty0three years something &as o$t o" sync% something that &as incoordinant inside her body. And the ibration or e""ect o" the castor oil bro$ght abo$t a normal "$nction once again. Another longstanding problem had its origin in 19+/% &hen 'ichard 3isney &as inC$red playing "ootball. =e had

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a bac# operation the ne8t year and again in 19:1% the latter to remo e part o" a cr$shed disc. 9n 19:,% he reinC$red the area. <ollo&ing some chiropractic adC$stments% he &as able to go bac# to &or# a"ter C$st a "e& days. Se eral &ee#s later% ho&e er% he de el0 oped sciatic pain on his le"t side and had se eral more treatments "rom the chiropractor. 4he treatments &ere combined &ith bed rest% electrical stim$lation% MotrinO% aspirin% 4ylenolO% ice% heat% and massage. =e had Dthe &or#sD in terms o" normal therapyJ b$t instead o" impro ing% all the symptoms &orsened. =e had been a member o" the A.'.(. "or a n$mber o" years and &as reading some o" the material 9 had &ritten abo$t castor oil pac#s on the day that he had act$ally gi en $p and had been seen by his "amily doctor. =e reports5 D4he doctor set $p an appointment "or me &ith a ne$ros$rgeon "or the ne8t day. 4hat e ening% (llen Mhis &i"eN applied a cas0 tor oil pac# "or one ho$r to my lo&er bac#. 9 "elt some relie" a"ter&ard% b$t &as still in a lot o" pain. DAt this point% 9 &as con inced that s$rgery &as the only co$rse o" action le"t. 4he s$rgeon e8amined me% set $p a myelogram% blood tests% and 80rays "or the ne8t &ee#. My &i"e contin$ed applying castor oil pac#s and heat daily. 6A"ter se en days o" the pac#s and a "e& doses o" oli e oil% the pain &as completely gone. 9 canceled all appointments. A"0 ter a t&o0day brea#% my &i"e (llen applied the castor oil pac#s daily "or another three days. 9 ha e not had any rec$rrence o" bac# or sciatic pain. We also $sed the same #ind o" pac#s on a cyst that my &i"e had on her leg. 9t started to drain a"ter three applications and has ca$sed her no more problems. D9 am con inced that 9 ha e e8perienced a miracle and 9 am than#"$l to my =igher Po&er% my &i"e6s persistence and "aith% and the in"ormation pro ided in yo$r boo# at C$st the right time.D 9 also am glad that 'ichard e8perienced his miracle. 9

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$nderstand better no& &hy 9 had s$ch a ariety o" e8periences earlier in my li"e beca$se they aided me in &riting and comm$nicating thro$gh articles and boo#s so that 9 co$ld be help"$l to others% &hile at the same time aiding me in my o&n a&a#ening process. And &hat is the a&a#ening process i" not the so$l gro&th that comes by $sing e ery e8perience in li"e creati ely and constr$cti ely. HOW DO YOU MA E A CASTOR OIL PAC AND WHAT DOES IT DO! 4o ma#e a castor oil pac#% yo$ &ill need the "ollo&ing materials5 1. <lannel cloth ). Plastic sheet;no coloring 3. (lectric heating pad *. 4&o or three sa"ety pins +. Castor oil ,. .ath to&el Prepare a so"t "lannel cloth% pre"erably o" &ool "lannel. 4he cloth sho$ld be t&o or "o$r thic#nesses &hen "olded% and sho$ld meas$re abo$t ten by t&el e or "o$rteen inches in siBe a"ter being "olded. 4his is the siBe needed "or abdominal application. Gther areas o" the body &o$ld need to ha e the pac# shaped and siBed to the area to be treated. !e8t% po$r some castor oil onto the cloth% $sing a plastic sheet $nderneath to #eep "rom soiling other articles. Ma#e s$re the cloth is &et b$t not dripping &ith oil. Apply the pac# to the portion o" the body that needs treatment% #eeping the plastic sheet on the o$tside. A"ter that% place the heating pad on the plastic sheet% co ering the pac#% and t$rn the heat to lo& "irst% then to medi$m and higher i" the body is com"ortable &ith it. 3o not b$rn the s#in. 4his is not therape$ticL

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<inally% &rap a bath to&el% "olded length&ise% aro$nd the tr$n# o" the person being treated% so that it co ers the pac# and the heating pad% and "asten it in place &ith sa"ety pins. 4he pac# sho$ld remain in place "or an ho$r to an ho$r and a hal"% and the s#in can be easily cleansed &ith a sol$0 tion o" ba#ing soda and &ater;t&o teaspoons to a ?$art. Use it &arm% not cold. 4he "lannel pac# need not be discarded a"ter a single ap0 plication% b$t may be #ept in a plastic container "or "$t$re $se. Unless the pac# gets discolored or the oil becomes ran0 cid% it may contin$e to be $sed o er a period o" months. Some li#e to #eep the pac# in the re"rigerator% b$t it sho$ld then al&ays be &armed $p be"ore application. <re?$ency o" $seH <rom three to se en days a &ee#% to be "ollo&ed most o"ten a"ter three treatments by oli e oil @$p to t&o teaspoon"$ls is $sed most commonlyA% to stim$late the li er in its acti ity. 4a#e a teaspoon"$l or more. .e care0 "$l abo$t ta#ing larger amo$nts. 4he most ob io$s e""ect that 9 "o$nd in treating the body $sing a castor oil pac# &as the enhancement o" the imm$ne system. As a portion o" their d$ties% the lymphatics;part o" the imm$ne system;drain all parts o" the body. When the tiss$es in any area o" the body are cleansed by the eliminatory process% the cells are in m$ch better condition to &or# normally;and the acti ity o" the imm$ne bodies and s$bstances are able better to do their Cob in de"ending the body or reb$ilding it. 4his has been my &ay o" loo#ing at these things. !o proo"% o" co$rse% b$t lots o" patients are indeed happier than they &ere and in better health. Altho$gh e8periences li#e the "oregoing do not get p$b0 lished in the literat$re beca$se they seem so strange% the $se o" castor oil pac#s has proli"erated o er the years in many parts o" the &orld and &ith many physicians and health care practitioners.

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At one o" o$r earlier medical symposia in Phoeni8% a yo$ng orthopedic s$rgeon reported on ho& he had e ery bed on his "loor e?$ipped &ith a >0pac# @a special heating padA and a castor oil pac#% and he $sed them ro$tinely in postoperati e sit$ations. Gther doctors in his hospital be0 came interested and started $sing them% b$t the orthopod ne er told them that the pac#s &ere "irst described by a psy0 chic. 4hat &o$ld ha e lost his case right thereL !ot too long ago% a story came to o$r attention at the A.'.(. Clinic here in Phoeni8 abo$t a postoperati e patient &ho nearly died. A licensed practical n$rse told $s the storyJ the patient &as one to &hom she &as assigned in her hos0 pital in the north&est part o" o$r co$ntry. 4he patient &as deli ered o" her pregnancy by Caesarian section and &as doing &ell &ith her baby% &ho also &as thri ing. Gn the third post0part$m day% ho&e er% the mother started ha ing tro$ble &ith her abdomen and the s$rgeons on the case agreed it &as probably an intestinal obstr$ction. S$rgery &as recommended and per"ormed% b$t the res$lts &ere not as e8pected% and the patient6s con0 dition &orsened. More s$rgery &as not ad ised by the s$rgical team% and the mother6s condition appeared to be deteriorating. When the "emale obstetrician &as searching "or some help"$l alternati e% the n$rse s$ggested to the doctor that she #ne& something abo$t castor oil pac#s and that they might be help"$l. 4he pac#s &ere applied% and a"ter "i"teen ho$rs the pa0 tient started to pass li?$id stools% "ollo&ed shortly by a normal bo&el mo ement;and the crisis ended. A"ter&ard% nothing &as disc$ssed abo$t the pac#s% b$t 9 &o$ld s$p0 pose there &as some a&a#ening in the mind o" that physician &ho &as creati e and open0minded eno$gh to ta#e a s$ggestion "rom a n$rse abo$t an $n$s$al therapy% no matter ho& highly regarded the n$rse may ha e been.

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Gne o" the po&er"$l "actors operating in the (dgar Cayce material is mystery. Cayce said that mystery e8cites the imagination o" those &ho "ind it in their li es;and those &ho are ready to be a&a#ened are stim$lated and mo e to a greater a&areness and a higher conscio$sness. An $n$s$al e8perience 9 had &ith serio$s illness and cas0 tor oil pac#s also in ol ed intestinal obstr$ction. 9 &as called to see an elderly &oman at homeJ she &as a longtime patient and $nable to come to the o""ice. She had de eloped a distended abdomen &hich &orsened rapidly. She had lost her sense o" h$mor% had ?$it &atching her tele ision pro0 grams% and had gone to bed. When 9 e8amined her% 9 "o$nd that &ith her abdomen so grossly distended% the ca$se &as ob io$sly an obstr$ction and she needed to be hospitaliBed. A gastric t$be had to be inserted in an e""ort to de"late the belly. She adamantly re0 "$sed. She &as &ell o er eighty years o" age% said that she &as not going to lea e her home and that i" she &as going to die% it &as right there that she &anted to do it 4o ease her pain and discom"ort% 9 instr$cted her da$gh0 ter to place a castor oil pac# on the abdomen &itho$t heat% b$t to #eep it in place constantly. And the patient &as to ta#e ice chips to #eep her hydrated. 4he "ollo&ing day% she &as "eeling better and her abdo0 men &as not ?$ite as distended. Also% she had started to smile and Co#e once again. 4he ne8t day she started ha ing a "e& li?$id stools and her distention &as nearly gone. 9 ga e her a s$ppository and she had a large% nearly normal bo&el mo ement. 4he ob io$s diagnosis &as a se ere intestinal obstr$ction ca$sed by a "ecal impaction. When 9 isited her on the third day% she &as $p in a chair% &atching her "a orite tele ision programs. All systems &ere &or#ing and she had delayed her time o" depart$re "rom this plane. =o& did the castor oil pac# act to ma#e s$ch a radical

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change in direction in this &oman6s state o" healthH 9 &o$ld say that she had% prior to her illness% established a degree o" homeostasis;a state o" stability in her internal physiologi0 cal en ironment% &hich "or her spelled health. 4hen something happened;probably ha ing to do &ith her n$trition% &hich ca$sed the "ecal impaction to ta#e place. 4hat m$ch &e can $nderstand. .$t &hen she &ors0 ened% &hat &as it abo$t the oil that loosened $p the impaction and t$rned things aro$ndH 3id the castor oil soa# thro$gh to the intestinal tractH Was it a ibratory acti 0 ity in the castor oil% a"ter soa#ing thro$gh% or did it &or# as ibration &itho$t soa#ing thro$ghH .eca$se o" the nat$re o" this dimension in &hich all o" $s reside% &e #no& that e erything is in ibration. All s$b0 stances in this physical en ironment are composed o" atoms or s$batomic particles. 4hese are in constant motion and are one "orm o" energy. All s$bstances% then% &hether they be li ing or not% gi e o"" ibrations &hich% gi en time and more research% &ill e ent$ally be meas$red and sho&n to be $ni?$ely speci"ic in their o&n nat$re. 4h$s% castor oil &ill ha e a di""erent ibratory "orce than pean$t oil% "or in0 stance. 9s it really ibration% then% that carries the healing nat$re o" the castor oil into the body to la$nch a ne& approach% a ne& sit$ation% a ne& balance inside the str$ct$re and "$nc0 tioning o" the body so that healing does% in "act% come abo$tH Whate er bro$ght abo$t the change% by the time three days had passed the &oman octogenarian had re0 gained her sense o" h$mor% &as chatting &ith her da$ghter again% and &as &atching her tele ision. And she &as eating normally again. She had regained that state o" homeostasis that% "or her% added $p to health. 9t might be ill$strated% li#e most e ents &hich occ$r in this dimension% on a graph sho&ing happenings in time. @See <ig$re 1.A

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4he Cayce readings had m$ch to say abo$t ibration% and it appears "rom their perspecti e that the ibratory in"l$0 ence did bring abo$t the change in the instance o" the intestinal obstr$ction5 (lectricity or ibration is that same energy% same po&er% ye call God. !ot that God is an electric light or an electric machine% b$t that ibration that is creati e is o" that same energy as li"e itsel". @):):0/A ... e erything in motion% e erything that has ta#en on materiality as to become e8pressi e in any #ing0 dom in the material &orld% is +y the $i+rations that are the motions;or those positi e and negati e in"l$0 ences that ma#e "or that di""erentiation that man has called matter in its ario$s stages o" e ol$tion into material things. <or... all ibration m$st e ent$ally% as it materialiBes into matter% pass tho$gh a stage o" e ol$tion and o$t. @+9901A 4hen% to "ind the correct ibration "or elements that are lac#ing in their s$staining "orces "or a li ing organ0 ism% in s$ch a &ay and manner as "or same to be assimilated by% or become e""ecti e in% a li ing organ0 ism . . . is to be able to change that en iron o" that physical organism as to be creati e and e ol$ting in its acti ity in mat system. @**,+01A 9" one &ere to change the internal en ironment o" the body @the physiologyA so that it became creati e% &o$ldn6t one really e8pect a mo ement% then% to&ard health and a&ay "rom diseaseH 4he mystery o" the body certainly is not yet "$lly $nderstood% b$t it contin$es to be e8citing as one searches% as one stops long eno$gh to smell the dandelions. 9n o$r &or# at the A.'.(. Clinic% it &as o$r ro$tine% &hen

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a pregnant &oman started to ha e any #ind o" di""ic$lty to apply a castor oil pac# to her abdomen. 9" there &as any sign o" threatened spontaneo$s abortion% &e &o$ld ha e the mother go to bed% ele ate the "oot o" the bed% and p$t a pac# on;&itho$t the heating pad;and o"ten she &o$ld then carry the pregnancy on to term. When a pregnant &oman &ho had a history o" miscar0 riages &o$ld come to the clinic% the castor oil pac# &o$ld be the primary and immediate therapy. 4here are teen0 agers and yo$ng ad$lts &al#ing aro$nd thro$gho$t the Phoeni8 area &ho may not ha e made it to birthing had it not been "or the $se o" the castor oil pac#s. And mothers &ho $sed the pac#s noted also that there &ere "e& stretch mar#s% i" indeed any appeared. .eca$se o" my e8tensi e &riting abo$t my &or# &ith the Cayce material and castor oil o er the past t&enty years% many $sers o" the Cayce s$ggestions &rite me abo$t their e8periences. Gne "orty0year0old man ol$nteered his story abo$t intermittent pain that he had s$""ered since he &as eighteen. 9t &as irritating% b$t not disabling. A"ter reading abo$t the $se o" castor oil in other conditions% he decided to try it 4he pain &as in the center o" each &rist. =e applied a pac# to each &rist all night long "or three consec$ti e nights. When he &rote to me;more than three months a"0 ter his treatment% he said he had had the pain Dsince 9 &as eighteen years old% and 96m no& "orty;and the pain has not ret$rned since 9 $sed the pac#s.D =e added that he had e80 perienced some pain in his $pper arm. Using the pac#s also cleared $p that pain &ith no rec$rrence. 96m s$re there &ere reasons "or the occ$rrence o" the pain in this man6s case and he &o$ld need to become a&are o" &hat really lay behind his pain episode. 9t &as ob io$s% ho&0 e er% that this man had a castor oil conscio$sness. We ha e $sed castor oil on the body in a ariety o" loca0 tions% and the doctors &ho ha e been on the sta"" o" the

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Clinic ha e become strong ad ocates "or its $se% as ha e many o" o$r patients and correspondents. .e"ore he retired% 3r. 'ay .Cor# sent me this report5 D9 ha e been seeing a man &ho complains o" tinnit$s% a ring0 ing in the ears. Ac$p$nct$re has helped only mildly so "ar. .$t he had a #eratotic @&art0li#eA lesion on his "orearm and &anted to #no& i" he sho$ld see a s#in specialist as he &on0 dered i" it might be cancero$s. 9 told him 9 "elt it &as benign b$t ga e him a dermatologist6s address. .e"ore he le"t the o""ice% 9 applied a .and0AidO &ith drops o" castor oil on it and told him to apply one drop t&ice a day. D9t ended $p that he did not go to the specialist% and the lesion slo$ghed o"" in C$st a co$ple o" &ee#s.D

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W=(! 9!39-93UA2S W94= !G M(39CA2 4'A9!9!G <9!3 GU4 abo$t ery simple therapies that are harmless b$t ery interesting and ha e a history o" being help"$l% some become "ascinated. 4hey &ant to #no& DWhat happens i"... HD 4hese are therapists &ho are born that &ay. 9 s$spect that they ha e had past li es helping other h$mans thro$gh physical or mental di""ic$lties. When 9 &as in -irginia .each se eral years ago% an A.'.(. member told me abo$t a "riend o" hers &ho m$st ha e been one o" these Dborn0againD therapists. She &or#ed at a s$0 permar#et chec#o$t co$nter% b$t lo ed the $se o" castor oil and most o" the Cayce remedies. She &o$ld tell her c$stom0 ers abo$t these things as they chec#ed o$t. Most o" the time her c$stomers do nothing abo$t her s$ggestions% b$t on those occasions &hen they do% they get res$lts. Gne &oman came thro$gh her chec#o$t co$nter &ho had plastic &rapped aro$nd one leg and &as ob io$sly $n0 "/

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com"ortable. (mma% the chec#o$t cler#% said% DWhat in the &orld happened to yo$r legHD 4he ans&er% D-aricose einsLD 4he s#in had bro#en do&n and &o$ld not heal no matter &hat she did. She had e en spent three months in bed &ith no res$lts. (mma told her abo$t soa#ing a cloth in castor oil and &rapping it aro$nd her leg $nderneath the plastic. She didn6t tell her anything else. (mma sa& the lady6s h$sband abo$t a month later and as#ed ho& his &i"e &as doing. =is ans&er% DFo$ #no&% a"ter t&o or three &ee#s% the leg healed $p completely% and she6s had no tro$ble &ith it since.D Another one o" those in estigati e therapists &as a pa0 tient o" mine% &ho told me his story a"ter the "act. =e se erely sprained his an#le. =e &rote this acco$nt and sent it to me5 D9 $sed castor oil Sat$rday and S$nday nights and 9 am amaBed at &hat it does. When 9 tal#ed &ith yo$% 9 had C$st had the pac# on "or abo$t hal" an ho$r and had gone to bed to #eep my "oot $p. 4he pain &as pretty hard to ta#e% b$t a"ter &e &ere thro$gh on the telephone% 9 &ent bac# to bed and &ithin a hal" ho$r the pain le"t almost s$ddenly% and 9 ne er had a rec$rrence. D9 slept li#e a log% p$t my "oot in any position 9 &ished% and co$ld &al# on it the ne8t morning by $sing chairs along the &ay. 4&o nights be"ore 9 co$ldn6t e en step on it. 9 had to hang on to things and sh$""le my good "oot bac# and "orth on the r$g $ntil 9 got to the phone... !o& my an#le is "ine% discolored a bit b$t no s&elling% and 9 bind it $p and go on my &ay.D 9n the early days o" my association &ith the Cayce mate0 rial% 9 &as on call "or the emergency room at one o" the local hospitals. A &oman &ho had sprained her an#le at &or# had been ta#en to the emergency room. I0rays sho&ed no "ract$re. 9 chec#ed her an#leJ it &as s&ollen and tender to press$re and she had di""ic$lty bearing &eight on that "oot. 9 instr$cted her to ma#e $p a castor oil pac# and &ear it

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constantly "or the ne8t t&o days% $sing an elastic bandage to hold it in place and to pro ide some press$re to #eep the s&elling do&n. 4&o days later she appeared at o$r o""ice% &al#ing nor0 mally% &ith the pac# in place. When 9 chec#ed her an#le% she told me that my instr$ctions &ere so strange that &hen she got o$t o" the hospital% she tho$ght% DWhat am 9 doingH 4hat6s the craBiest thing 9 e er heard o".D .$t% she said% since she didn6t ha e anything else to do and her an#le &as h$rt0 ing% she "ollo&ed the instr$ctions. She $sed an elastic bandage "or the ne8t "e& days% b$t she &al#ed &itho$t a limp and there &as no pain. ( en 9 &as s$rprised at that #ind o" dramatic response. 9t repre0 sents more e idence "or me on the amaBing al$e o" a common s$bstance $sed to bring ne& a&areness to the "orces &ithin the h$man body. Many other e8periences come "rom among o$r patient pop$lation and "rom those &ho correspond &ith me% b$t this one tells the story in a di""erent &ay5 4his &as another instance in &hich a &oman s$""ered a nasty sprain to her an#le. She #ne& abo$t $sing castor oil pac#s and she p$t one together at once% applying the pac# &arm% co ering the an#le and the "oot% and $sing a plastic baggie to co er both. 4he an#le h$rt Dli#e blaBes%D she said% "or abo$t t&o ho$rs% b$t then the pain disappeared completely. She $sed cr$tches the "irst day% b$t discarded them a"ter that% #eep0 ing the pac# on day and night "or three days% &arming it occasionally. =er an#le &as a bit tender "or a "e& days% b$t she &as o"" it "or C$st the "irst day. =er h$sband had sprained his an#le years ago and &as disabled and on cr$tches "or three &ee#s. More recently a "riend o" hers &as si8 &ee#s on cr$tches a"ter her an#le &as sprained. When they tal#ed together @si8 &ee#s a"ter the in0 C$ryA% the "riend6s an#le &as still s&ollen and pain"$l. She

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too# the s$ggestion% ho&e er% abo$t $sing the pac#s and reported that she &as delighted &ith the res$lts. IN%URIES AND ABRASIONS .eca$se o" the as0yet0$ne8plained healing ?$alities in castor oil% &e ha e $sed it e8tensi ely &ith o$r patients% the personnel at the Clinic% and in o$r o&n li es. We ha e "o$nd that any p$nct$re &o$nd clears $p almost immediately simply by applying castor oil o er the area gently se eral times a day. 4he date palm trees in o$r bac#yard rarely got a trimming &itho$t my getting one or t&o p$nct$re &o$nds "rom the needle0li#e ends o" the "ronds. 9 "o$nd o$t years ago that these &o$nds &o$ld become irritated and in"ected% i" le"t $nattended. 9 $sed to apply antibiotic cream on them% b$t that &asn6t help"$l. When 9 disco ered the e""icacy o" castor oil% 9 ne er had an in"ected p$nct$re &o$nd again. 9 &o$ld r$b castor oil into the area a"ter &ashing it% repeat it again se eral ho$rs later% and then again at bedtime. 9" it &as still reminding me that it &as not "eeling good in the morning% 9 &o$ld apply the oil once again. Us$ally% this &o$ld ta#e care o" the problem. G$r si8 children ha e had castor oil applied to ario$s parts o" their anatomy so o"ten o er the years that they ha e reminded $s that they &ill p$t on o$r tombstones &hen &e die% D=ere they lie in spite o" castor oilLD 4he e8perience paid o"" in o$r caring "or o$r patients and "riends% and;as 9 mentioned earlier;it led to my &riting a monograph abo$t the $se o" castor oil pac#s in the practice o" medicine. 9t de eloped into a boo# and ac?$ired its name beca$se someone in the Middle Ages called the castor bean plant the Palma Christi! the palm o" Christ.: A patient o" o$rs% Sherri% &as tra eling abo$t "orty0"i e miles per ho$r on her motorbi#e &hen she lost control and crashed. Sherri had s#in abrasions on her elbo&s% abdo0

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men% and le"t breast% and the palms o" both hands &ere scraped ra& do&n to the dermal layer. =er therapy &as cas0 tor oil% $sed liberally on all the a""ected areas. =er response &as e8cellent 4he &o$nds healed completely &itho$t scars. 9nC$ries at birth sometimes come in the "orm o" bleeding $nder the s#in o" the scalp% &hich is called a hematoma @a t$mor "illed &ith bloodA. 4his is &hat happened &hen Para6s third son &as born. 4he t$mor &as relati ely small right a"0 ter birth% b$t contin$ed to gro& in siBe $ntil the baby &as t&o months old. At that point% it &as the siBe o" a baseball% and it &as then that the mother started $sing a castor oil pac# on his head% #eeping it in place &ith the ingen$ity born o" motherhood. 9t rapidly decreased in siBe and% &ithin the ne8t ten days% the hematoma &as no longer present. We ha e treated "ingernails that had been Dsmashed%D $sing a little pac# #ept in place &ith a .and0AidO. 9" treated early eno$gh% the blac#ened nail grad$ally gains bac# its normal color and the blood is reabsorbed. ELIMINATIONS USIN9 CASTOR OIL 9 grad$ally became a&are o" another healing concept a"0 ter seeing the e""iciency o" castor oil in resol ing bleeding in the tiss$es and e8citing the reb$ilding o" tiss$es a"ter seri0 o$s inC$ry to the s#in. 4he concept that elimination internally and regeneration o" the tiss$e are primary e""ects &hen castor oil is applied to the body. 9" this principle is e8ercised in therapy% m$ch can be accomplished in the body6s healing process. 4oo little attention is gi en to the importance o" elimina0 tions in the medical &orld today. 9t is physiologically tr$e that there are "o$r channels o" elimination in the body5 the s#in% the l$ngs% the #idneys% and the li er7intestinal tract. When one channel is obstr$cted% damaged% or ill and $n0 able to do its Cob% the other three s$""er. And the body is

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m$ch the &orse "or &ear. When an eliminatory organ or system can be ret$rned to a more normal state% the body bene"its. 4h$s% any method designed to impro e and coordinate the eliminations o" the body is bo$nd to be help"$l to its reco ery. 9t m$st be #ept in mind that the lymphatics and capillar0 ies are important in trans"erring s$bstances that need to be remo ed "rom &here they might be "o$nd in the body. Proper eliminations pro ide a greater degree o" cleanli0 ness to the cells &ithin the body. .eing clean internally% the cells "$nction more e""iciently and lend themsel es to the healing or maintenance o" health in the body as a &hole. 9t6s probably &ise to remember that in the .ible &e are told that cleanliness is ne8t to godliness. TUMOR IN THE NEC Catherine% a yo$ng eighty0t&o% had been thri ing $nder the ario$s therapies s$ggested in the (dgar Cayce read0 ings. She paid me a isit at the Clinic some time ago beca$se she had de eloped a l$mp in the right side o" her nec# near the angle o" her mandible @Ca& boneA ery close to the at0 tachment o" the earlobe. 4here &as no e idence o" any di""ic$lty that &o$ld ca$se a lymph node in that area to be enlarged% so 80rays and labora0 tory tests &ere ordered. Still% no basic ca$se &as $nco ered. When she disco ered the l$mp prior to the o""ice call% Catherine began applying castor oil pac#s to that area. When &e "irst sa& the l$mp% it &as the siBe o" a haBeln$t and ?$ite "irm. 9n t&o &ee#s6 time% the siBe &as do&n to that o" a small pea% and one month later the l$mp &as gone. 2oo#ing bac# at the e ent% 9 s$spect it &as a lymph node. =ad it not rapidly decreased in siBe% 9 &o$ld ha e ad ised a biopsy% a proced$re she may ha e reCected. .$t no ca$se &as demonstrated and the patient e8ited "rom the e ent in

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e8cellent health. 9n this instance% &e did not #no& &hat &as going on% b$t &e opted to ta#e steps to ret$rn the body bac# to normal. And the castor oil did it. :HORNY: TOE NAIL 4his is a rather common problem in the practice o" "am0 ily medicine% b$t it is ery di""ic$lt to correct. 'emo al does not o"ten pro ide a c$re. 9t is "elt that a "$ng$s may be the etiology% the ca$se. 9t is most common in the elderly. 9n 19,, a &oman presented her big toe as a problem "or $s to sol e. 9t &as the site o" a DhornyD toe nail% large% angled% and ery di""ic$lt to trim or #eep $nder control. She &as instr$cted to $se "oot soa#s o" (psom salt "or "i"0 teen min$tes e ery night at bedtime. 4hen she &as to &rap the toe in a small castor oil pac#% &hich &as to be #ept on all night long. 4his proced$re &as to be contin$ed "or t&o months. She &as seen C$st si8 months later. Upon e8amina0 tion% &e "o$nd her nail to be completely normal. What happenedH 9ncreased circ$lationH .etter lymphatic "lo&H <$ngicidal acti ityH <aithH Patience and persistenceH =o& her toe nail responded remains;li#e many other physiological responses;an enigma. .$t% &ith patience% persistence% consistency% and castor oil she "i8ed itL S IN CANCER/ ERATOSIS 9n the early stages% it is probably impossible to tell &hether an actinic #eratosis is going to de elop into &hat is called a #eratotic horn or a s?$amo$s cell carcinoma% &hich is malignant Commonly% these e8cessi e gro&ths o" epider0 mal cells% #eratinocytes% are $s$ally called #eratoses. G"ten% e en &itho$t a biopsy to pro e the point% they are called early or ad anced s#in cancers. !on0physicians o"ten ma#e the diagnoses themsel es.

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A &oman "rom .o$lder% Colorado% &rote me abo$t her e8perience5 D9 had a s#in cancer on my nose% near my right eye% &hich has disappeared a"ter three days o" applying cas0 tor oil "irst% then sprin#ling ba#ing soda o er the spotL 9 had had the cancer "or t&o years% trying e ery nat$ral method 9 had read or heard abo$t 9 had pre io$sly tried castor oil and a small amo$nt o" ba#ing soda in a mi8t$re &ith no s$ccess.D Gne o" my "a orite patients is ninety0three years old @his &i"e is ninety0"i eA. .oth ha e a tremendo$s sense o" h$0 mor. George had a large gro&th on his right earlobe;a #eratosis;&hich &as dis"ig$ring% altho$gh not malignant. =e had been treated by se eral other doctors be"ore 9 sa& him% b$t the #eratosis persisted. 9 instr$cted him to r$b cas0 tor oil thoro$ghly on the earlobe t&ice daily% and clean it o"" &ith a so"t cloth. A"ter he ret$rned ayear and a hal" later% the ear &as completely normal;no #eratosis. =e &as still $s0 ing the castor oil% he reported% beca$se it made his ear "eel so so"t An o$t0o"0to&n "riend &rote $s abo$t her e8perience &ith a similar di""ic$lty. D<or abo$t ten years 9 had a large #eratosis @diagnosed by a dermatologistA on each side o" my "ace C$st in "ront o" the ears. 4hey &ere remo ed by the doc0 tor;the one on the right &as treated s$rgically three times;yet both enlarged again each time a"ter treatment. So 9 C$st li ed &ith them $ntil "inally 9 realiBed they &ere both spreading. D9 began sat$rating them &ith castor oil on cotton% co 0 ered &ith a .and0AidO. 9 did this e ery night and noticed that they &ere changing in color and siBe. 4he center parts began er$pting% scabbing o er% then peeling o"";$ntil "i0 nally% a"ter abo$t a "i e0month period% they &ere both completely goneL 4he s#in is no& smooth &ith no scars that can be seen.D We ha e ro$tinely ad ised o$r patients to $se castor oil on the s#in "or #eratoses% "or acne% stretch mar#s in preg0

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nancy% and general care o" the s#in. Gne o" o$r patients r$bbed castor oil on her abdomen to pre ent stretch mar#s% and then% noticing that she &as de eloping acne% added treatment to those lesions to her s#in0care ro$tine. 4he acne cleared $p and her "ace &as so smooth that she told $s that people too# her "or being t&enty0three or t&enty0"o$r in0 stead o" thirty0"i e;her real age. INFECTION AFTER IN%URY Ke"" Asher% the son o" a longtime "riend% li ed &ith $s d$r0 ing a good portion o" his $ni ersity st$dies. We became "ast "riends and ha e shared many e8periences. =is mother Kenny told me a story many years ago and then "ollo&ed it $p &ith a letter beca$se she &as so deeply in ol ed &ith the Cayce &or#. =er e8perience is the #ind o" thing that hap0 pens to people as they come to s$dden;or grad$al;a&areness abo$t something they #no& b$t ha e not yet made real in this &orld by p$tting it into action. DWhen my da$ghter% Kody% &as t&el e% the children &ere playing on the road. 4heir ball &ent do&n a se&er co ered by a manhole co er. 4he children pried $p the hea y% "ilthy co er b$t it "ell do&n again on Kody# bare toes. =er big toe and the ne8t t&o &ere cr$shed. DWe r$shed her to UC2A emergency center. An orthope0 dic s$rgeon &as called in. =e cleaned it $p as best he co$ld and instr$cted me to soa# it "o$r times a day in (psom salt sol$tions and to $se a P0tipO each time to clean aro$nd the nailbeds. She &as p$t on antibiotics. D<o$r months and three orthopedic s$rgeons later;one &anted to do a debriding @remo ing "oreign matter and de0 italiBed tiss$eA in the hospital% &hich &o$ld also shorten her toe;she &as on cr$tches. =er toes &o$ld s&ell &ith p$s e ery "e& days. She &as still on antibiotics. D9 had yo$r boo# on the Palma Christi. 4here is a case o" a

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man &ho dropped a dr$m o" tar on his "oot Cayce recom0 mended castor oil. 4he man% 9 belie e% &as bac# in shoes and at &or# in a matter o" &ee#s. .$t it ta#es a &hole di""er0 ent brand o" co$rage to de"y doctor6s orders &hen it concerns yo$r o&n child and not yo$ yo$rsel". 9 didn6t ha e the co$rage% at "irst. <inally% one S$nday a"ternoon% 9 &as soa#ing her "oot as $s$al and co$ld see it &as again s&ell0 ing &ith p$s. 4his &as a"ter "o$r months o" the tro$ble. 9t &as a pain"$l% a&"$l mess. We had an appointment &ith the doctor on the ne8t Wednesday. 9 decided to ris# the castor oil and simply po$red it on "rom the bottle. 4he toes co$ld not ha e tolerated "lannel or a pac#. (psom salt soa#s and the P0tipO cleaning &ere stopped. K$st the castor oil. DGn Wednesday% &e &ent to the orthopedic s$rgeon6s o"0 "ice% yo$r Palma Christi boo# in hand. 9 told Kody not to say anything to the doctor. We &o$ld &ait to hear &hat he &o$ld say. Well% he loo#ed at the toes and said% 6We s$re cleaned it $p this timeL6 D9 then told him &hat &e had done and handed him the Palma Christi boo# and he read that case. =e handed it bac# to me% shoo# his head% and said% 69 don6t care i" it6s m$d. 9t &or#edL6 DWell% Kody6s toes healed ?$ic#ly a"ter that. She ne er gre& the nail on the large toe and the toe is a bit de"ormed. 9 am sorry 9 &aited "o$r months to try the castor oil. 96ll bet her nail &o$ld ha e gro&n in% too.D 4here are castor oil proponents thro$gho$t the United States% and 9 hear "rom many o" them. Gne is an o&ner o" a cloc# shop% b$t 9 s$spect he sells more castor oil than cloc#s. =e had s$ch good res$lts himsel" by soa#ing a pair o" soc#s in castor oil and &earing them &ith an old pair o" shoes @his problem &as aching "eetA that he told a "riend abo$t his methods. =is "riend &or#ed in a "actory and &as on his "eet on the hard concrete all day longJ;and his "eet ached% too. =e didn6t say anything to his "riends at that point% b$t his

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res$lts in de eloping happy "eet &ere so reso$nding that he told the cloc#0shop man that he spread the &ord aro$nd and DFo$ can hear the sloshing o" castor oil "eet nearly e 0 ery&here in the "actory.D We learn abo$t simple things in many &ays% and the seed is planted "or gro&th in a&areness. HYPERACTI(ITY M$ch has been &ritten abo$t this a""liction &hich also has the name or is associated &ith &hat is called dysle8ia% an impairment o" the ability to read. Gne lesson 96 e learned o er the years is to loo# at the deeper ca$sation o" problems rather than the end prod$ct o" a process. 4he de elopment o" physiological abnormalities is the process. Gn the ca$sati e side o" this process are those "ac0 tors that create the abnormalities. Gn the res$ltant side o" the same process is the mani"estation% &hich is termed a disease or syndrome. ( erything in the h$man body is changing "or the better or "or the &orse as li"e contin$es% and &e are al&ays creating at the le el o" the mind and the emotions. 4his creati e acti ity impacts the physiology "or better or "or &orse. 9n this instance% hyperacti ity &as the end prod$ct. 4he deeper problem m$st lie some&here in the relationship among the acti ity o" the mind% the emotional nat$re% and the ne$rological imp$lses &hich either bring in"ormation into o$r conscio$sness or ca$se the body to act. 4his places the ca$se% then% directly inside the ner o$s system. 9t6s tr$ly interesting to let the creati e part o" yo$rsel" loose and consider that the same application &hich helps a man stop snoring and become a cooperati e instead o" an antagonistic indi id$al might also ha e a bene"icial e""ect on hyperacti ity. .oth conditions lie in the realm o" the a$0 tonomic ner o$s system.

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4his #ind o" spec$lation does not c$rrently reside in the scienti"ic "ield% b$t it might indeed ha e a reality i" &e ac0 #no&ledge that most o" the nat$re o" h$manity cannot be ?$anti"ied% b$t has its $ltimate meaning in a spirit$al realm abo$t &hich &e #no& ery little. 9 recall one &oman% in her late "i"ties% &ho reported to me that the castor oil pac# &hich she had p$t on "or the ery "irst time &as the best tran?$iliBer she had e er $sed. Gth0 ers ha e told me that it helps them sleep% it rela8es them% and it soothes them. Gne might say it helps to normaliBe the body &hen applied o er the abdomen% &here the solar ple8$s is to be "o$nd;the largest acc$m$lations o" a$to0 nomic ner e cells in the lo&er part o" the body. 9t &as in 19+1 that &e had o$r "irst real enco$nter &ith se ere hyperacti ity. 4ommy6s mother told abo$t his li"e0 long problem &hile she pic#ed $p torn magaBines that 4ommy had &or#ed o er% p$shed dra&ers bac# in place in the e8amining room% p$lled 4ommy "rom the tops o" "$rni0 t$re time and again;trying to restore order &here he &as creating chaos. =e &as e ery&here and co$ld not be ?$i0 eted do&n. =e &as in o$r o""ice "or a mild belly ache. 4he hyperacti 0 ity &as a daily occ$rrence to &hich his mother had adapted. Mother &as instr$cted to $se a castor oil pac# "or the ab0 dominal problem and to bring 4ommy bac# i" he &as not doing &ell. 4he ne8t isit% three &ee#s later% &as a re elation. 4ommy &as ?$iet% sat on a chair reading a boo#% t$rning the pages &itho$t tearing them o$t% ans&ering ?$estions li#e the a 0 erage child% and sho&ing no signs o" hyperacti ity. What &as happeningH ( ery e ening% his mother placed the castor oil pac# on 4ommy6s abdomen &hile he &as &atching tele ision. She didn6t li#e ha ing him &atch tele0 ision b$t she #ne& he &o$ld stay ?$iet. 9n a "e& days% he started reminding his mother to p$t the pac# on beca$se it

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"elt so good. =er li"e &as changed. 4ommy &as no longer a threat to the sanity o" his parents nor to the "$rnit$re% &all0 paper% or glass&are. =e &as a normal "i e0year0old boy getting ready to go to school. ( er since that e8perience% &e ha e been treating hyper0 acti ity &ith a good diet and castor oil pac#s% not &ith medication. 4ommy gre& $p% got married% and no& brings his #ids in "or a chec#$p occasionally. 4here is no hyperac0 ti ity no& in that "amily. THE LI(ER AND 9ALL BLADDER Part o" my a&areness o" the healing ?$alities o" s$b0 stances o""ered $s by Mother !at$re came abo$t as 9 &atched one #ind o" dist$rbance o" the body a"ter another respond to the application o" a castor oil pac#. We "irst $sed the pac#s on hepatitis beca$se o" the "re?$ency &ith &hich Cayce% in his readings% s$ggested that they &o$ld be bene"i0 cial. Gall bladder conditions recei ed m$ch the same sort o" attention in the readings. Consistently% thro$gh the thirty years 9 ha e &or#ed &ith the Cayce in"ormation% the $se o" castor oil pac#s "or li er and gall bladder conditions has remained o$r standard. 'arely% i" e er% ha e they "ailed to per"orm ad antageo$sly. A n$rsing st$dent% recogniBing the onset o" hepatitis% too# a &ee# o""% loaded $p &ith &ater and more &ater% and &ore a castor oil pac# contin$o$sly. She also had people pray "or her. 4he "ollo&ing Monday she ret$rned to school &ith no sign o" the yello&ish tint to her s#in or conC$ncti ae o" the eyes. 4he diagnosis had been con"irmed early in the co$rse o" her illness% so there &as no ?$estion abo$t its a0 lidity. She &o$ld not ha e been able to contin$e in her training i" she had missed more school than she did. 9n 19,:% &e began a residential se enteen0day 4emple .ea$ti"$l Program% "ashioned to an e8tent a"ter the ancient

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4emple .ea$ti"$l described in the (dgar Cayce readings. 2ater on% it became an ele en0day e ent% pro iding patients &ith a healing e8perience% lin#ing together the body% mind% and spirit portions o" the h$man being. Koel .$chanan% a patient o" o$rs &ho earlier had been thro$gh one o" these programs% called me "rom 4e8as "or some ad ice. =e &anted to #eep his li er in good shape. (arly in 19:,% he de eloped type . hepatitis% &hich he treated at home &ith castor oil pac#s. =e &as seeing his in0 ternist b$t didn6t tell him &hat he &as doing beca$se he "elt the pac#s &o$ld be discredited by the doctor. =e had% ho&e er% a rapid reco ery and his internist #ept saying that his ret$rn to health &as Dmirac$lo$s%D consider0 ing his si8ty0si8 years and the se erity o" the case. 9 told him that the same therapy that helped his li er bac# to health &o$ld help it maintain its health. So he contin$ed $sing the pac#s periodically. A correspondent% 'ichard Garcia% called me more than t&o years ago abo$t the gallstones that had been disco 0 ered in his gall bladder. =e had been doing a three0day apple diet and too# oli e oil by mo$th on the third day. 4his diet he had contin$ed intermittently "or many years. .$t he &as still ha ing episodes o" pain and discom"ort. =e #ne& abo$t castor oil pac#s b$t had not $sed them% and he &as disco$r0 aged. 9 told him that s$rgery &as al&ays an alternati e. =is letter came ?$ite recently letting me #no& that he had gone ahead and sched$led himsel" to see the s$rgeon5 D.$t &hen 9 met &ith the s$rgeon he told me that there &as a ner e that ran close by the gall bladder that they co$ldn6t a oid c$tting. 4hat really t$rned me o""% so 9 got really seri0 o$s and started a three0month% "i e0days0on% three0days0o"" series o" castor oil pac#s. Gn the "i"th e ening a"ter each se0 ries% 9 dran# a hal"0c$p o" oli e oil. 4he treatment did &onders "or me and 9 had had no rec$rrences.D @Garcia de0 cided on a hal"0c$p o" oli e oil on his on. Cayce% as "ar as 9

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#no&% ne er recommended that m$ch oil in one dose. More commonlyJ it &as a tablespoon"$l.A Garcia did not tell me &hether he had passed the stones or i" he had ta#en another 80ray o" his gall bladder% b$t his pain and discom"ort no longer ga e him tro$ble% and he has contin$ed occasionally to $se a three0day series o" pac#s to help DbalanceD his body. ESOPHA9EAL SPASM 9t is sometimes astonishing e en to me;since 9 ha e $ti0 liBed castor oil pac#s in a ariety o" conditions o er the last thirty years in my practice;to hear ho& some o" my corre0 spondents ha e $sed this #ind o" aid "or the body. !ot long ago 9 recei ed a letter "rom a man 96 e #no&n "or a long time. =e6s a 4e8an% so 9 don6t get to see him o"ten. =e &anted to to$ch base &ith me and report something that happened to him bac# in 19,9. =e reports5 D9 &as ha ing problems &ith my esophag$s and &as ha ing it dilated abo$t e ery si8 &ee#s to t&o months. Fo$ s$ggested the castor oil pac#s% so 9 came home "rom the con"erence and started $sing them pretty reli0 gio$sly "or the rest o" that year and into the ne8t. 9 ha e not had to ret$rn "or a dilation since and don6t e8pect to e er again. 9 &ant to than# yo$LD Where did he $se themH G er the abdomen and some0 times directly o er the chest &here the spasm &as located. 4he healing process al&ays amaBes me% and 9 am con inced o er and o er again that healing is C$st abo$t li#e ma#ing the right t$rn in a road that leads to the destination desired. EAR PROBLEMS / HEARIN9 LOSS More than a year ago% 9 recei ed a letter "rom Sharon 'oBni# telling me abo$t the plight o" her t&o0year0old boy%

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&ho Dhas had "l$id trapped in his ear t$bes "or si8 months.D 4hey had an appointment &ith an ear doctor &ho &as plan0 ning on placing drainage t$bes in his ears. She &anted to #no& &hat (dgar Cayce &o$ld ha e s$ggested% beca$se she belie ed that there m$st be a better &ay to get "l$id o$t o" Kesse6s ears. .y the time she recei ed my ans&er% she had ta#en ac0 tion and had already seen the doctor. =er story in response to my letter is pro ocati e5 DG$ess &hatL 9 C$st played it by 6ear%6 gi ing him )*1 mg. o" itamin CJ castor oil drops in ears a.m. and p.m.J high0al#a0 line% lo&0acid dietJ a co$ple drops o" Glyco04hymoline @see Appendi8A orally e ery "e& daysJ castor oil soa#ed on the "ront o" his diaper at bedtimeJ $pper bac# massagesJ laying on o" hands @mineA &ith &hite healing light in mind. =e &o$ldn6t tolerate Glyco04hymoline pac#s to the nec#L 9 started this ten days be"ore he &as to see the ear specialist. .y the &ay% Kesse &as going in beca$se he6s had "l$id in his ears "or si8 months straight% &itho$t any signs o" clearing $p% a"ter ta#ing ario$s antibiotics and decongestants% and being chec#ed reg$larly by a doctor e ery three &ee#s. DWhen the ear doctor loo#ed in Kesse6s ears% my h$sband said there &as a loo# o" shoc# on his "ace. =is right ear &as completely clear and his le"t still had some "l$id remaining in it. 9 &as so relie ed and grate"$l. D4he doctor as#ed i" he6d been on any medication this past month and 9 said 6no.6 9 don6t #no& &hy 9 said that. !e8t time 9 go in @in "i e &ee#s to chec# the other earA 96ll tell him. D9 realiBe that t$bes in the ears aren6t really a serio$s health threat% b$t 9 C$st "elt deep inside my heart that a little boy sho$ldn6t ha e to ha e t$bes p$t in his ears. 4here sho$ld be a nat$ral &ay to get "l$id o$t o" those ears. D4han# yo$ "or the boo#% The Edgar Cayce &emedies!, &here 9 "o$nd the ans&er to this health problem. 4his is the "irst time 9 e er tried an e8tensi e remedy li#e this. 4han#s

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"or ans&ering my letter% and than# God "or simple tr$thsLD 96 e al&ays tho$ght that simple tr$ths are the best. A"ter all% i" &e are destined to be one &ith Creati e <orces and i" there6s a oneness among all o" h$man#ind% then there may be little that can be more basic than the simple tr$ths. =earing loss can come "rom a ariety o" ca$ses% b$t it is al&ays a barrier to "$ll participation in li"e as it is li ed on this planet When an eight0year0old boy is a""licted% &e may not thin# that it is as detrimental to him as to an ad$lt% be0 ca$se he can adC$st better. =o&e er% &e seldom listen care"$lly to s$ch a person to see &hat he thin#s o" the prob0 lem. 2oss o" hearing% partial or complete% is a real problem to anyone. Konathan had s$ch a problem% b$t his sol$tion;than#s to his mother and some ideas "rom the Cayce material; &as a happy one. 4his is "rom his mother6s letter5 DMy son Konathan% age eight% has had t$bes p$t in his ears t&ice. 4he last time &as abo$t t&o years ago and in one ear he has not heard &ell "or abo$t a year and a hal". @9 #ne& this beca$se he co$ldn6t hear the b$BB tone on the tele0 phone.A 9 "ollo&ed the Cayce instr$ctions o" massage% head and nec# e8ercise% and the lamb tallo& mi8t$re "or "o$r e e0 nings. 4hen% the ne8t e ening 9 p$t a drop o" castor oil in his ear. 4he "ollo&ing morning% 9 loo#ed in his ear and the t$be had "allen o$tL Gne side o" the t$be loo#ed "ine% b$t the other side &as cr$sted o er &ith dried bloodL... needless to say% 9 am thrilled to report that he no& hears normally in both earsL God ans&ered my prayers.D 9n o$r &or# &ith the Cayce readings and the concepts o" healing "o$nd there% &e ent$red o$t&ard to $se castor oil in a n$mber o" &ays that &o$ld either acti ate the imm$ne system or ?$iet do&n the a$tonomic ner o$s system. We "o$nd that castor oil drops in the ears &o$ld o"ten ta#e care o" minor problems there and sometimes in"l$ence maCor di""ic$lties to&ard healing.

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A Cali"ornia &oman &rote to me abo$t her e8perience &ith a problem o" minimal hearing loss5 DAbo$t three months ago 9 noticed my hearing diminishing in my le"t ear. 9 had se eral colds% pl$s my tra els ta#e me $p and do&n a mo$ntain to get to &or#. DA month and a hal" ago 9 &ent to an ear% nose% and throat specialist &ho ga e me some strong decongestant tablets and a spray. 4hose dried $p my cold and sin$ses and some0 &hat relie ed the problem% b$t not completely. 9 &ent bac# and he p$nct$red my eardr$m and ble& medication into it to loosen and help drain the t$be. 9t helped "or t&o days% b$t then my hearing &orsened again. 9 decided to $se cas0 tor oil pac#s directly on the ear% &ith heat% at night &hen going to bed;9 $sed them "or one ho$r. DA"ter the "irst treatment% 9 &as m$ch impro ed and a"ter the second night there &as ery little hearing loss.D !o long0 term report on this% b$t &hen one e8periences the #ind o" bene"its she "elt in her o&n body% it e8cites her and opens her mind to the concept that the body indeed can be helped to&ard a better le el o" homeostasis% a condition &e call health. SNORIN9 We are all "amiliar &ith it and many o" $s do it. 9t is de0 "ined as ro$gh% noisy breathing d$ring sleep% d$e to ibration o" the $ $la and so"t palate. Some h$sbands and perhaps more &i es s$""er insomnia &hen their spo$ses snore. .$t there is a story that 9 remember reading abo$t a &oman &ho had C$st been married bac# in the 3epression era. 4he ne&ly&eds too# residence in the second0"loor apartment o" a ric#ety &ood b$ilding. As her h$sband "ell asleep% she began to hear the so$nd o" rats or mice inthe &alls o" their apartment% and she &as terri"ied. 4hen her h$sband began to snore% and the rodents ceased their mo ement. As long as he &as snoring% the rats &ere ?$iet.

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She has associated snoring e er since &ith peace and tran0 ?$illity% and% 9 s$ppose to her% it &as li#e the so$nd o" the &a es &o$ld be to others &ho li e by the ocean. Snoring &as the s$bCect o" se eral ?$estions gi en the sleeping Cayce. 4hey pro ide another perspecti e on this condition5 -. Is there any way of slee)ing on the +ac/ without snoring0 @AA !ot that has been in ented yetL @1:+101:A -. 1ay anything+e done to correct or )re$ent slee)2 ing with mouth o)en0 @AA Close itL -. 3hen aslee)! how may this +e done0 @AA Ma#e the s$ggestions to sel" as going to sleep. Get the system balanced. And this &ill be done. @)::0 /1A 9n the early 1931s% (dgar Cayce and a gro$p o" de oted indi id$als &or#ed together to &rite a boo# called A (earch for 4od.5 9t has become the g$iding light "or tho$sands o" people since that time as they Coin together in st$dy gro$ps once a &ee#. <rom a st$dy gro$p member comes a story o" a $ni?$e application o" castor oil pac#s. 9t seems that this yo$ng &oman6s mother and dad &ere at the point o" sleeping in separate rooms beca$se o" his snoring so that the &i"e co$ld get some sleep. 4he da$ghter &rote me5 DMy parents are both sleeping better no&% than#s to the castor oil pac#. My mother has insisted that dad &ear a pac# e ery night "or the last t&o &ee#s. D!o&% instead o" her being #ept a&a#e by lo$d g$tt$ral% cho#ing snores and "re?$ent angry o$tcries originating "rom nightly dreams o" "ighting% the snoring has ceased to0

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tally and she is occasionally a&a#ened by the most so"t% &himsical giggling coming "rom the original o""ender;my dadL Mom also reports an enhanced sense o" h$mor% a ery a""ectionate h$sband% and a spirit o" cooperation that C$st &on6t ?$itD PsychotherapyH 9 &o$ld thin# not% $nless &e &ere to de0 "ine that &ord a bit di""erently. 9n the "ield o" endocrinology% the adrenal gland is called the D"ight7"lightD gland and is symboliBed in the te8ts by a man% cro$ched &ith his "ists ready% eyes &ide% alert% and prepared "or combat or "or r$n0 ningJ;i" that seems to be the best co$rse to ta#e. 4his #ind o" response by the adrenal gland e8cited my &onderment once more. Why sho$ld a pac# placed on the abdomen alter the emotional nat$re @and dream patternsA o" an ad$lt personH 3id these pac#s act$ally create &ithin the conscio$sness o" the adrenal gland and the accompa0 nying sympathetic ner o$s system a more peaceable ibrationH Kes$s said% DPeace is my parting gi"t to yo$% my o&n peace% s$ch as the &orld cannot gi e. Set yo$r tro$bled hearts at rest% and banish yo$r "ears.D11 And the castor bean plant &as called the Palma Christi @the palm o" ChristA se 0 eral h$ndred years ago. THE PALMA CHRISTI G$r yo$ngest son% 3a id;&ho is no& a physician;li ed a great deal o" his li"e in close companionship &ith his g$ard0 ian angels. =e m$st ha e had more than one angel. When isiting an old college classmate o" mine in Santa 'osa% Cali0 "ornia% &e &ere enCoying o$r con ersation in the li ing room a"ter dinner% &hile the t&o boys @3a id and Garric#A &ere climbing $p and do&n the o$tside o" the stairs in the split0le el home. 4hey &o$ld climb $p to the landing% then drop to the stairs belo& that led do&n to the "amily room. 9t &as getting late% and &e tho$ght it &as time "or the #ids

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to go to bed. 9 anno$nced this to 3a id% and he said% DGne more time% 3adLD So $p he climbed% one more time% b$t this time he &as holding onto the landing abo e and &as s&ing0 ing bac# and "orth be"ore dropping. =e s&$ng too "ar% and his "ingers slipped o"" the landing "loor. With a th$d% he landed on his bac# on the stairs belo&;and he let o$t a scream. 9 &as there in no time% pic#ed him $p% and carried him o er to the li ing room "loor &here he co$ld be chec#ed "or possible serio$s inC$ry. =is bac# &as h$rting badly and &as ery tender to the to$ch% b$t there &as no e idence o" ne$rological inC$ry. I0 rays co$ld &ait till morning% and he slept on the "loor alongside the bed the rest o" the night With a castor oil pac# on his bac#% 3a id slept ery "it0 "$lly $ntil abo$t "o$r in the morning% &hen he "inally "ell so$nd asleep. 9n the morning% he &as still asleep. ( ent$0 ally 9 chec#ed him "or problems. =e said he had no pain% so 9 palpated the inC$red area 9t &as not tender. 9 had him sit $p% then stand $p% bend this &ay and that% and it &as as i" nothing had happened to him. 9t &as then that he told $s that he had a dream. D9 &as lying there &ith my bac# h$rt0 ing "or a long time% and then Kes$s came and p$t =is hand on my bac# and the pain stopped.D What #ind o" healing ibration is there in castor oil that &o$ld inspire someone to call the plant the palm o" the Christ% the Palma Chris$H 4his happened bac# in the Middle Ages.1) And ho& co$ld this relate to the dream;the sleep0 ing conscio$sness;o" an eight0year0old boy so that he &o$ld recogniBe Kes$s p$tting =is palm on his bac# and healing himH <rom snoring to gigglingJ "rom discord to cooperationJ "rom pain to healing;let6s #eep on $n"olding the mystery o" this &onder"$l creation;the h$man beingJ;&hom God created in some ine8plicable manner. 2et6s #eep on smell0 ing the dandelions.

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W( S4922 =A-( !G (IP2A!A49G! W=F CAS0 4G' G92 placed in the ear canal &ill be so help"$l to a child &ith a hearing problem% or &hy a pac# $sing this oil &ill help restore normalcy to a hyperacti e child% or speed $p the healing o" hepatitis% or help to get rid o" gallstones% or e en help heal abrasions and in"ections. Perhaps it is to be "o$nd in the nat$re o" the h$man body and the secret heal0 ing capabilities o" the s$bstances God ga e $s here on the earth "or o$r $se and bene"it. 9n his sleeping state% Cayce sa& illness in the h$man be0 ing as the end point o" mal"$nctioning physiology. 4h$s% in an attempt to correct the ailing body% the s$ggestions &ere aimed at the "$nctioning parts;the physiology;not at the end point o" a process. 4his is a ery important distinction% "or it indicates the di""erence bet&een the manner in &hich Cayce loo#ed at this indi id$al created in the image o" God and the manner in &hich 9 &as ta$ght to search "or a diag0 /6

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nosis and% in a sense% "orget abo$t the h$man being &hose physiology created the problem in the "irst place. Cayce described at least thirty di""erent physiological "$nctions that &ere changed "or the better thro$gh the $se o" castor oil applied topically% mostly by the $se o" the pac#s.13 =ere6s a partial list% in Cayce6s $ni?$e lang$age and based on his $nderstanding o" the internal &or#ings o" the body5 9ncreases eliminations Stim$lates the li er 3issol es and remo es adhesions 3issol es and remo es lesions 'elie es pain 'eleases colon impaction 'ed$ces ner o$s system Stim$lates the gall bladder 9ncoordinations red$cing to8emia 'ed$ces "lat$lence 9ncreases lymphatic circ$lation 9mpro es intestinal assimilation .alances eliminations 'ed$ces in"lammation 9ncreases rela8ation 3issol es lacteal d$ct adhesions 'ed$ces na$sea 3issol es gallstones Stim$lates lacteal d$ct circ$lation 'ed$ces s&elling Stim$lates the caec$m Coordinates li er0#idney "$nction Stim$lates organs and glands .ased on the abo e list% it is $nderstandable that castor oil pac#s &ere ad ocated in the readings as therapy "or

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people &ho had been diagnosed &ith a ariety o" bodily conditions5 aphonia cancer colitis gallstones he23titi4 hoo#&orm stenosis o" the d$oden$m ne$ritis lymphitis $remia Par#inson6s disease appendicitis cholecystitis constipation gastritis hernia intestinal impaction strict$re o" d$oden$m cirrhosis o" li er cerebral palsy sterility arthritis cholecystalgia epilepsy migraine =odg#in6s disease sl$ggish li er strang$lation o" #idneys m$ltiple sclerosis pel ic cell$litis ring&orm

4his list does not incl$de a m$ltit$de o" cases inde8ed in the A.'.(. 2ibrary at -irginia .each as5 Dlesions% inco0 ordinations% intestines% to8emia% eliminations% and adhe0 sions.D1/ 4his oil that heals% o" co$rse% is that &hich is e8tracted "rom the seed o" the &icinus communis! #no&n also;as mentioned be"ore;as the Palma Christi or more com0 monly as the castor oil plant. 4his is &hat (dgar Cayce recommended "or $se so ery% ery "re?$ently in the "orm o" a pac#. 9t is probable that Cleopatra $sed castor oil as a base "or her ma#e0$p or to ma#e e en more lo ely her eyes% C$st as this partic$lar oil is "o$nd commonly in lipstic# and ma#e0 $p today% pres$mably beca$se o" its stable and soothing characteristics. 9n the (bers Papyr$s @ca. 1**1 ..C.A% castor oil &as described as being $sed as eyedrops to protect the eyes "rom irritation.1* So &e see perhaps the beginning o"

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the recorded $se o" this $n$s$al oil as therapy in ancient (gypt% a land shro$ded in many mysteries. G er the cent$ries% the al$e o" castor oil contin$ed to be recogniBed% sometimes in ne& &ays% b$t the real nat$re o" its action as described in the Cayce readings remained an enigma. An e8ha$sti e search o" medical literat$re going bac# "orty0nine years prod$ced "e& b$t "ascinating re"er0 ences. 3o$glas W. Montgomery% M.3.% &rote in 191: o" the oil &hich he described as coming "rom a bea$ti"$l plant &ith large palmate lea es% o"ten called Palma Christi% the palm o" the Christ.1+ Some&hat "acetio$sly% 9 s$spect% he said% D9" as a child 9 had #no&n this sonoro$s name% it might ha e miti0 gated the misery 9 o"ten s$""ered in ha ing to ta#e the oil. A ery determined and energetic Scotch a$ntie regarded 6a cr$mb o6 oil%6 as she $sed to call it% as a $ni ersal remedy o" e8ceeding potency in both moral and physical contingen0 ciesJ and indeed% there is no do$bt o" its e""iciency as a cleaner.D Montgomery did report in the same paper an obser a0 tion &hich is o" interest and importance today to physicians and &hich correlates &ith some o" the commentaries made in the Cayce readings abo$t the $se o" castor oil. =e ob0 ser ed that in diseases o" the s#in% the $se o" castor oil is o" importance inasm$ch as a clean alimentary canal is con0 d$ci e to a clean c$taneo$s s$r"ace. D9t &o$ld appear that the medicine acts partic$larly on the ascending colon% and this is interesting% as it is $ndo$btedly a "act that many o" the more acti e s#in reactions are ca$sed by poisons gener0 ated in cap$t coli% a "a orable location "or the anaerobic proteolytic bacteria.D =e "$rther pointed o$t that in the &or# W. .. Cannon reported on%1, in &hich castor oil &as gi en to an animal &ith its "ood% there &as a serial section0 ing o" the "ood in the ascending colon "ollo&ed each time by antiperistalsis &hich s&ept the "ood bac#;a type o" ac0

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tion &ell "itted to clear o$t the ha$stra o" the colon% Dthose poc#ets &hich in colonic sl$ggishness m$st tend to become especially dirty.D 9mportant "indings are o"ten disregarded e en in o$r most ast$te te8tboo#s. =ere is e idence o" ascending colon acti ity as a direct res$lt o" the castor oil ta#en internally. Goodman and Gilman%: tell ho& the oil is hydrolyBed by the "at0splitting enBymes in the small intestine into glycerol and ricinoleic acid. 9t is the latter s$bstance &hich is acti e in prod$cing catharsis @a p$rgingA% thro$gh its mar#ed irritant acti ity in stim$lating the motor acti ity @parasympatheticA o" the intestines to promote rapid prop$lsion o" the con0 tents o" the small intestine. 4hen the te8t states that Dthe colon is stim$lated little% "or in passage thro$gh the small intestine the ricinoleic acid is absorbed C$st as are other "atty acids.D 4he acti ity &hich Cannon reported on is most li#ely a re"le80type phenomenon called irradiation @the dispersion o" a ner o$s imp$lse beyond the normal path o" cond$c0 tionA. 9n s$ch an e ent% it &o$ld be $nderstandable ho& the castor oil &o$ld act as a stim$lant to the entire small intes0 tine and the ascending hal" o" the trans erse colon thro$gh the spread o" imp$lses res$lting "rom the irritant acti ity. 9n the a$tonomic ner o$s system% irradiation is a m$ch more prono$nced phenomenon than in the central ner0 o$s system.19 9ndeed% as regards the sympathetic system% the e""ect o" an a""erent imp$lse @to&ard an organ or partA is to set the &hole sympathetic system into acti ity% and its str$ct$re is &ell s$ited "or s$ch &idespread responses. =ence% "or e8ample% i" the central end o" the splanchnic @ isceralA ner e is stim$lated% the e""ects reach e en to the p$pil% &hich dilates. 9n the parasympathetic system there is less irradiation than in the sympathetic% b$t it still is &ell mar#ed. 4h$s the e""ect o" the castor oil is seen in the colon be"ore

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it proceeds e en a small distance thro$gh the small bo&el% thro$gh the e""ect o" irradiation. 9t ill$strates the "act that there are many "$nctions happening in this &onder"$l h$0 man body o" o$rs that are more delicate and more mysterio$s than &e% at o$r present stage o" #no&ledge% tr$ly $nderstand. Among the historical notes is a st$dy)1 reported in the (outhern 1edical 6ournal by a dermatologist co ering his st$dy o"ten cases o" s#in er$ption treated &ith castor oil or sodi$m ricinoleate internally. Apparently% Schoch had read Cannon6s report and he p$t that in"ormation together &ith a concept he shared &ith other dermatologists o" the thir0 ties that to8ins loc$lated in the cap$t or head o" the ascending colon &ere absorbed and created dermatologi0 cal problems. Cannon6s obser ations then led him to test the theory that cleansing o" that part o" the colon &o$ld lead to clearing o" the s#in. When he tested it in the ten cases he reported% the res$lts &ere sometimes ?$ite remar#able. Gne instance &as a thirty0year0old grad$ate n$rse &ho had se ere bath pr$ritis @itchingA o" "o$r years6 d$ration. She had "ailed to impro e $nder generaliBed $ltra iolet light% 9.-. calci$m gl$conate and sodi$m iodide% elimination diets% a$tohemotherapy% and local therapy. She had not ris#ed a t$b or sho&er bath in se en months. 3r. Schoch placed her on #aolin and sodi$m ricinoleate by mo$th% hal" an o$nce three times daily. <o$r days later she reported that she &as &ell% had bo$ght some soap% and &as ta#ing "o$r baths a day. A"ter a short rec$rrence si8 months later &hich responded to the same therapy% there had been no rec$rrence in t&o and a hal" years. Another case he presented &as that o" a se enty0t&o0 year0old man &ith a non0e8$dati e $rticarial dermatitis in ol ing the bac#% arms% and legs. 9t had lasted "or t&o &ee#s. 4he man &as gi en a single dose o" castor oil by

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mo$th &itho$t any other therapy. 4he pr$ritis s$bsided in t&enty0"o$r ho$rs% and the rash cleared $p in one &ee#. PharmacologicallyJ castor oil is #no&n to be composed mostly o" ricinoleic acid% an $nsat$rated hydro8y "atty acid &ith the "orm$la C78iC76f7O7C7f79 C=CC=QCGG=. 9t6s #no&n in Goodman and Gilman)1 as a bland emollient and is employed locally on the s#in "or its soothing proper0 ties. Castor oil is also incorporated &ith alcohol and e8tensi ely $sed as a hair tonic% in the proportions o" one part o" oil to ten o" alcohol. Grmsby and Montgomery)) describe castor oil as one o" the Dn$triti e and soothing oilsD &hich may be $sed by di0 rect application or thro$gh sat$rated compresses to the s#in. 4hese are "re?$ently $sed "or the remo al o" cr$sts and scales. 9nterestingly% the other Dn$triti e and soothing oilsD &hich the a$thors list are cod0li er% oli e% almond% linseed% and neat6s "oot% &hile the Dstim$latingD oils are those o" tar% cade% &hite birch% cashe&0n$t% and C$niper. Chemically% castor oil is a triglyceride @esterA o" "atty acids. 9t is $ni?$e in that appro8imately ninety percent o" this "atty acid content is ricinoleic acid% and eighteen0carbon acid ha ing a do$ble bond in the nine0to0ten position and a hydro8yl gro$p on the t&el"th carbon. This relationshi) of hydroxyl grou) and unsaturation exists only in castor oilP 4he typical composition o" castor oil "atty acids is sho&n belo&. 4his composition is remar#ably constant 'icinoleic acid 3ihydro8ystearic acid Palmitic acid Stearic acid Gleic acid 9inoleic acid 9inolenic acid (icosanoic acid -%5/6 05$6 1506 1506 (506 4526 05(6 05(6

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4he hydro8yl gro$ps in castor oil acco$nt "or a $ni?$e combination o" physical properties5 relati ely high iscos0 ity and speci"ic gra ityJ sol$bility in absol$te alcohol in any proportionsJ limited sol$bility in aliphatic petrole$m sol0 ents. 4he $ni"ormity and reliability o" its physical properties are demonstrated by the longtime $se o" castor oil as an absol$te standard "or iscosity tests. 9t has e8cel0 lent emollient and l$bricating properties. 4he history o" this s$bstance in ind$stry is in itsel" a long and "ascinating story% too long to tell "$lly here. .rie"ly% ho&0 e er% it can be stated that beca$se o" the hydro8yl gro$ps% do$ble bonds% and ester lin#ages% &hich pro ide reaction sites% a n$mber o" chemical reactions in &hich castor oil is commercially $sed ha e been thoro$ghly e8plored. 4hese incl$de acetylation% al#o8ylation% amination% ca$stic "$sion% chemical dehydration% distillation% epo8idation% esteri"ica0 tion% hydrogenation% o8idati e polymeriBation% pyrolysis% and saponi"ication. 4hese reactions res$lt in a m$ltit$de o" oils% salts% glycerides% esters% amides% alcohols% halogens% and hydro8y0stearates. Among the contrib$tions o" ind$stry as it relates to the "ields o" medical in?$iry and therape$tics is the &or# o" A. <. !o a# et al.%)/% M in $sing ricinoleic and oleic acid de0 ri ati es @both "o$nd in castor oilA. 4hese &ere screened "or their antimicrobial acti ity% $nder optim$m gro&ing con0 ditions% against se eral species o" bacteria% yeasts% and molds. Se eral o" the deri ati es e8hibited considerable in0 hibitory acti ity% comparable to sorbic and ten0$ndecenoic acid% #no&n antimicrobial agents. !o a# and his gro$p stated that these s$bstances &arranted "$rther st$dy% since Dthe medicinal applications o" some o" these compo$nds might pro e to be ery important.D 9nd$stry played a large role in the &or# reported by Sch&artB)+ in 19/)% concerning the $se o" castor oil; among other constit$ents;in the ma#e0$p o" protecti e

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ointments and cleansers. 4hese &ere to be $sed &here &or#ers in ind$stry &o$ld be s$bCected to e8pos$re o" irri0 tating s$bstances on the s#in. =is &as an e8tensi e report on the s$bCect% and castor oil &as "o$nd rather commonly in ointments and cleansers recommended. <rom o$r o&n research at the A.'.(. Clinic% ), the maCor "indings incl$ded5 @1A total lymphocyte co$nt increased sig0 ni"icantly in the gro$p $sing castor oil pac#sJ @)A 40pan lymphocyte co$nt @4011 cellsA increased signi"icantly in the gro$p $sing castor oil pac#s% and the "indings &arranted "$rther st$dy o" these pac#s on patients &ith chronic illness. G$r clinical e8perience &ith the castor oil pac#s applied o er the abdomen led $s to $nderstand that the pac#s en0 hanced the "$nction o" the thym$s gland and the other component parts o" the imm$ne system% ma#ing that sys0 tem more e""ecti e in protecting the body "rom o$tside and inside dangers and helping the imm$ne system ta#e the lead in reb$ilding any gi en part o" the body. 4hese "ind0 ings% s$bstantiated in early research% gi e this partic$lar therapy an o erall signi"icance in laying the gro$nd&or# "or a healing process to begin. 4he imm$ne system is the "o$n0 dation o" health in the body% and it cannot be allo&ed to disintegrate or lose its normal abilities% or the body &ill be s$bCect to illness in one area or another% depending $pon &here there are other &ea#nesses. 9n line &ith these concepts% &e ha e $sed the castor oil pac#s in e ery patient &ho has come to $s "or seiB$re prob0 lems @epilepsyA. Cayce s$ggested that the pac#s &o$ld help reb$ild and ma#e more e""ecti e the Peyer6s patches @patches o" lymphoid tiss$e that are located in the &alls o" the small intestineA% &hich are part o" the imm$ne system. According to these readings% these patches prod$ce s$b0 stances &hich are carried thro$gh the lymphatics and blood s$pply to the ailing portions o" the ner o$s system that ha e ca$sed the seiB$re problem in the "irst place.

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9n rendering these portions o" the ner o$s system nor0 mal% Cayce s$ggested that the di""ic$lty grad$ally can be eliminated. Al&ays% ho&e er% he co$nseled that attit$des and emotional patterns need to be loo#ed at and corrected or the changes &ill not come abo$t. Perhaps some o" the $nderstanding abo$t ho& castor oil &or#s can be "o$nd in the meditati e e8perience. We see# in meditation to att$ne o$r physical and mental bodies to their So$rce% the di ine energy &e call God. 4he att$nement has to be a ibrational e8ercise. When this is per"ectly ac0 complished% illnesses o" all sorts disappear. <or in the God0<orce% there is no illness. 4he castor oil may create a ibration &ithin the body that is more easily att$ned to Creati e <orces and th$s bring a healing acti ity. We desperately need to "ind something other than medicines to bring healing to the body. 4his may be &hat alternati e medicine is all abo$t;the manner in &hich the ibrations o" the h$man body can be att$ned more e""ecti ely to the 3i ine and th$s a healing appears% as i" by magic. We call it a miracle. 9t may simply be an att$nementL Cayce ne er sa& it as a miracle. =e described it as a spirit$al e ent in this reading ?$oted earlier5 >no& that all strength% all healing o" e ery nat$re is the changing o" the ibrations "rom &ithin;the att$n0 ing o" the 3i ine &ithin the li ing tiss$e o" a body to Creati e (nergies. 4his alone is healing. Whether it is accomplished by the $se o" dr$gs% the #ni"e or &hat0 not% it is the att$ning o" the atomic str$ct$re o" the li ing cell$lar "orce to its spirit$al heritage. @19+,01A !o matter &hat the ca$se% and e en i" &e cannot yet comprehend ho& the e""ect is literally achie ed% &e do #no& that hyperacti ity and a host o" other conditions can be al0 le iated and most o"ten eliminated thro$gh the simple act

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o" applying a castor oil pac# appropriately% consistently% and patiently to the body. And% thro$gh acts li#e that% the bene"its o" the castor bean plant demonstrate its right to the title it &as gi en in the Middle ages5 the Palma Christi% the palm o" the Christ 9 recall that Cayce once said that there6s as m$ch o" God in a teaspoon"$l o" castor oil as there is in a prayerL 4hat ma#es meditation% prayer% change o" conscio$sness to&ard the Christ Conscio$sness% and material healing elements s$ch as castor oil all one. K$st as &e are;at a deep le el; one &ith the Creati e <orces or GodJ as i" &e are tr$ly; body% mind% and spirit;Gne. 4he h$man being is a &onder"$l creation;let6s treat each other and o$rsel es that &ay% remembering that &hen God is at &or# in the healing process% anything good can happen.

Chapter Eight Castor Oil in Fol& Medicine

MA!F G< 4=( =A.94 PA44('!S W=9C= W( CA22 o$r &ay o" li"e come to $s thro$gh the medi$m o" er0 bal instr$ction% person to person. We see the constant $se o" this method in the home% school% and ch$rch. Fet a mother caring "or her child is called Dinstincti eD as she ap0 plies &isdom &hich she had ne er been ta$ght. As she #isses her child6s "inger &here he or she has banged it on a board% she instincti ely applies a healing to$ch. 4hro$gh0 o$t the history o" h$manity on the earth% m$ch in"ormation in treating and caring "or the body has been passed on thro$gh &ord o" mo$th and thro$gh that &hich has been called the $nconscio$s mind. Castor oil as a treatment "or the body certainly has been a "actor in the habit patterns o" c$lt$res thro$gho$t the past se eral tho$sand years% so it is not s$rprising to "ind the oil mentioned in the legends and stories o" people and in "ol# medicine% &here er s$ch practice e8ists in the &orld today. 6;

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<rom personal comm$nications 9 "o$nd t&o stories abo$t the $se o" castor oil &hich ha e their roots in "ol# his0 tory. A"ter 9 had s$ggested some castor oil applications "or her% Mrs. Carrie =$lsman told me in September 19+* that her old "amily doctor in Shelby ille% 9ndiana% al&ays told her that Dcastor oil &ill lea e the body in better condition than it "o$nd it.D 9n the -irginia mo$ntains% mid&i es still deli er babies% and herb medicine still clears $p conditions that the pharmacopoeia has le"t $nto$ched. And the second story originates there. (. K. McCready told me in May 19+* o" his isit some years ago to a -irginia mo$ntain to&n &here his sister li ed. McCready had de eloped an intensely in"lamed inde8 "inger. A local physician ad ised him to go to a larger city to ha e a s$rgeon &or# on it. =e &as abo$t to lea e at once% "or the "inger &as ery pain"$l% &hen his sister in"l$0 enced him to sho& the "inger to DA$nt MinnieD &ho li ed $p in the hills and &ho &as a mid&i"e. As soon as she sa& it% she told him to &rap a "lannel cloth soa#ed in castor oil aro$nd the "inger and lea e it there. =e "ollo&ed her ad ice and direction% and by morning most o" the in"lammation and all o" the soreness &ere gone. .y the morning o" the second day% all the s&elling and in0 "lammation had gone and a grain o" sand @ac?$ired &hile he &as bathing on the seashore one &ee# earlierA &as dis0 co ered $nder the edge o" the "ingernail. 4his came o$t &ith the castor oil bandage and the "inger &as healed. 3. C. Kar is% in his boo# abo$t the -ermont style o" "ol# medicine%): listed many topical $ses "or castor oil. Among the more interesting are "or &arts any&here on the body% "or any #ind o" body $lcer% to heal the slo&0to0heal $mbili0 c$s o" a ne&born in"ant% applied locally to breasts to increase "lo& o" mil#% "or irritation o" the conC$ncti ae o" the eye% "or lac# o" proper gro&th o" hair in little children% and applied to eyelashes or eyebro&s to stim$late gro&th.

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=e also incl$ded one "or h$nting dogs &hen they de elop irritation o" the eyes "rom r$nning thro$gh the grass. 4he remedy5 a "e& drops o" castor oil. Kar is states in his boo# that aching "eet can be made to "eel m$ch better and per"orm their d$ties more per"ectly i"% t&ice a &ee# or more o"ten% the "eet are r$bbed do&n at bedtime &ith castor oil. 4hen cotton soc#s sho$ld be slipped on and the oil le"t on o ernight. 9n the morning% he states% the s#in is li#e el et% and generally all the tired% sore "eeling &ill ha e disappeared. 9n the same &ay% castor oil can be $sed night and morning to so"ten corns and call$ses and to remo e the soreness. Castor oil is considered a spe0 ci"ic remedy "or corns. 9n his e8perience% Kar is "o$nd that castor oil &o$ld not only clear $p &arts% b$t also those s#in a""lictions #no&n as papillomas o" the s#in% pigmented moles% and the more common Dli er spots.D 4he latter seem to come along &ith the aging process. According to Kar is% the li er spots &ere not C$st impro ed% b$t &ere completely remo ed by some physiological process that le"t a clear s#in &itho$t a sign o" a blemish.

Chapter +ine Castor Oil ,or&ing on the )ody Physiology

(A'2F 9! MF US( G< CAS4G' G92 PAC>S in the practice o" medicine% 9 had an interesting e8perience &hich ta$ght me something abo$t the real nat$re o" the cells that go to ma#e $p this body o" o$rs. 9 had been treating a &oman "or anemia. She had a hemoglobin o" 9.3 grams @signi"i0 cantly belo& the normA. 9 had gi en her a prod$ct called <eosol% &hich s$pplies e8tra iron and &as indicated "or the anemia. She ret$rned si8 &ee#s later and 9 chec#ed her hemoglo0 bin again. 9t &as still 9.3 grams. 4his time% ho&e er% she had a s#in rash. 9t &as not se ere% b$t bothersome. 9ron ta#en by mo$th "re?$ently ca$ses a s#in rash% and this &as &hat ap0 peared to be happening. 9 had read in the literat$re abo$t a dermatologist &ho had gi en his patients castor oil by mo$th &hich had cleared $p the s#in. So 9 s$ggested to this &oman that she stop the iron and ta#e an o$nce o" castor oil that night% repeat it in "o$r days% and then let me see her again. She didn6t really hear me abo$t the time "actor% so she ;0

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sho&ed $p in another si8 &ee#s. She had "elt so good that she #ept on ta#ing the castor oil e ery "o$r days. 9 chec#ed her s#in. 9t &as clear% o" co$rse. =er hemoglobin &as ne8t. Witho$t the iron by mo$th and &ith no other medication directed to&ard the anemia% her hemoglobin had risen to 13./ and &as normal. What happenedH Apparently the oil cleansed the cells that lined the $pper intestinal tract &here iron is absorbed "rom the "ood normally% and the body o ercame its problem o" iron de"iciency. Cleansing% not iron tablets% healed the body. 9t is a "ascinating ad ent$re to si"t thro$gh the ideas and concepts "o$nd in the (dgar Cayce readings% and to sort o$t meaning"$l phrases and sentences &hich can lead one to a better $nderstanding o" the theory o" the "$nctioning o" the h$man body as Cayce sa& it &hile he &as asleep. Un"ort$nately% no one tho$ght to as# him to gi e a con0 sistent $nconscio$s disco$rse on the s$bCect o" the h$man body &hen he &as ali e. And% d$ring his &a#ing ho$rs% he &as not pri y to the in"ormation he tapped into &hile asleep. 9t remains "or $s to play detecti e and to approach the comments &hich &ere made in the co$rse o" the readings &ith an open mind. We need to ac#no&ledge that at o$r present state o" $nderstanding in the "ield o" the healing arts% &e may ha e approached ideas &ith a personal bias C$st as easily and &ith as m$ch "acility as o$r predecessors did a h$ndred or a tho$sand years ago. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PHYSIOLO9Y WHEN CASTOR OIL IS USED ON THE HUMAN BODY! 4h$s "ar% &e ha e seen ho& Cayce6s s$ggestions ha e been $sed to bring healing to the body in a ariety o" &ays. Some o" his readings gi e hints as to &hy this Doil that healsD brings abo$t its responses. .$t &e ha e not really in esti0

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gated some o" the bits o" physiological acti ity that might be in ol ed in that healing process. An e8ample o" this is "o$nd in the instance o" a "orty0one0 year0old man% &ho had di""ic$lties &hich Cayce describe as $remic conditions. =e &as gi en the case n$mber )/9301% and it6s a bit o" a problem to gi e the man a clear medical diagnosis. Uremia does not coincide &ith the description in the reading o" the man6s condition% so &e are le"t &ith a ?$estion in o$r minds. Cayce6s description &as that o" a li er and #idney pathology &hich ca$sed an $nbalancing o" the assimilating "orces% and &hich did not appear to be o" dire conse?$ence% $nli#e $remia. 9n the doctor6s o""ice% the di0 agnosis &o$ld probably ha e been made o" a ag$e gastrointestinal disorder. 9n the readings% ho&e er% there is s$ch a &ide ariety o" disease syndrome present that it becomes e ident that the castor oil pac#s &ere intended apparently to help in cor0 recting conditions o" disorder in the body that lie "ar beneath the s$r"ace. 9t is almost as i" the entire a$tonomic ner o$s system is most o"ten dist$rbed% creating in its ab0 normal acti ities a type o" dist$rbed bodily "$nction that &e call a disease 4his &o$ld gi e more $nderstanding abo$t the oil to the obser er &ho sees a ariety o" disease pro0 cesses respond to that same castor oil pac#. 4his is a therapy% &hich% i" it doesa(ect the a$tonomic ner o$s system% is not really $nderstood relati e to the mechanics o" its action. Constipation has already been disc$ssed to some e8tent. =o&e er% there ha e been some indi id$als &ho ha e re0 ?$ested a reading &ith this as one o" the main complaints. 4he "ollo&ing e8cerpt ill$strates ho& Cayce handled this problem5 We "ind that the castor oil pac#s o er the abdomen and right side &o$ld be &ell occasionally "or the lac# o" eliminations. When these ore applied% and the gen0

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eral massage is gi en "ollo&ing same% gi e a ?$antity o" oli e oil;C$st so it is not s$""icient to ca$se reg$rgi0 tation or omiting% &e &ill "ind it &ill &or# &ell &ith the assimilating% and act as a "ood as &ell as an eliminant "or the alimentary canal. @1**30,A <rom the abo e% &e are led to belie e that Cayce &o$ld is$aliBe a more healthy $pper and lo&er gastrointestinal tract as a res$lt o" the $se o" the pac#s and the oli e oil. 9n another reading he &as ?$estioned at length by a yo$ng &oman &ho &anted desperately to ha e a child and &ho tho$ght at the time o" the reading that she &as preg0 nant. 4his% o" co$rse% in ol es the genito$rinary system% another maCor "$nctional area o" the abdomen and pel is. 9" the pac#s% as s$ggested in the abo e reading ?$oted% &o$ld bring ease to the stomach and bo&els% &e &o$ld as0 s$me;especially i" the action were directed thro$gh the acti ity o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system;that the genera0 ti e organs% as &ell as the entire condition o" pregnancy% &o$ld bene"it "rom the same therape$tic administration. 'easons "or this can best be described brie"ly as Dproper balanceD bet&een the t&o components o" the egetati e or a$tonomic ner o$s system5 the sympathetic and the para0 sympathetic. 9n the readings gi en "or this &oman &ho tho$ght she &as pregnant% m$ch &as disclosed abo$t her "ears and an8ieties in the process o" her present li ing. =o&e er% the part o" the reading that becomes important is the "ollo&ing5 -. 3ould the continuing of castor oil )ac/s for dis2 sol$ing adhesions interfere with )regnancy;or tend to eliminate im)regnation0Ad$ise. @AA 'ather it &o$ld be ad isable to $se same% that &hen there is pregnancy it &o$ld pre ent a great deal o" distress and an8iety. @1*)301)A

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4his reading tends to emphasiBe that the total e""ect on a pregnant &oman &o$ld be similar to &hat &e see today coming "rom the $se o" tran?$iliBers% altho$gh it &o$ld be e8pected that the side e""ects o" the latter &o$ld not be en0 co$ntered. Pregnancy% it &o$ld seem% &o$ld stand to bene"it greatly "rom this #ind o" therapy. 9t becomes e en more important to come to an $nderstanding abo$t C$st ho& the pac#s bring abo$t their action. 4he Dho&D might be gi en more clarity i" &e go bac# to the consideration o" the lymphatics;the imm$ne sys0 tem;and ha e o$r ?$estion ans&ered &ith another ?$estion% as &e loo# at the "ollo&ing ans&er gi en to this person5 -. Condition of the lym)hatic system0 @AA 4his is greatly impro ed% b$t there are still ten0 dencies "or the poc#ets to "orm% e en in the end o" the lymph d$cts thro$gh the intestinal system. .$t &ith the contin$ed $se o" the castor oil pac#s and the iolet ray added% &ith the general treatment% it sho$ld be corrected. @)*3/0)A 9t is sometimes di""ic$lt to $nderstand e8actly &hat Mr. Cayce meant in a reading. =ere% it seems he is indicating that healing sho$ld come abo$t &ith the s$ggested treat0 ments% in the area that he describes as Dthe end o" the lymph d$cts thro$gh the intestinal system.D 9t seems most logical to me to interpret that statement as pointing to&ard the ery beginning o" the lymph essels% perhaps the illi o" the small bo&el &here distention or pooling might most rea0 sonably occ$r. 4hese% at least% &o$ld be part o" the Dpoc#etsD that Cayce describes. 9t is #no&n that the motor ner e s$pply o" the lymphat0 ics;the parasympathetic;is that &hich brings abo$t peristalsis% so that pooling or distention does not occ$r.)9

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4his raises the ?$estion o" &hether the pac#s applied on the abdomen in"l$ence the parasympathetic ner es to "$nction more normally or &hether their e""ect is directly on the imm$ne system itsel"% the lymphatics in partic$lar in this instance. Cayce lea es many o" his statements $n0 s$pported% perhaps to enco$rage $s to thin# them thro$gh or to do the research &hich establishes the mechanisms and the e""ects. Another ?$estion that is raised is the balance or imbal0 ance bet&een the sympathetic and the parasympathetic ner o$s systems. 9s the instance o" the &oman &ho tho$ght she &as pregnant one in &hich the sympathetic is too e""ec0 ti e and too strong in its action so that it o erpo&ers its co$nterpart% the parasympatheticH Many ans&ers some0 times prod$ce more ?$estions% most o" &hich at the present time remain $nans&ered. 4he &ide ariety o" problems presented "or sol$tion thro$gh Cayce6s psychic readings is e8empli"ied by case *1/+01% a minister6s &i"e &ho so$ght help to relie e symp0 toms "rom a series o" tra$matic e ents in her li"e. At the time o" the reading she had been tro$bled by Dbladder &ea#0 ness%D &hich &as aggra ated by se8$al interco$rse. Against the bac#gro$nd o" m$ch &orry in the ch$rch sit$ation &here her h$sband ministered% she "o$nd mice in her da 0 enport% pic#ed them $p% &riggling in her hand% and s$""ered e8treme psychologic tra$ma &hich bro$ght abo$t a pain0 "$l bladder distention. Shortly a"ter&ard% she &as bitten by a dog% de eloped $p0 set stomach% then a $rinary "re?$ency that necessitated her oiding e ery t&enty0"i e min$tes. 4his &as "ollo&ed by s$ch a "ear o" oiding $nconscio$sly that she "o$nd hersel" $nable to attend any ch$rch ser ice or social "$nction. <i0 nally% she de eloped a ocal dist$rbance &hich rendered her $nable to sing. 9n years past% doctors may not ha e "o$nd any physical

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problem in mis case and &o$ld ha e told her it &as in her mind. 9n the middle years o" this cent$ry% it &o$ld ha e been called a psychosomatic illness. 4oday 9 ie& s$ch a sit$a0 tion as emotional dist$rbances and li"e sit$ations creating a comple8 set o" ne$rological imbalances that% in t$rn% re0 s$lted in physical and physiological illness. Some&here in the egetati e or a$tonomic ner o$s system there certainly &o$ld be located a ariety o" dist$rbed imp$lses. 9n this case% Cayce s$ggested "irst a series o" the castor oil pac#s associated &ith the administration o" oli e oil. =e added another type o" pac#% also s$ggested osteopathic manip$lations% and ga e the &oman considerable dietary ad ice abo$t re"raining "rom s&eets and pastries. 4he com0 ment "o$nd in his ans&er to the "irst ?$estion a"ter the main body o" the reading% ho&e er% contains in"ormation &hich is interesting in the light o" comments abo e concerning the a$tonomic ner o$s system5 4his treatment% as &e "ind% &ill aid in the body6s gaining better control o" all acti ities o" the sympa0 thetic M egetatingN ner o$s system. <or those ta8ations% thro$gh the poisons as &ell as the act$al pain thro$gh MtheN alimentary canal% ha e been the so$rces% and the acidity thro$gh the system. 4his &ill help in these directions. @*1/+01A Cayce6s s$ggestions seem to be aimed at bringing abo$t a rela8ation o" the tensions "o$nd in the a$tonomic ner o$s systems% or perhaps a better balance bet&een the t&o parts o" it;all thro$gh physically applied therapies. !o record is a ailable o" the res$lts% since the &oman apparently did not "ollo& thro$gh on the therapy program s$ggested. Gr at least she did not share her e8periences &ith Mr. Cayce.

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MI9RAINE HEADACHES AND OTHER PHYSIOLO9ICAL PROBLEMS Al&ays associated &ith signi"icant tensions% migraines create rather e8?$isite pain and dist$rbance% and ha e been% in medical history% chronically $nresponsi e to therapy. 4his condition is anatomically as "ar remo ed "rom the bladder as possible% yet Cayce "inds a relationship in the etiology o" the headaches and the bladder problem C$st dis0 c$ssed. 4his helps $s to realiBe that the entire body is one $nit% no matter ho& "ar apart the symptoms may appear anatomically. A man% thirty years old% had e8perienced se ere head0 aches% diagnosed as migraine% since he &as "o$rteen years old. All attempts at therapy had been "ail$res. 4o Cayce% the ca$se and c$re o" this condition &ere relati ely simpleJ his disc$ssion lengthy% yet "ascinating5 4hese as &e "ind arise "rom a condition that e8ists thro$gh the alimentary canal% especially as part o" the circ$lation in the colon. <rom the press$re there arises the periodic headaches that are the so$rce o" the gen0 eral ner o$s dist$rbance in the body. 4hese as &e "ind may be remo ed. 4hey are the so$rces o" those that are at times called the types o" headaches &hich re"$se to respond to any o" the ordi0 nary treatments% and &ill become constit$tional $nless there is something done abo$t it. As &e "ind &e &o$ld ha e the application once or t&ice a &ee# o" castor oil pac#s. 9" these co$ld be gi en reg$larly "or se eral days% it might be more easily elimi0 nated. .$t &hen it is practical% at least t&ice a &ee#% apply o er the abdomen% and especially the caec$m% and e8tending $p the right side to the gall d$ct area% castor oil pac#s. >eep them on "or at least one ho$r or

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one and one0hal" ho$rs at the time. Co er this &ith an electric pad &hen it has been co ered so that it doesn6t soil the linens "rom the oil. Ma#e the pac# &ith t&o or three thic#nesses o" "lannel% pre"erably old "lannelJ sat$rate the "lannel% not C$st po$r on% b$t sat$rate the "lannel &ith the castor oil. 4he ne8t day ta#e internally at least ) tablespoons o" oli e oil. (ach time "ollo&ing the application o" the oil pac#s% massage the body along the spine% especially the areas "rom the l$mbar a8is to that area bet&een the sho$l0 ders% &ith cocoa b$tterJ massage this thoro$ghly "or at least "i"teen to t&enty min$tes% and let all the cocoa b$tter that the body &ill absorb be r$bbed into same. 4his% as &e "ind% i" it is "ollo&ed% &ill relie e the so$rces o" this dist$rbance... -. Is this connected with the foot trou+le which has recently de$elo)ed! and what causes this0 @AA 4his is% as has been indicated% a part o" the con0 dition. Massage "rom the l$mbar a8is. <oot tro$ble is a re"le8 press$re on the ner es that lead to the brain thro$gh the ner es o" the sympathetic system to the cerebrospinal center. @*1*)01A 4his patient "ollo&ed the s$ggestions &hich &ere gi en% rather rapidly impro ed% and later reported that he &as completely "ree o" the condition. 9n this instance o" the man &ith the migraine headaches and the minister6s &i"e &ith her tra$matic e8periences% the a$tonomic ner o$s system is in ol ed directly% as seen "rom Cayce6s psychic perspecti e. 9t becomes more and more ob io$s that there is di""ic$lty in disc$ssing etiology and therapy% as Cayce Dsa&D things &itho$t considering the most basic physiological "$nctionings o" the ario$s organs and systems o" the body and their associated control by the

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egetati e @a$tonomicA ner o$s system imp$lses and con0 trol. Cayce re"ers to this #ind o" control% o"ten disc$ssing it at length% in many o" the physical readings. 4he parents o" a t&o0and0a0hal"0year0old girl applied "or a reading beca$se their da$ghter &as anemic and not gro&0 ing as igoro$sly as she sho$ld. 9n the second reading she &as gi en% it became apparent that she had aginitis% and the ?$estion and ans&er dealing &ith this problem is &or0 thy o" being ?$oted5 -. 3hat causes the irritated condition! seemingly in the $aginal )assage! and what should +e done for it0 @AA Use pac#s o" castor oil across the lo&er portion o" the abdomen and the lacteal d$ct% "or abo$t an ho$r t&ice a &ee# "or t&o to three &ee#sJ and this then% &ith the rest o" the r$bs% sho$ld ma#e "or an alle iation. 4his tendency "or irritation is "rom the acidity in the system. @,:*0)A 4he castor oil% in this instance% is s$ggested to be $sed across the abdomen o er the Dlacteal d$ctD to control a agi0 nal irritation in a child. Similar therapy has been s$ggested thro$gh the readings "or $terine "ibroids and pel ic condi0 tions o" all sorts% incl$ding &hat is listed as pel ic cell$litis. 4his partic$lar reading e8tract% beca$se o" its simplicity% tells $s se eral things abo$t the manner o" action o" the pac#s in pel ic conditions% as &ell as indicating something abo$t the ca$sation o" at least some o" these cases. Cayce sa& an acidity in the body. 9t is #no&n that aginitis is in most cases associated &ith an e8cess local al#alinity. 4he blood and body cells tend to #eep a constant p= @hydrogen ion concentrationA in the body as a &hole. 9t may be here that abnormal physiological "$nctioning brings abo$t an o erall acidity thro$gh the body e8creting more s$bstances o" an al#aline nat$re. 4he al#alinity o" the

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aginal tract may be synonymo$s &ith disease% &hile the acidity o" those tiss$es brings abo$t health. 4he ?$estion o" acid0al#aline balance in the body and the e""ect it has on health is di""ic$lt to ans&er simply% i" at all. <or there ap0 pears to be an o erall need to #eep the bloodstream and the body tiss$e cells at location0speci"ic p= le els "or health to be obtained. 4he lymphatic system% "or instance% is at a higher p= norm than the bloodstream. And each gro$p o" cells7organs7systems seems to #no& &hat le el spells health or disease "or it. 9n regard to the mode o" action in at least some cases o" pel ic pathology% &e might ass$me that one o" se eral things &o$ld come abo$t to bring these areas into better health. 4he pac#s% &hen applied o er the abdomen% co$ld create an e""ect &ithin the a$tonomic ner e s$pply to the pel is% either changing the tiss$e reaction and bringing abo$t a more acid p= to the secretions or% thro$gh the ner e imp$lses to the tiss$es% in"l$encing the lymphatic drainage "or the better in a direct manner or ia the a$tonomic. Also the pac#s co$ld bring abo$t a more ade?$ate drainage o" the metabolic protein &astes o" the cells "rom the intercel0 l$lar spaces% th$s lea ing the cells more healthy. 4hese theoretical considerations seem to be implied in these read0 ings% as seemingly $nconnected comments are grad$ally bro$ght into "oc$s. 9n one o" the earliest cases in &hich castor oil pac#s &ere ad ised% a se enty0"i e0year0old &oman @1*0)A &as being treated by her physicians "or &hat &as diagnosed as a can0 cer o" the abdominal ca ity% ca$sing obstr$ction &hich &as almost complete. 4he &oman &as na$seated and omited constantly despite all e""orts. .o&el contents &ere bro$ght $p e ery time. Cayce6s reading stated that this &as not a can0 cer% b$t "ecal impaction and tiss$e s&elling &hich co$ld be alle iated. She &as gi en three readings% b$t there is $n"or0 t$nately no record o" &hat happened s$bse?$ent to that.

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4h$s &e ha e neither a "inal diagnosis nor e en an indica0 tion o" ho& diligently the application o" the ario$s s$ggestions &as carried o$t. 9t becomes ob io$s that Cayce6s internal DperceptionD o" the h$man body led him to ma#e obser ations &hile asleep that &ere at ariance &ith accepted medical ideas o" that day and this. 4he "ascinating aspect o" his perception% ho&0 e er% is the consistency o" res$lts obtained "rom his s$ggestions% based on his $nderstanding o" the pathology pl$s the remar#able internal consistency o" his comments regarding &hat &as happening to the body physiology in s$ch a &ide ariety o" cases. 4here seems to be a contin$ing basic "$nctioning according to certain @&hat he &o$ld con0 siderA $ni ersal r$les% and this basic "$nctioning appears to be &hat he describes case a"ter case. <rom the time &hen imm$niBations &ere "irst beg$n% there ha e been indi id$als &ho ha e igoro$sly obCected to the proced$re "or a ariety o" reasons. 9n the early years o" the $se o" smallpo8 accination% the proced$re &as con0 demned by a grad$ally decreasing n$mber o" physicians. 4oday% there are still those &ho "eel that these proced$res% in spite o" their pre enti e al$es% ha e a detrimental e""ect on the tiss$es o" the body in certain instances. 4he reading that "ollo&s addresses certain physical changes that came abo$t as a res$lt o" imm$niBations gi en earlier. <or ob io$s reasons% these psychic statements ha e led and &ill lead to disagreement and perhaps contro ersy. =o&e er% &hile asleep% Cayce in his readings seemed to c$t across the bo$ndaries o" opinion in the total "ield o" heal0 ing% dra&ing "rom many so$rces% and claiming that no single concept o" healing today is &holly right or sacrosanct. 4his is not a pop$lar stand to ta#e% b$t this is Cayce thro$gh0 o$t his readings. 4he lacteals come into more e al$ation in the ne8t ?$ote "rom the readings. A thirteen0year0old boy &as described

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as ha ing di""ic$lty o" the lacteals. Physiology te8ts describe them as those areas &ithin the illi o" the small intestine &hich initiate the absorption o" "at "rom the intestinal tract% the digesti e portion o" &hat &e call assimilation o" "oods. 4his is a portion o" the reading5 !o&% as &e "ind% there are ery de"inite dist$rbances in the physical "orces o" this body. As &e "ind% these ha e arisen "rom properties as &ere inCected "or pre entions in the physical reactions o" the body. =ence those portions o" the body ha e become in ol ed "rom &hich assimilations prod$ce those elements necessary "or the replenishing o" or0 gans% o" acti ity% o" all "orces o" the body. 4h$s the lacteal d$cts are in ol ed% or those por0 tions &here "irst the digesti e "orces dra& "rom the digestion that in"l$8 o" acti ity "or the body. So the &hole o" the le"t portion o" the body is in0 ol ed% b$t a""ectation arises "rom the right portion or caec$m area. !ot the a""ectation o" the ermi"orm appendage b$t rather that "rom &hich s$ch conditions may arise e ent$ally% &itho$t correctionJ yet in ol ing more the lacteal area and the gall d$ct and the gland$lar system. <rom same then ery poor digestion arises at times% also a lo& blood press$re% a ery slo& p$lsation and a general anemia. 4hese as &e "ind are those dist$rbing "orces in this body. As &e "ind% then% in ma#ing applications o" those things that may be help"$l% &e m$st ta#e into consid0 eration all portions o" the system in ol ed and b$ild to that as &ill stim$late the acti ity "or a more per"ect balanceJ and allo& the system thro$gh its coordina0 tion to adi$st the conditions. @11)30)A

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=o& &o$ld the lacteal d$cts become in ol edH Wo$ld this lac# o" proper absorption bring abo$t all the other changes describedH 4hese are ?$estions that cannot be an0 s&ered at this time. <rom this reading% ho&e er% is seen another "acet o" Cayce6s philosophy &hich $ndergirds most o" the in"ormation "o$nd here% and &hich &ill be part o" this boo# thro$gho$t5 to Dallo& the system thro$gh its coordi0 nation to adC$st the conditions.D Cayce instr$cts the indi id$al% a"ter balance is bro$ght more per"ectly to the body% to do C$st this. 4his implies that there is a "orce o" li"e &hich "lo&s thro$gh the body at all times that &ill be a heal0 ing "orce% if balance is s$ch that it can "lo& ade?$ately. Cayce apparently sees balance and coordination as being act$al physical "orces &ithin the body &hich can be a""ected thro$gh administration o" di""erent types o" healing instr$0 mentalities. 4hese he sees as being medications% massages% pac#s% e8ercises% inhalations% breathing adC$stments% cleansing @colonies% etc.A% and attit$des o" the mind% emo0 tions% and spirit. MORE PHYSIOLO9Y 9n a n$mber o" his readings% Cayce s$ggested oli e oil to be ta#en "ollo&ing the $se o" the castor oil pac#s. 2et6s see &hy he $sed both the pac#s and oli e oil. 9t is &ell #no&n that "at or oil ta#en into the stomach ca$ses the gall bladder and the large bile d$cts to contract thro$gh the action o" a hormone #no&n as cholecysto#inin%31 released "rom the &alls o" the stomach into the bloodstream. Gli e oil &o$ld prod$ce an increase in the "lo& o" bile both "rom the li er and the gall bladder% &hich in t$rn &o$ld act as a catharsis and stim$late e en "$rther increased "lo& o" bile. 4his "ollo&ing e8tract "rom the readings implies s$ch physiological acti ity5

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-. 7ow long should the castor oil )ac/ +e /e)t u) and how often0 @AA >eep $p the pac#s $ntil the corrections and the lesions in the area are bro#en $p. 4hese sho$ld be ta#en by periods% three days at a time% an ho$r each day. <ollo& same &ith t&o teaspoon"$ls o" oli e oil. We &ish to clear the alimentary canal and #eep it clear... 2ea e o"" these pac#s a"ter three days "or t&o &ee#s and then gi e them again. @*3,901A 4he ne8t e8tract% ho&e er% indicates that the combina0 tion o" the pac#s% the oil% and a heating pad also bring abo$t acti ity &ithin the body that is ob io$sly &hat &as desired. Apply castor oil pac#s o er the li er area abo$t one ho$r each day "or t&o days% then gi e internally t&o teaspoon"$ls o" oli e oil a"ter the second day. Apply the castor oil pac# &ith at least three thic#nesses o" "lan0 nel% sat$rated &ith the castor oil% and then apply the electric pad o er same. 4his sho$ld stir the li er into acti ity. 4hese are &hat is needed to remo e the ten0 dency "or strep. @))9901)A A si8ty0three0year0old &oman @reading 3+:301A &as told that her di""ic$lty &as in large part ca$sed by a mal"$nction o" the li er. 9n Cayce6s terminology% she &as told that the right lobe o" the li er &as ca$sing distresses to the pancreas and the spleen% &hile the li er as a &hole &as ca$sing dis0 tresses to the #idneys and bladder% the l$ng% heart% and the assimilating system. 4his comment $nderscores one o" the most important% yet medically $nrecogniBed% physiological acti ities that occ$rs in the h$man body. 9" a mal"$nctioning li er can dis0 tress the #idney% "or instance% there m$st be a coordination that normally e8ists bet&een the t&o organs. !either oper0

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ates in a ac$$m. 9n reality% none o" the organs or systems &or#s by itsel". 9" these portions o" the body ha e conscio$s0 ness% then there m$st be a cooperation or a coordination among all o" them in order to ha e health as a portion o" that person6s e8perience. D2et6s all cooperateLD they seem to be saying to each other. .$t emotional impact% thro$gh the medi$m o" the endo0 crine system% seems so o"ten to th&art this e""ort to&ard cooperation. An e8ample &o$ld be &hen an $lcer is "ormed beca$se a man6s boss really hates him% then cooperation and coordination are lost and illness sets in. 9n the reading cited abo e% recommended treatment consisted o" castor oil pac#s be"ore anything else. 4his &o$ld indicate that Cayce% in his $nconscio$s state% Dsa&D the necessity o" impro ing the conditions o" the li er be"ore anything else &o$ld or% perhaps% co$ld be done. 4his im0 plies that one o" the "$nctions o" the castor oil pac#s is an enhancement o" the li er "$nction% not only in its ability to be the deto8i"ier o" the body% b$t also in its bene"icial e""ect to all the s$rro$nding organs rather than being a dross and a distress to them. Cayce implies that &hen the li er is not "$nctioning normally% it can and o"ten does act as an irri0 tant to some or all o" the organs in any &ay relating to the li er in their acti ity. 4here is speci"ic in"ormation on this partic$lar circ$m0 stance that is either missing or as yet $ndisco ered in the readings. We do #no&% ho&e er% that the li er prod$ces one0 third to one0hal" o" all the lymph prod$ced in the h$man body $nder resting conditions. 4his% along &ith the lymph "rom the intestines% constit$tes hal" o" all that is prod$ced in the body.31 4his might shed some light on the importance o" the li er in body physiology. 4he lymph plays an enormo$s role% ho&e er% along &ith the li er% in a""ecting the health o" the body. And it is a "ascinating li?$id.

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<or instance% the lymph "rom the li er contains si8 grams percent protein concentration% C$st a bit less than that o" normal plasma in the bloodstream. <rom most areas o" the body% lymph has a protein concentration o" only one0and0 a0hal" percent 4h$s% &hen these are mi8ed as they are in the thoracic d$ct and then into the eno$s system o" the body% the concentration o" protein is abo$t three to "o$r percent. 4he lymph also has considerable "at in it% arising "rom the illi o" the small intestines. 4hese normal str$ct$res o" the small bo&el ha e central lymphatic capillaries called central lacteals. A"ter a "atty meal% thoracic0d$ct lymph re0 sembling mil# in its appearance% sometimes contains as high as one or t&o percent "at 4he lymphatic system is one o" the maCor channels o" absorption "rom the gastrointesti0 nal tract% being principally responsible "or the absorption o" "ats. 4his absorbed material then passes $p&ard thro$gh the thoracic d$ct to enter the bloodstream. 3) 2ymphatic essels o" the intestinal canal are called lacteals beca$se o" this appearance and "$nction. 4he lymphatics are indeed a $ni?$e portion o" the circ$0 lation o" the body. 4hey not only drain the illi in the intestinal tract% they also ha e other beginnings in all dis0 tant parts o" the body. 2ymph "lo&s in only one direction% gathering its s$bstance% li#e a mo$ntain stream% in tiny ri $0 lets. 4he lymph has its origins in the intercell$lar spaces thro$gho$t the body and in the central lacteals o" the small intestine. As the lymph essels gro& larger and larger% they coalesce and "inally empty into collecting essels% the right lymphatic and the thoracic d$ct% and then on into the right and le"t s$bcla ian einsJ thence into the largest ein o" the body% the ena ca a. <rom there% the lymph becomes part o" the blood as it is p$mped by the heart thro$gh the l$ngs and then into the general circ$lation% as arterial% o8ygen0 bearing li?$id.

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<rom the "oregoing% the lymph &o$ld seem to ha e at least t&o "$nctions;one associated &ith the lacteals and the absorption and assimilation o" "oods and the other as a cleansing or drainage system o" the cells. 9n this manner% the lymphatics &o$ld constit$te the "irst stage o" eliminations &hich m$st occ$r in the body in order to #eep the body healthy. 4he lacteals &ere mentioned "re?$ently in the Cayce readings. 9t &as ine itable that someone &o$ld as# the direct ?$estion abo$t their identity "rom Cayce6s $nconscio$s mind. 4his &as his ans&er5 4hat portion that ma#es "or the ability o" the system to ta#e "rom the "ood al$es and prepare same in the manner in &hich same may be $sed to re i i"y% re italiBe% recharge the system itsel". @11**01A Cayce6s e8planation% then% might be that the term lacteals &o$ld incl$de all those str$ct$res &hich ta#e part in the assimilation o" "ood "rom the intestines and its preparation in the process so that it co$ld be ta#en ia the bloodstream to no$rish the tiss$es o" the body. 4his &o$ld incl$de the illi themsel es% the lymph% the single lymph nod$les% and the Peyer6s patches "o$nd in the &all o" the small bo&el. 9t &o$ld also incl$de the collecting lymphatics and the lymph nodes "o$nd along the &ay% thro$gh &hich the lymph passes. 4he illi are those highly asc$lar str$ct$res &hich proCect "rom the m$co$s membrane into the l$men @ca ityA o" the small intestine thro$gho$t its entire length% and gi e to the s$r"ace o" the intestine a el ety appearance. 4hese illi are largest and most n$mero$s in the d$oden$m% &hich is the "irst part o" the small bo&el% and in the CeC$n$m% the second part 4hey become smaller and "e&er in n$mber in the ile$m% the third part o" the small bo&el or

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intestine. 4here are none in the large bo&el. 4hey are placed remar#ably close together and are so n$mero$s that the s$r"ace area o" the small intestine;one0hal" s?$are meter normally;is increased to abo$t ten s?$are meters by means o" these proCections% co ering nearly the entire s$r0 "ace o" the small bo&el.33 4he indi id$al ill$s is made $p o" a central lacteal% sometimes t&o% &hich is s$rro$nded by reti"orm lymphoid tiss$e in &hich lie blood essels and the longit$dinal and circ$lar m$sc$lar "ibersJ then s$rro$nding these is "o$nd the basement membrane on &hich are placed the col$m0 nar and glob$lar epithelial cells. 4hese latter come into direct contact &ith the "ood as it passes do&n the l$men o" the small bo&el% and all absorption m$st come abo$t here. Peyer6s patches are mentioned "re?$ently in the readings. 4hese lymphatic patches &ere disco ered and described by Kohann Conrad Peyer% a S&iss nat$ralist and anatomist in 1+,,. 9t is interesting that o er 311 years ha e prod$ced so little in"ormation abo$t their "$nction% b$t recently it has been sho&n that they are important in prod$cing imm$0 nity to s$bstances ta#en thro$gh the intestinal tract in the early years o" li"e. And they are no& #no&n to be part o" the imm$ne system% &hich is generally $nderstood these days to be directed by the thym$s gland% located in the mediasti0 n$m o" the chest% that area bet&een the right and le"t l$ngs% &here the heart is also "o$nd. 4hese patches are more correctly called aggregated lym0 phatic nod$les 3/J b$t are also #no&n as Peyer6s glands% agminated "ollicles% or tonsillae intestinales. 4hey "orm cir0 c$lar or o al patches% arying in length "rom t&o to ten centimeters% and the t&enty to thirty patches &hich occ$r are "o$nd to be the largest and the most n$mero$s in the ile$m. While they are only occasionally obser ed in the d$oden$m% they are seen more "re?$ently in the CeC$n$m% b$t they are small and circ$lar there. 4hey are placed

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length&ise in the intestine% and are sit$ated in the portion o" the t$be &hich is most distant "rom the mesenteric at0 tachment (ach patch is "ormed o" a gro$p o" solitary lymphatic nod$les co ered &ith m$co$s membrane% b$t the patches do not% as a r$le% possess illae on their "ree s$r"aces. Ana0 tomical obser ation has sho&n that they are best mar#ed in the yo$ng person% they become indistinct in middle age% and sometimes disappear altogether in ad anced li"e. 4hey are gi en an ab$ndant s$pply o" blood "rom the ple8$s &hich s$rro$nds each "ollicle. -essels gi e o"" "ine branches &hich permeate the lymphoid tiss$e in the interior o" the "ollicles. 4he lymphatic ple8$ses are especially ab$ndant aro$nd these patches. 4he Cayce readings regard Peyer6s patches as important portions o" the body &hich ha e a great deal to do &ith lon0 ge ity or the maintaining o" "$ll and ab$ndant health. As 9 $nderstand the readings that ha e something to do &ith health as a &hole and especially in re"erence to these patches% it appears to me that Cayce &as e8plaining that the health o" the ner o$s system &as% to an e8tent% maintained thro$gh the s$bstances that the Peyer6s patches elaborate &hen they;the patches;are in good health. Cayce to$ched on this in the "ollo&ing reading5 !o&% in the physical "orces o" the body @as seen and $nderstood% in the ner o$s systems o" the bodyA% there are those glands that secrete "l$ids &hich in the circ$0 lation s$stain and maintain the reaction "l$id in the ner e channels themsel es. @),10*A Apparently% the s$bstance prod$ced by these patches is% $nder normal circ$mstances% made a part o" the lympho0 cytes "ormed there and is then carried thro$gh the bloodstream to the areas &here electrical contact is made

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bet&een the a$tonomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s sys0 tem. 4his relationship and the need "or it to remain normal and balanced ha e an important role to play in the ca$sa0 tion and7or correction o" seiB$re disorders% more commonly called epilepsy. 4he role o" these patches is to$ched on in the last read0 ing that Cayce e er ga e% &hich &as "or himsel" and his rather desperate condition late in 19//. 4hese patches de0 scribed by Kohann Peyer &ere called in this reading as Dthose patches that are called by a man6s name.D Sometimes% it is important% in st$dying the readings% to be a good detecti e. =ere is the reading5 <or the e8cess $se o" salines to "l$sh or to cleanse the colon has red$ced in blood more o" that &hich ca$ses that plasm. 4h$s the inabilities o" those cen0 ters% those patches thro$gh &hich there are the areas o" the lymph circ$lation% are s$ch as to ca$se o"ttimes a state o" disintegration. 9n these patches% then% there is a lac# o" s$""icient glob$lar "orces to ca$se the co0 ag$lation in the "lo& o" the lymph% or that portion o" same &hich is the le$cocyte% or the stic#y portion in the blood is not s$""icient to ma#e per"ect contact be0 t&een sympathetic and cerebrospinal acti ities o" the body. 4hose congestions ca$sed in the trachea% the con0 ditions in the heart acti ity;the press$re is near normal at most times. When there is o ere8ercise physically% or especially the mental "orces as o" &orry or an8iety% to be s$re it calls on the necessity o" these em$nctory acti ities;or those patches that are called by a man6s name. 4hese are then lessened in their n$mber and th$s ma#e a ?$ic#ening% or an an8iety% ca$sing the "lo& o" blood in the heart% as an organ% to dilate...

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9n ma#ing administrations to s$pply these gland$0 lar centers &hich s$pply to these patches% or the em$nctories add these in the . comple8 or the ribo0 "la in;the necessary elements in each portion o" the . itamin "orces. @)9/0)1)A Per"ect contact bet&een the sympathetic and cere0 brospinal ner o$s systems% made possible thro$gh s$bstances created in these small patches o" lymphatic tis0 s$e in the m$cosal s$r"ace o" the small intestine;a concept &hich is indeed e8citing;leads $s to &onder C$st &hat part these patches play in the physical dist$rbances that come abo$t &hen &e are s$bCected to stresses and &orries that &e hold on to in o$r minds and the emotional parts o" o$r bodies. Cayce6s ability to pinpoint problem areas is still not &ell $nderstood% e en by those &ho st$dy his readings. 9n read0 ing n$mber /*9*01% he described a lea#age o" lymph "rom the "o$rth le"t dorsal sympathetic ganglion into the blood circ$lation. 4his lea#age came into being beca$se o" a lac# o" the coag$lating "orces &hich Cayce sa& as being nor0 mally "ormed in the lymphatic system. 4his% in t$rn% ca$sed the arterial essel &alls to prod$ce a s$bstance &hich is car0 ried thro$gho$t the body% dist$rbing the "$nction o" all the organs. =e s$ggested therapy "or a period o" "orty0eight days% &hich he described as being a cycle o" relationship bet&een the sympathetic and cerebrospinal ner o$s sys0 tems. 4hese are strange to $s;these ne& "$nctions bro$ght into "oc$s in the lymphatics and their s$bse?$ent relation0 ship to the ner o$s system. 4he ne8t reading e8tract leads $s to $nderstand that the glob$lar s$bstance &hich the patches apparently man$"act$re has been increased and is bringing into being a repair in the ner e contacts by means o" "ormation o" a "ilamento$s s$bstance5

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4here is still at times incoordination in the sympathetics thro$gh the acti ities to the cerebrospi0 nal and to the sensory reactions @&e are spea#ing "rom the physical angle entirely in the present% yo$ seeA% yet there has been created;by the acti ities o" the prop0 erties in the system;more o" a stim$li to the coordinating reactions% in the "orm o" "ilaments o" cir0 c$lation thro$gh the acti ities o" plasm in the ner e blood s$pply abo$t those portions thro$gh &hich the ner e plasm operates. @3:+03A 4he ideas in the Cayce material regarding the lymphatics and their "$nctions% not $s$ally considered in approaching the body physiology% are certainly &orth considering &hen attempting to $nderstand ho& the body &or#s. S$ch con0 sideration is especially important "or the ideas that apply to the $nderstanding o" the $se o" castor oil pac#s on the h$0 man body. Some years ago se eral st$dies &ere reported on the "lo& o" lymph in problems in ol ing the l$ngs and the heart. 3* Gne e8periment in ol ed enting o" the thoracic d$ct in nine patients &ho &ere in the "inal stages o" heart disease and had h$ge thoracic d$cts distended &ith lymph $nder press$re. Within t&enty0"o$r ho$rs% central eno$s pres0 s$res "ell to&ard normal. 3istended nec# eins% peripheral edema% ascites% and li er tenderness all diminished or dis0 appeared. 2i er edges disappeared $nder the costal margins. An enormo$s e8cess o" lymph is "ormed in patients &ith 2aennec6s cirrhosis. 3r. 3$mont pointed o$t that essels designed to carry o"" this "l$id become &idely distended and incompetent. When the distended thoracic d$ct is ented% ascites disappears% portal ein press$re drops% and li er siBe decreases.

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We ha e seen ho& indi id$als ha e applied castor oil pac#s o er ario$s parts o" their bodies and the lymphatic system responds to the castor oil and brings healing to the body. 9n the "indings reported abo e% &e might "ind some o" the essential "$nctions o" the lymph at &or# or "ailing to &or#. When &e consider the cann$lation o" the thoracic d$ct and its res$lts% &e see that this proced$re is a remo al o" the lymph &ith its contents "rom its normal "lo& to be ta#en "rom the body entirely. 4he lymph% yo$ &ill recall% is the "irst stage o" elimination "rom the cells o" the body. 4his enting o" the lymph prod$ces a mar#ed impro ement in the con0 dition o" the body. 4he lymphatics% thro$gh the enting proced$re% is a cleansing o" the lymph and the bloodstream. .ody &astes% s$bstances &hich are the res$lt o" cell$lar metabolism and e8tr$ded "rom the cell% m$st be remo ed thro$gh the lymph. 9n this proced$re% no matter ho& $n0 $s$al it may be% the cleansing is per"ormed and the body% as a res$lt% is allo&ed to become more normal. Waste prod$cts are ta#en o$t o" the body instead o" being allo&ed to stay &ithin the circ$lating bloodstream% &here they &o$ld ha e to be remo ed by the body6s organs o" e8cretion;the #id0 neys% the l$ngs% li er and intestines% and the s#in. 9" s$ch a proced$re brings abo$t a ret$rn to a more nor0 mal central eno$s press$re in a patient &ith ad anced heart "ail$re and i" the distended nec# eins disappear;i" in reality the peripheral edema% the ascites% the li er tender0 ness% and li er engorgement all disappear or regress mar#edly;then this &o$ld seem to indicate that this sic# body needs one thing in partic$lar5 proper elimination o" the s$bstances &hich are "o$nd in the lymphatic "l$id% &hich in this case are being ented to the o$tside. 9" this "l$id or its contents% &hich represent in one sense a &ashing o" the indi id$al cells o" the body% co$ld be p$ri0 "ied and the prod$cts o" metabolism eliminated "rom the body other than by cann$lation% then it is not only "easible%

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b$t $nderstandable% that the body itsel"% $nder proper con0 ditions% co$ld ret$rn all these pathological "indings to as normal a condition without the cann$lation. S$ch a ret$rn to normal &o$ld be predicated on chang0 ing the "$nctioning o" the organs o" elimination at their cell$lar le el in s$ch a &ay that the &aste prod$cts carried by the lymph &o$ld be eliminated normally "rom the body rather than being retained. Cayce de"ines all portions o" the body as being ital to the rest% and at times describes acti ities and relationships in a rather s&eeping manner. Another e8cerpt "rom reading *3,901 relates the coccy8% the lacteal d$ct in the area o" the $mbilic$s% and the ner o$s system &ith special re"erence to the med$lla oblongata to the seiB$res associated &ith the spasmodic reactions "o$nd in epilepsy. !o&% as &e "ind% there are dist$rbances in the de el0 opments o" this body. 9n some time bac# there &as an inC$ry to the end o" the spine so that the coccy8 end o" the spine is t$rned in to the side and this ca$ses the conditions &hich de elop in the right side% especially in the area o" the $mbilical and lacteal d$ct% and these at certain periods &ill increase $nless corrected be0 ca$se the spasmodic reaction is the med$lla oblongata% the larger ner e center in the base o" the brain% &hich ca$ses contractions and spasmodic re0 actions. @*3,901A 4hese relationships are some&hat li#e the physical changes and "$nctional impro ements that happened to a &oman in one o" o$r residential programs. We call these the 4emple .ea$ti"$l Programs% named originally in 19,:% &hen &e started &or#ing &ith people in a residential setting. As mentioned in Chapter Si8% the programs &ere named a"ter the 4emple .ea$ti"$l &hich Cayce said started more than

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11%111 years ago in ancient (gypt Also% the name &as cho0 sen beca$se &e #ne& that each indi id$al is really the temple o" the li ing God% and there =e has promised to meet $s. So each person attending is himsel" or hersel" the 4emple .ea$ti"$l. 9t has certainly t$rned o$t that &ay. 4he &oman 9 re"erred to in the last paragraph told me on the phone be"ore the program began that her physicians had "o$nd stones in both #idneys. Gne #idney had no "$nc0 tion &hatsoe er% the other only t&enty percent. She didn6t #no& i" she &o$ld be able to ma#e the plane trip. S$bse0 ?$ently she "ainted three times &hile in the plane. She &as told that she &o$ld e ent$ally need a #idney transplant She had passed #idney stones many times and her o$t0 loo# &as indeed blea# "rom the con entional point o" ie&. =o&e er% one o" the concepts &e ha e gained "rom the Cayce readings is that there are no conditions that cannot be ret$rned to normal health. Perhaps &e don6t al&ays ha e the "orm$la "or this #ind o" res$lt% b$t it is possible. What happened o er those days in the 4emple .ea$ti"$l Program &as remar#able. 4he day a"ter she arri ed% she &as o$t in the spacio$s la&n o" the Ga# =o$se% mo ing and dancing &ith the colored sheets to the bea$ti"$l m$sic o" the classics @pl$s a little pol#aA and the yello& color o" her "ace began to clear $p. .y the last day o" the program% she &as ital0loo#ing% bea$ti"$l% and enth$siastic abo$t the "$t$re. 4he diet% the dreams% castor oil pac#s% gro$p sessions% electromagnetic therapy% massages and colonies% and co$nseling had played their part in a healing process that bears m$ch promise "or her thro$gh the days and years ahead. She tr$ly has an op0 port$nity to regenerate the #idneys and li e a happy% healthy li"e. =ealing o" the h$man body is dealt &ith in many &ays in the Cayce readings. 4he "ollo&ing are some e8planations that spea# directly to the res$lts C$st reported on5

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<or% in each physical body @and &ith this body% M)*,NA% there are the abilities "or the body to re i e% re0 s$scitate% reorganiBe itsel" contin$o$sly. 9t is only the conscio$sness that the acti ities o" the body &astes &ith age% care% "ear% do$bt or the li#e% that prod$ces &hat ye term old age or decrepitness in the acti ities o" the body physically and mentally. @)*,0191A As indicated% all the elements "or re i i"ying% or "or prod$cing reprod$ction o" "$nctionings o" organs% "$nctionings o" acti ities% "$nctionings o" ner e "orces% are prod$ced by glands. @3+10/A 9t is al&ays help"$l to remember that% a"ter res$scitation and balance are bro$ght more per"ectly to the body% &e need to allo& the system thro$gh its coordination to adC$st the condition. 4his implies that there is a "orce o" li"e &hich "lo&s thro$gh the body at all times that &ill be a healing "orce &hen the body6s balance is s$ch that it can "lo& ad0 e?$ately. Cayce apparently sees balance and coordination as being act$al physical "orces &ithin the body &hich can be a""ected thro$gh administration o" di""erent types o" healing instr$mentalities% s$ch as massages% castor oil pac#s% e8ercises% inhalations% breathing adC$stments% medi0 cations% s$rgery% and the attit$des o" mind% emotions% and spirit. We m$st remember that attit$des% emotions% and belie"s all ha e their part in determining the health and constr$c0 ti e acti ity o" the gland$lar str$ct$res o" the body. 4his is the li#ely connection among tho$ghts and emotions% the "$nctioning o" the organs and systems% and the health or lac# o" it o" the body.

Chapter Ten ttitudes and Emotions in %ealing

A4494U3(S A!3 (MG49G!S P2AF A PA'4 9! A22 healing e8periences. <aith in the therapy% in the thera0 pist% or in the God <orce is an attit$de% strengthened by repetiti e acti ity. 9t is &ell #no&n that s$ch "aith% e en tho$gh it might not be the greatest in the &orld% aids in heal0 ing the body. Many years ago 9 s$ggested to a "i"ty0eight0year0old &oman that she $se a castor oil pac# on her abdomen to ease the discom"ort she de eloped "rom an episode o" om0 iting. She had ne er heard o" s$ch treatment be"ore% b$t she readily agreed to $se it according to the directions 9 ga e her. When 9 sa& her three days later% she &as "eeling great. D4hat pac# &as the best tran?$iliBer 9 ha e e er $sedLD she e8claimed. Maybe it &as the acti ity o" the pac# itsel" that did the rela8ing and the healing% b$t it &as aided by her at0 tit$de o" acceptance o" and tr$st in me as her physician. %$

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Gne cannot go thro$gh the physical readings and "ail to come to the concl$sion that emotions and attit$des o" mind play a great part in the illnesses that ha e to do &ith portions o" the body treated &ith castor oil pac#s. 4he psyche and the soma seemed at times to be one% as "ar as the Cayce readings are concerned. A good e8ample is the instance o" this &oman &ho had gall bladder disease5 M$ch might be said abo$t the attit$de the body has held that has ca$sed a great deal o"% or been a contrib$ting ca$se to% the great distresses McholecystitisN that come to the bodyJ especially in the e8tremities% as these ha e gro&n to be in tendons% as the body has held resentments in the body... (liminating these &ill be getting only partially at the seat o" the tro$ble. @319+0 1A =o& does an attit$de a""ect the physical bodyH =o& &o$ld it create an illness in the bodyH Why did (dgar Cayce say that a tho$ght is a thingH 4hese are ?$estions that ha e p$BBled searchers many years. 9 ha e tho$ght o" a DthingD as something that one co$ld pic# $p and handle% li#e a tool% or a piece o" bread% or a steering &heel. .$t one cannot pic# $p or handle a tho$ght And an attit$de in a real sense is a tho$ght Cayce had no problem &ith this concept 4o be s$re% attit$des o"t in"l$ence the physical con0 ditions o" the body. !o one can hate his neighbor and not ha e stomach or li er tro$ble. @/1)101A 9n the spirit$al realm% &e $nderstand God as bringing material things into reality% &hile creating $s as co$nterparts o" =imsel" . S$ch an $nderstanding still doesn6t ans&er the ?$estion abo$t ho& an attit$de can bring abo$t

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changes in a physical body. What physiology is in ol edH Perhaps it is most simply e8plained by ac#no&ledging that emotions are basically located in the endocrine glands. 4hese glands send ner e imp$lses thro$gho$t the body and% at the same time% prod$ce and distrib$te hormones in accord &ith the #ind o" emotions being engendered. 4he chemicals th$s prod$ced are potent and direct acti ities in the a$tonomic ner o$s system and in ario$s "$nctioning organs. 4hese chemicals prod$ce conditions that &e #no& as hypertension% $lcer o" the stomach% heart disease% and a host o" other illnesses that ha e not yet been recogniBed as ha ing their origin in &hat &e decide to thin# or to D"eel.D G$r emotions create either constr$cti e or destr$cti e habit patterns in the glands% as &e $se these emotions re0 peatedly o er a period o" time. 4he glands Ddo their thing%D in a sense% to the a$tonomic ner o$s system. 4hen the physiology as a &hole responds to create a physical illness that is a mirror image o" the #ind o" tho$ght that has been created as a pattern or habit in the mind o" the glands. 9t may help to loo# at ho& a #armic in"l$ence;a memory "rom past li"etimes% and th$s a tho$ght imbedded in the conscio$sness;&as seen by (dgar Cayce to create a pa0 ralysis in the body o" a thirty0nine0year0old man. We can say that the #arma a""ected the ner o$s system% perhaps thro$gh the circ$lation or thro$gh the in"l$ences o" the en0 docrine glands;in this case% the adrenals% &here po&er and "orgi eness lie side by side5 .e"ore this% then% the entity &as in the land o" the present soCo$rn% in those associations &ith the acti i0 ties in the str$ggle "or "reedom on the part o" some &ith &hom the entity CoinedJ yet the mercilessness o" the sa age @as &o$ld be termed in the presentA &as indicated in the orders gi en by the entity in dealing &ith characters and acti ities.

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And these rendered many helpless. Fe are meeting same in thine o&n sel". And some o" those $pon &hom ye meted those meas$res m$st today meas$re to thee in patience. 4h$s gain ye in that e8perience% thro$gh #no&ing that as ye so&% that m$st ye reap. <or% li"e;the mani0 "estation o" that po&er% that in"l$ence ye call God;is contin$o$sJ and sel" m$st be p$rged that ye may &al# as one &ith =im. <or &hom =e lo eth =e chasteneth. 2o e thou thy "ello& manL Mani"est that ye &o$ld ha e meas$red to thee in thy daily li"e... So li e today% then% that li"e that ye may loo# e$ery one in the "ace and say% D4he 2ord "orgi e thee% as 9 "or0 gi e thee.D @)*+/03A 4his man &as li ing $nder the in"l$ence o" tho$ghts he had chosen to ma#e real beca$se o" his acti ities in a past li"e. 4hey created a pattern. 4he pattern then bro$ght abo$t a condition o" his physical body thro$gh the &or#ings o" the $nconscio$s mind. All the time% 96m s$re% he &as as#ing himsel" and probably others% DWhy did this happen to meHD =is ans&er might ha e been "o$nd in another Cayce statement 4his man apparently acted in error% a &rong di0 rection according to his so$l p$rpose in the earth. Cayce reminds all o" $s5 <or God alone ?$ic#ens into li"e that &hich has thro$gh any "orm o" error misdirected its "lo& thro$gh e en the physical body. @11*)0*A 9t6s a &onder"$l manner in &hich &e are made. We ha e been told o er and o er again by the Cayce readings that the po&er o" choice is God6s greatest gi"t to $s and &e m$st learn to treas$re that heritage and $se it% not ab$se it. 9n

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that &ay% &e can create a ne& beingL 9n his readings% Cayce seemed to sense the relationship o" each part o" the body to another portion% so that "$nction then became a total &or#ing together. A &ea#ening o" one portion o" the body o"ten prod$ced tro$ble and distress thro$gho$t the entire body. Cayce &arned one man in his $se o" the pac#s5 We &o$ld ma#e these material applications. 3on6t do it $ntil yo$ ha e prayed ery o"t% or it6ll be more harm than goodL @3/9)01A 4his s$ggestion is stranger than psychosomatic direction beca$se it has spirit$al o ertones% &hich Cayce seemed to "ind necessary in his e8planation o" the nat$re o" the body. <rom the same reading% comes the "ollo&ing5 3o this Mthe pac#sN "or at least three series% a"ter yo$ ha e "o$nd yo$rsel" and yo$r relationships to the Cre0 ator. Witho$t "inding that% apply it not. @3/9)01A An $n$s$al set o" directions "or application o" the pac#s is also gi en in the same reading. 4he directions imply that the pac#s% &hen applied% can send a radiation o" cleansing acti ity thro$gho$t the entire body. 4he mechanism is not described% only the mention that this &ill happen5 Apply the pac#s &arm% s$""icient to ma#e "or that radiation o" acti ity to the body% and then apply the electric pad;that thro$gho$t the &hole body there may be that radiation &hich brings the elimination o" poisons "rom the body @3/9)01A 4his reading brings $s bac# to the considerations &hich already ha e been to$ched $pon;those dealing &ith

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eliminations% e en "rom the cells themsel es. Cayce6s Dra0 diationD might be an e""ect bro$ght on thro$gh the a$tonomic ner o$s system. 9t also co$ld be an electromagnetic radiation% beca$se electricity is seen in the readings as the mani"estation o" the 3i ine;not God% b$t the manifestation o" God. We each m$st remember that &e are all electrical organisms% since each body is composed o" atoms and all atoms are electrical $nits. .eing an electrical being% &e are an energy being and &e probably &ill go "$rther in $nderstanding o$rsel es and others as &e see o$r emotions and o$r attit$des a""ecting o$r bodies at an energy le el% deri ing the res$lts o"ten "rom past0li"e e8periences. Gne o" Cayce6s readings deals &ith ca$se and correction o" a problem% not "rom the standard medical ie&point% b$t "rom the perspecti e &hich Cayce $sed to see the h$man as an eternal being% creati e in nat$re and one &ith the Creati e <orces% yet in essence s$bCect to b$ilding health or disease in the physical body% depending on &hat that one has done &ith one6s mind and choices. Cayce in this "ollo&ing reading &as tal#ing abo$t the con"lict bet&een spirit and "lesh as ca$sing illness% and he &as re"erring to t&o &hom Kes$s had healed5 What has e er been the b$ilder% body% mind and spiritH As gi en% the e8pressions are in the physical% the moti ati e "orce is the spirit% the mind is the b$ilder. What &as b$ildedH 4hose bodies had d&elt as indi0 id$als do @as may be ill$strated in habitA &ith the interconscio$sness o" the necessity o" the e8pression o" something &ithin sel" &hich bro$ght dis0ease% the nat$ral res$lt o" &hatH An at0 ariance to the di ine la&L =ence it may tr$ly be said that to be at0 ariance may bring sic#ness% dis0ease% disr$ption% distress in a physical body. 9t is tr$e then that the mind may heal entirely

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by the spo#en &ord% by the laying on o" hands% depen0 dent $pon the consciousness o" the moti ati e "orces in the indi id$al body. Fet those re?$iring material e80 pression to create a balance may necessitate dr$g% #ni"e% &ater% heat% electricity% or any o" those "orces that are yet &hatH What is the spiritH 4he manifestation of 4od 4he Creati$e <orce &or#ing in% &ith and $pon &hatH 4he a&areness% the interconscio$sness o" the +ody! the mind% the spirit% as separated in indi id$alsL @)+)0:3A Stresses% strains% and tensions become part o" e eryone6s e8perience and o"ten create the disr$ptions and distresses in the physical body that Cayce tal#ed abo$t. 4hey al&ays play a role in the p= balance% b$t &e can loo# at them "rom another ie&point;a perspecti e that ta#es $s o$t o" the body. When &e loo# at the illness called cancer% &e may be obser ing a condition that comes almost entirely "rom tro$bles that ha e not been handled in a manner that is constr$cti e. We may be seeing the destr$cti e side o" re0 sponse to stress in one6s li"e. Wor#ers in cancer s$pport gro$ps ha e #no&n "or years that the more lo ing and caring that s$ch a gro$p pro0 ides;&hether they are "amily% "riends% or an established gro$p;the cancer patient li es o$t his or her li"e% instead o" grad$ally dying thro$gh the remaining days. A recent medical st$dy sho&ed ho& a large gro$p o" can0 cer patients responded &ith or &itho$t a s$pport gro$p. 3a id Spiegel o" Stan"ord Uni ersity reported to the ann$al meeting o" the American Psychiatric Association ho& a gro$p o" &omen &ith breast cancer &ho recei ed gro$p therapy and lessons in sel"0hypnosis li ed an a erage o" al0 most t&ice as long as a similar gro$p &ho &ere gi en only traditional medical treatment. 4he st$dy in ol ed eighty0 si8 &omen &ho had metastatic spread o" the cancer. 4he

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s$pport gro$p &omen li ed an a erage o" 3+.+ months compared to 1:.9 months "or those not ta#ing part in a s$p0 port gro$p. 9n the (dgar Cayce readings% in the Christian .ible% and in practically all o" the &orld6s maCor religions% s$r i al and healing are closely related to the di ine plan and to the lo e that is tendered to those in need. 9" the ministrations and caring and the lo e and tenderness mani"ested in a s$pport gro$p do not "$lly heal the patient "rom the illness;as has happened in the script$res and in daily li"e in this and other co$ntries;then the least s$ch caring is li#ely to do is to ma#e the indi id$al more com"ortable% more hope"$l &ith the #no&ledge that someone tr$ly lo es him or her% all o" &hich brings abo$t an e8tension o" li"e. 2o e is a po&er"$l aid in the healing process. When one goes thro$gh the process &hich &e call heal0 ing% perhaps the mind is e8periencing reC$ enation as the body is healed. 9t co$ld also be a scar on the so$l that is $ndergoing the process &hich &e designate as healingJ;a process &e can call an ad ent$re in conscio$sness. Whether it6s one or the other% an a&a#ening to the so$l6s direction and destiny is almost al&ays in ol ed. Cayce had m$ch to say abo$t healing. 4he "ollo&ing e8tract is a good e8ample and may gi e $s insight indeed as to &hy s$pport gro$ps are al$able5 <or it is tr$e that the body mentally% the body physi0 cally% sho$ld be and is capable o" res$scitating and re italiBing itsel"% i" it is raised in spirit$al direction "or the acti ities o" dist$rbing conditions in the body. =ence mind o er matter is not to be lightly spo#en o"% nor is there any disparaging remar# to be made as to the body0physical being re i i"ied% res$scitated% spirit$aliBed s$ch that there is not ManyN reaction that may not be re i i"ied. @11*)0*A

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(ow the seeds o" #indness% help"$lness% long0s$""er0 ing% gentleness% patience% brotherly lo eJ and lea e the increase to the <ather% &ho alone can gi e same either in the spirit% the mind or the body. .eing patient e en as =e. @1/,)03A INCOORDINATION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE .eing patient may% in and o" itsel"% pre ent a person "rom e8periencing a degree o" incoordination in his or her body. 4o grasp this concept% &e need to e8plore the &ays in &hich someone6s body may be incoordinated. Gne year 9 &ent to -irginia .each and decided to do some research on the topic o" incoordination. 9 as#ed my son .ob% &ho &as ol$nteering in the A.'.(. 2ibrary at that time% to research the inde8 to the readings and gi e me a list o" those readings &here incoordination o" the body &as identi"ied. 4he list 9 got bac# &as "i"teen pages long &ith three col0 $mns o" reading n$mbers on each pageL 9 &as disco$raged abo$t doing e8ha$sti e research on the s$bCect. 9 &as not ery patient% and 9 s$ppose part o" me &as at least a bit incoordinated as a res$lt o" my "r$stration. 9 did disco er% ho&e er% that there are many &ays in &hich the body becomes incoordinated% and there is a signi"icant relationship among stress% incoordination% and body mal0 "$nctions. 9 also "o$nd that Cayce% in his readings% identi"ied this ?$ality so consistently that &e need to $nderstand &hat &e thin# o" as a basic lac# o" balance in the "$nctioning o" the h$man body% or &hat Cayce calls Dincoordination.D 9n the terminology o" medical ne$rology% coordination is described as the combination o" ner o$s imp$lses in mo0 tor centers to ins$re cooperation o" the appropriate m$scles in a reaction. 4he &ord itsel" comes "rom the 2atin cum! meaning Dtogether &ithD and ordinare! meaning Dto

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reg$late.D 9n relation to the body and its "$nction% this de"inition seems not only ade?$ate% b$t almost poetic5 D4he harmonio$s acti ity and proper se?$ence o" those parts that cooperate in the per"ormance o" any "$nction.D3+ Cayce6s readings &o$ld seem to agree both in essence and in "act &ith s$ch a de"inition o" coordination. 4he lac# o" coordination &o$ld mean illness in the h$man being% m$ch as its presence means balance and health. 9n the "ollo&ing reading% one o" the symptoms is na$sea. 4his certainly is a re"lection o" the lac# o" harmonio$s acti ity o" the stomach and the other related digesti e organs% &hich $s$ally "$nction in harmony and cooperation to prod$ce a "eeling o" ease and &ell0being rather than the tendency to reg$rgitate5 Gccasionally;once a &ee# or o"tener;the Ker$salem articho#e sho$ld be a part o" the diet 4his &ill tend to correct those inclinations "or the incoordination bet&een the acti ities o" the pancreas as related to the #idneys and bladder. 4hese as &e "ind% e en in this "orm% &Gl ma#e "or better corrections... -. 3hat causes fre:uent )eriods of nausea and what can +e done to o$ercome this condition0 @AA 4his% as &e ha e indicated% arises "rom the inco0 ordination bet&een the $pper and lo&er hepatic circ$lation% o&ing to the dist$rbance in the pancreas &ith the #idneys. <or% as &ill be indicated and "o$nd by the body% &hen s$ch occ$rs there is the more "re?$ent acti ity o" the #idneys and the bladderJ and becomes rather as a ner o$s reaction. =ence the preca$tions in the directions as to diet% to change the acti ities o" the circ$latory "orces in relation to these% &ill bring better conditions and a remo al o" the ca$ses o" these conditions. @1*)30,A Perhaps the greatest di""ic$lty "or the physician is to $n0

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derstand ho& &e might &or# &ith the lac# o" coordination bet&een the pancreas and the #idneys% "or instance% or be0 t&een the $pper and the lo&er hepatic circ$lation. 9n the abo e reading and others% a concept o" relationship emerges &hich states that there is a &or#ing together% a co0 operation% among ario$s parts o" the body and ario$s acti ities o" those parts that seem on the s$r"ace to be com0 pletely $nrelated. 4his concept pres$pposes not only a comm$nication among those parts or acti ities% b$t also a conscio$sness in them that can be part o" the comm$nica0 tion. 9n e ery acti ity o" the body organs or systems% there is a higher control &hich calls "or a &or#ing together $nder normal healthy circ$mstances. When one part becomes ill or dist$rbed% there is the beginning o" bodily illness. 9n the reading ?$oted abo e% there is that higher direction that controls per"ectly the relationship and coordination be0 t&een the pancreas and the #idneys when conditions are )ro)er. .$t &hen a lac# o" &or#ing together comes abo$t% a "$rther complication ens$es;the imbalance or incoordi0 nation bet&een the t&o parts o" the hepatic circ$lation; and this prod$ces the na$sea S$ch a ca$se and e""ect is not tho$ght o" in the practice o" medicine. 4his concept is one o" the &ays that the Cayce material% ta#ing into consideration the reality o" the spiri0 t$al nat$re o" h$manity% brings to mind another perspecti e &hen &e ie& the reality o" the h$man body and its acti i0 ties. Another "ascinating concept represented here is ho& a simple therapy% s$ch as a dietary change% can bring abo$t normality in the relationships o" the conscio$sness o" the organs o" the body. 9" &e &ere disc$ssing people &ho &ere in disagreement% &e &o$ld thin# that there &o$ld need to be tho$ghts e8changed and agreements reached. Cayce loo#s at things "rom the perspecti e o" this being a material

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&orld% and material changes that are reasonable can bring abo$t a body7mind7spirit change and healing res$lts. 4he castor oil pac#s% ho&e er% are s$ggested as the be0 ginning therapy "or the condition described partially in the "ollo&ing reading5 As &e "ind% there are dist$rbing conditions as pre0 ent the better physical "$nctioning in the body. 4hese as &e "ind arise "rom speci"ic dist$rbances that ha e $pset the gland$lar system% as related to coordination bet&een s$per"icial and the deep circ$lation in the eliminating system. 4here is the in ol ement o" the acti ity o" the lymph and em$nctory circ$lation;or &hat might be called lymphitis. @)+/301A 4his &oman had been diagnosed by her physicians as ha ing =odg#in6s disease% a condition that Cayce describes as lymphitis. =e sa& in this &oman an incoordination be0 t&een the s$per"icial and deep circ$lation o" the eliminating system. (m$nctory means e8cretory% so this partic$lar problem is in ol ed &ith the lymphatic circ$la0 tion thro$gho$t the body% both in the deeper parts and in those near the s$r"ace. >eep in mind that the lymphatics are part o" the imm$ne system o" the body% so the incoordi0 nation a""ects the proper "$nction o" a part o" that acti ity that protects o$r bodies% reb$ilds the body in a sense% and brings abo$t the ery "irst steps in elimination o" body cel0 l$lar &astes;&hich ta#es the &astes to the general circ$lation and then to the s#in% l$ngs% #idneys% or li er and intestinal tract "or "inal disposal. 9n this instance% incoordination% lac# o" cooperation% and mal"$nction are all in ol ed in ho& the body "$nctions more properly. As incoordination applies to the st$dy o" the castor oil pac#s% ho&e er% the most commonly disc$ssed incoordina0

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tion in the Cayce readings is bet&een the a$tonomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems. 4his% in t$rn% is related o"0 ten to the lymphatics and to the circ$lation mentioned abo e. >eep in mind the de"inition o" coordination as being the harmonio$s acti ity and proper se?$ence o" those parts that cooperate in the per"ormance o" any "$nction% and let6s loo# at some o" the comments in the readings abo$t lymph% ner o$s systems% assimilating system% and circ$lation. !o& as &e "o$nd% there are dist$rbing conditions% and they arise "rom incoordinationJ as prod$ced "rom the lac# o" that within the system d$ring the period o" pregnancy to carry the "$ll f;ow o" coordination be0 t&een the lymph and the acti ity o" the sympathetic and cerebrospinal system. =ence in those areas abo$t the assimilating system% &itho$t great preca$tions% &e ha e that brea#ing o" the connection bet&een the acti e "orces o" Mner eN im)ulse and the a+ility to carry same o$t in physical reactions... As &e "ind% &ith consistency! there may be help bro$ghtJ b$t it &ill re?$ire patience a7ir"persistence in the application o" those in"l$ences and "orces as may bring a better acti ity in the ibratory "orces o" the ner e im)ulses oi the body... <irst &e &o$ld apply the hea y castor oil pac#s "or at least three days% each time be"ore the corrections are attempted. Apply these hea y castor oil pac#s an ho$r each day% o er the li er and caec$m area% all along the right sideJ that &e may brea# $p those tendencies that ca$se this incoordination there. @1,9101A 9n case 1,9101% the dist$rbance in lac# o" coordination apparently comes bet&een the lymph and the already co0 ordinated t&o ner o$s systems% ca$sing a &ea#ening o"

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ner e imp$lse in the &hole body% not only to the m$scles o" conscio$s acti ity% b$t probably also to "$nctions o" organs% glands% and $nconscio$s smooth0m$scle action thro$gh0 o$t the body. Cayce probably sa& the "$nction o" the pac#s as elimi0 nating DtendenciesD to&ard incoordination by stim$lating better lymphatic drainage% li er "$nction% and a$tonomic acti ity. Coordination e8ists among the ner o$s systems and the acti ity o" the blood in the body6s circ$latory system. Wher0 e er a blood essel ma#es its &ay thro$gh the body% not only in the thoracic and abdominal ca ities% b$t also thro$gho$t the arms and legs and the somatic tiss$es o" the tr$n#% it carries &ith it the ner e s$pply &hich constricts the essel or ma#es it dilate. 4hese are the sympathetic and the para0 sympathetic ner e s$pply% respecti ely% altho$gh it is #no&n that some portions o" the blood essels recei e their m$scle dilators also thro$gh the sympathetic.3, 9nterestingly% &e "ind that the peripheral blood essels% incl$ding those &hich s$pply the e8tremities and the somatic tiss$es o" the tr$n#% are inner ated thro$gh the sympathetic "ibers de0 ri ed "rom the sympathetic tr$n# ganglia. 4hese "ibers Coin the spinal ner es thro$gh their sympathetic roots and reach the blood essels thro$gh branches &hich Coin them at in0 ter als along their co$rse.3: We th$s see the necessity to the body o" the a$tonomic s$pply and some o" its "$nction% and% by in"erence% the im0 portance o" the balance o""ered thro$gh the cerebrospinal ner o$s system in its relation to the a$tonomic. Cayce indi0 cated that these t&o systems meet intimately in the spinal cord or the sympathetic tr$n# ganglia% and that is &here a coordination &ith the blood s$pply is created. 4his means that &hen an incoordination e8ists here% the blood essels do not per"orm their aried d$ties &ell% th$s bringing abo$t certain disease conditions o" the body. 4his

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is rather &ell ill$strated in the "ollo&ing e8tract o" a reading ta#en on a "orty0"o$r0year0old &oman% &hose case n$mber is *)++. 4here ha e been those operati e "orces &hich ha e allo&ed% or ca$sed% adhesions and lesions to "orm in areas &here the cerebrospinal and sympathetic ner0 o$s system and blood s$pply coordinate% in the brachial areas especially. 4he res$lts ha e been% and are incoordination and a "orm o" anemia that &ill be hard to combat $nless certain meas$res or preca$tions are ta#en. 4hese conditions% as &e "ind% might be termed acci0 dents% in that there &ere% in the healing o" the body% conditions &here ner e tiss$e or tendons became in0 ol ed% and th$s the circ$lation especially in the $pper e8tremities is s$ch that these ha e become $seless% in a manner% in comparison to their normal acti ities. 4his is by press$re% and thro$gh the adhesions and lesions "ormed there are those conditions prod$cing the complications s$ch that ner e and blood s$pply are not recei ing their proper stim$lation "or the ac0 ti ity and circ$lation% "rom the adhesions. Glands are in ol ed in this. 4h$s% &e ha e a progres0 si e acti ity o" incoordination% o" poor circ$lation. @*)++01A So% as &e sa& earlier a lac# o" balance or coordination among the lymph and the ner o$s systems% &e are sho&n here the same sort o" bodily $pset among the circ$latory system and the ner o$s systems. 9 thin# it is necessary to ma#e it clear that Cayce $nder0 stands the h$man body as ha ing a&areness e en at a cell$lar le el. 4h$s% systems are a collection o" conscio$s0 nesses and act together m$ch li#e a city acts as a $nit.

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Coordination in this light becomes more o" an $nderstand0 able acti ity. .$t at the same time it is seen to be e en more necessary to be present and &or#ing. 9n the cases 9 re ie&ed @see Part 93 &here castor oil pac#s &ere $sed% the most stri#ing incoordinations Cayce "o$nd &ere bet&een the a$tonomic and cerebrospinal ner o$s systems. A relationship m$st e8ist &ithin the body bet&een these t&o systems. We see it in action today in the emotion0 related diseases% altho$gh most o" the disc$ssion at an academic le el o" physiology deals &ith the "$nctioning o" each system% rather than the &ay the t&o systems might &or# together in a coordinated e""ort. Cayce indicated% ho&e er% that lac# o" proper coordina0 tion at this le el &as deeply in ol ed in the ca$sation o" diseases as &idely di erse in their apparent etiology as m$l0 tiple sclerosis% appendicitis% anemia% hemiplegia% and grand mal epilepsy. 9t &o$ld seem &orth&hile to loo# more closely at e8amples o" these and attempt to reconstr$ct the $nder0 lying philosophical concepts &hich might be lin#ing these disease entities together. A "orty0eight0year0old man% later diagnosed as ha ing m$ltiple sclerosis% &as gi en a series o" readings. 9nterest0 ingly% it &asn6t $ntil the second reading that he &as gi en the s$ggestion to $se castor oil pac#s. =o&e er% some detail o" a physiologic nat$re is to be "o$nd in the "irst reading% &hich is ?$oted in part5 ... &e are spea#ing o"5 The +lood su))ly! this indicates that there &as "irst an $nbalancing in the metabolism o" the system% and congestion thro$gh the acti ities o" the assimilating "orces or system as related to li er% pancreas% spleen% and a lac# o" coordination &ith the e8cretory "orces o" the li er. And "or same% as &e "ind% there ha e been misap0

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plied conditions. =ence &e ha e had an in"ection aris0 ing% prod$cing ... thro$gh the ner o$s system;a brea#ing o" coordination bet&een the sympathetic or egetati e and cerebrospinal ner e systems. 4his acco$nts "or the irritations to portions o" the s$per"icial circ$lation% as &ell as the inability "or the body to rest% also "or the impressions the body recei es o" dist$rbing in"l$ences and "orces abo$t the body. 9t is not a mental condition &holly% yet its reaction to the sympathetic system% thro$gh the sensory reac0 tions% gi es that ery reaction to the +odily "$nctioning in the system. =ence the arthritic reaction at times% the conditions as e""ects to the sensory organisms;both the a$ditory as &ell as to the isionJ "or all become a part o" the gen0 eral dist$rbance. @1+)301A =ere &e see an incoordination bet&een the assimilating system and the e8cretory system% at least that part repre0 sented by the li er. 4his apparently ca$sed a to8ic condition &hich precipitated the incoordination bet&een the a$to0 nomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems. Cayce indicated that the a$tonomic ganglia% &hich are "o$nd alongside the spinal cord b$t o$tside the spinal ca0 nal% are DcentersD &here most o" the coordination bet&een the t&o ner o$s systems is localiBed. 9n case 1+)3% these &ere $nd$ly sensiti e at times. Apparently% to "ollo& the in"erences in the reading% this brea# in coordination m$st be "o$nd in the $pper ganglia &hich s$pply sympathetics to the is$al and a$ditory ap0 parat$s% as &ell as "arther do&n anatomically% &here the organs o" the body recei e their ner e s$pply. =ere also is seen in one person a rather amaBing gro$p o" symptom comple8es% &hich Cayce states all come abo$t as the direct res$lt o" &hat he calls a brea# in the coordination bet&een

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the a$tonomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems5 s$0 per"icial circ$latory dist$rbances% insomnia% probable psychone$roses% arthritis% and a$ditory dist$rbances. =ere are conditions &hich nearly e eryone has had to one degree or another. Also there are symptoms &hich ha e nothing to do &ith the motor system o" ner es;the ner o$s system &hich has to do &ith locomotion and conscio$s acti ity. Fet% according to these readings% the res$lt o" poorly coordinated systems o" ner es represent% in one sense% the means by &hich the conscio$s mind acts in the body on the one hand and the system thro$gh &hich the $nconscio$s mind acts on the other. 4his idea has m$ch s$pport% not only in the Cayce readings% b$t in the already e8plored physiology o" the body. ATTITUDES5 EMOTIONS5 AND INCOORDINATION 4he "ield o" psychosomatic medicine% pertaining to the relationship bet&een the mind and the body% has led into &hat today is called psychone$roimm$nology. 4his% in t$rn% has shaped o$r present thin#ing more into the belie" and $nderstanding that emotions% attit$des% and "eelings are closely associated &ith disease processes% not only res$ltant "rom them b$t in many cases ca$sati e. Perhaps &e &ill grad$ally accept the "act that emotions ca$se physical changes thro$gh gland$lar o$tpo$rings o" hormones "rom se eral o" the internal secreting glands and increased "lo& o" energies% especially o er the sympathetic ner o$s system. With s$ch an acceptance% &e &ill more completely see the oneness o" the body &ith the mind and &e &ill begin to associate o$r physical bodies more &ith the mind and the spirit &ithin. Presently% ho&e er% this is still a di""ic$lt concept to accept We are not ready to loo# at an appendicitis% a #idney

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in"ection% or a thyroid disease and admit that attit$des o" mind in relation to o$r "riends or o$r "amily% an emotional "lare0$p &ith a "ather or a sister co$ld possibly ha e any0 thing to do &ith ca$sing this physical disease% in spite o" the "act that &e do accept a stomach $lcer as a sign o" emo 0 tional or attit$dinal imbalance% as &ell as many other conditions. Cayce "o$nd that emotions &ere% in at least some cases% the primary ca$se o" the incoordination bet&een the a$to0 nomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems that &e ha e been disc$ssing. 4he "ollo&ing instance% case *)/1% is an e8ample. 4his "i"ty0one0year0old &oman% i" her letters are to be $n0 derstood correctly at a psychological le el% &as ery critical in her nat$re and she contin$ed to be so e en se en years a"ter her reading &as ta#en. S$ch an attit$de is perhaps one o" the most di""ic$lt to o ercome and% at the same time% ca$ses perhaps more tro$ble to the body thro$gh creating stresses and an easily $pset ner o$s system. Cayce s$g0 gested a simple regimen to o ercome the asthenia &hich the &oman &as e8periencing% b$t he apparently also &as a&are o" the &oman6s resistance to changing her attit$des% the ca$se o" the &hole thing% so his most important recom0 mendation &as almost in an aside5 Also% there has been% and e8ists in the present% inco0 ordination bet&een the ner e systems o" the body. An o eran8iety% a "ear has ca$sed o ertension in the ner0 o$s system% especially as related to the areas in the $pper dorsal or thro$gh the brachial centers% and has ca$sed a great shoc# to the body% so that the ability o" the ner es to coordinate in replenishing energies thro$gh the circ$lation has ca$sed this great &ea#ness &hich e8ists in the body. 4hese may be materially aided b$t it &ill re?$ire as

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m$ch acti ity o" the mental sel" as those administra0 tions "rom any mechanical or medicinal nat$res. @*)/101A .ac#gro$nd on this indi id$al &as s$pplied in a letter se en years a"ter the reading &as gi en. She stated that the shoc# &hich Cayce described &as an Demotional $pset% partly ca$sed by a hal"0craBed principal &ith &hom 9 &as $n"ort$nately &or#ing a"ter my thyroidectomy &hen 9 &as &ea#. 9n his mental &ea#ness @he had s$""ered se ere men0 tal tro$ble and 9 had o" necessity "illed his o""iceA% he had the idea 9 &anted his position and &as more than $nC$st and cr$el.D She had a thyroidectomy si8years be"ore the reading. She also had e8perienced chronic appendicitis attac#s% &hich &ere relie ed% according to her letters% by castor oil pac#s s$ggested in the latter part o" her reading. She "ollo&ed only partially the s$ggestions made "or the relie" o" her tiredness. 4his case adds some&hat to o$r $nderstanding o" &hat Cayce called incoordination o" the ner o$s systems. 9t is one in &hich &e do not "ind a se ere dist$rbance o" the lo0 comotor system as in epilepsy% b$t rather an $nderlying condition to be "o$nd &ithin the body organs. 9t is almost as i" Cayce &ere saying that &hen these systems become incoordinate% the energies may spill o$t&ard into the con0 scio$s cerebrospinal system% ca$sing an $ncontrolled o er"lo& o" energy as in Par#insonism% "or instance. 4hese same energies may de iate in&ard and spill o er% so to spea#% into the $nconscio$s0a$tonomic area o" ner o$s acti ity% creating dys"$nctions o" ario$s types% s$ch as in the case &e ha e C$st disc$ssed. 4hese can be minor or ery se ere% partially or not at all controlled. 4he importance o" this incoordination in the ca$se o" ill0 ness% as seen by the sleeping Cayce% cannot be o eremphasiBed. =e repeatedly in ol es it in his o&n pec$0

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liar type o" physiological disc$ssions in e8plaining ho& the sic#nesses come abo$t =e repeatedly sees the sympathetic tr$n# ganglia as being the maCor area o" coordination be0 t&een the a$tonomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems. And he e8plains% time a"ter time% the &idespread rami"ications o" this incoordination as they are mani"ested thro$gho$t the body. We can e8amine these rather min$tely i" &e loo# again at reading )+/3% gi en "or a thirty0"o$r0year0old &oman &ho had =odg#in6s disease. 4his case is also interesting beca$se the &oman &ho re?$ested the reading "ollo&ed the s$g0 gestions completely and &as "ree "rom all symptoms and signs o" the disease. <o$r years later% ho&e er% she had a relapse &hen she re0 s$med ?$arreling &ith her h$sband. 4he marital sit$ation disintegrated% the =odg#in6s rec$rred% and the &oman% de0 pressed% re"$sed to ret$rn to the $se o" castor oil pac#s and other s$ggestions &hich initially helped her. She passed a&ay "rom the illness. <ollo&ing is a partial e8tract o" this case% &hich is ?$ite comple8 and lengthy% b$t &hich adds m$ch to the present s$bCect $nder disc$ssion5 4here are areas in the spinal system &here press$res on those centers o" coordination bet&een the cere0 brospinal and sympathetic ner es lea e the ganglia so rela8ed as to at times "ill the s$per"icial areas &ith the "l$ids that sho$ld be circ$lated thro$gh the system by the ery imp$lse o" acti ity o" the circ$lating system itsel". 4h$s the ariation in press$re. =ence the heart% li er and #idneys become in ol ed. 4hese ary as to their acti ity $nder aried press$res... As there has grad$ally gro&n to be a ariation as to the areas a""ected thro$gh the cycle o" acti ity o" the organs% by press$res in ario$s portions o" the body% &e "ind that the imp$lse o" this "l$id reacts either to

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the "eet% #nees% hips% abdomen% l$ng% e8tremities; arms% "ace and nec#;any o" these% or all o" these may be in ol ed at once% &ith some partic$lar area o$t0 standing% as there is the press$re being carried along the re"le8 imp$lse in the areas o" the colon and the ac0 ti ity in the coccy8 end o" the spine% as &ell as that indicated in the +th and ,th dorsal in the body. That @the +th and ,th dorsalA &as the "irst area in0 ol ed% "rom an inC$ry some "o$r years ago;a &rench or a press$re prod$ced in that areaJ combined &ith an inC$ry to the end o" the spine. 4hese ha e been% and are% as &e "ind% the so$rces o" the dist$rbance. 4hat there has not been greater in0 ol ement to the "$nctioning o" the organs o" the body is an indication o" rather the nat$re or character o" the so$rces o" the dist$rbances to this gland$lar "orce as related to the s$pply o" lymph prod$ced in the body. 4h$s there is indicated a cold area o er portions o" the abdomen% thro$gh the gland$lar acti ity o" the lymph d$cts and glands thro$gh digestion. While there is apparently little association o" the acti ity o" the ner o$s system in digestion and the lymph acti 0 ity in assimilation% &e "ind that these are the so$rces;and poc#ets o" lymph thro$gh the intes0 tines. 4h$s those times &hen there is s$ch soreness thro$gh portions o" the abdomen and the CeC$n$m% as &ell as the colon itsel"% in those areas o" the caec$m% the ascending and trans erse area o" the colon. All o" these at times gi e dist$rbance or distress% either at% be"ore or "ollo&ing those changes that are &ro$ght by this acc$m$lation o" lymph in any o" the areas o" the body. @)+/301A (tiology% the original so$rce o" disease% becomes some0 times $ni?$e in these readings% as &e see abo e. Apparently

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the inC$ry to the spine% at the +th and ,th dorsal areas% com0 bined &ith that to the coccy8 @the end o" the spineA% &as the basic ca$se o" this process &hich is called =odg#in6s dis0 ease. 9n addition there are press$res th$s prod$ced on &hat Cayce calls the centers o" coordination bet&een the cere0 brospinal and the sympathetic ner es. Anatomically% this &o$ld seem to mean either the anterior or posterior roots o" the spinal ner e% incl$ding probably the dorsal root gan0 glion or the spinal ganglion% as it is o"ten called% or the &hite and gray rami comm$nicantes% as they lea e the spinal ner e and Coin the sympathetic ganglia. 4hese latter are the connecting lin#s bet&een the sympathetic and the spinal cord% b$t anatomically &o$ld seem to lie o$t o" the &ay o" press$res &hich might come abo$t "rom ertebrae &hich might be malaligned &ith each other% a condition &hich is termed s$bl$8ation5 incomplete dislocation. 4o "ollo& the tho$ghts abo e% it &o$ld seem logical to $nderstand Cayce as stating that the press$res th$s e ol ed ca$sed the sympathetic ganglia to be Drela8edDJ that im0 p$lses "or proper "$nction and tone o" the arterial% eno$s% and lymphatic systems &ere not present. 4he incoordina0 tion% then% might be $nderstood to deri e "rom press$re on the anterior and posterior spinal ner es and the dorsal root ganglia% these being the centers o" coordination re"erred to. 4his &hole concept% stated here in s$ch an incomplete and $ndo$btedly obsc$re manner% is not "o$nd any&here in the te8tboo#s o" ne$rology% anatomy% or physiology as they e8ist today in the "ield o" allopathic medicine. 4he theories o" osteopathy and chiropractic are not &ithin the scope o" this disc$ssion% altho$gh it can be said that both schools o" healing ha e as a primary thesis that s$bl$8ation o" ertebrae% one $pon the other% is ca$sati e o" disease% and correction o" s$ch malalignment &ill aid in or bring abo$t directly the c$re o" the abnormal body process. 4o "$rther

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clari"y the sit$ation% it can be said that Cayce &as $n0 schooled in healing. 9n his recommendations% he $sed all types o" therapies% apparently &itho$t discrimination as to so$rce b$t &ith considerable discrimination as to res$lt. 'et$rning to the patient &ith =odg#in6s disease% &e see the dist$rbed "$nction o" the a$tonomic system re"lected in the circ$lation% the heart% li er% and #idneys and the "l$id imbalance @probably thro$gh the lymphatic systemA ha 0 ing its e""ect in the "ace and nec#% the arms% l$ngs% abdomen% hips% #nees% and "eet. Also% &e see mentioned the res$ltant lac# o" coordination bet&een the a$tonomic ner o$s sys0 tem in its digesti e capacity and the lymphatic system in its role in assimilation o" "oodst$""s. 4he distresses and sorenesses coming abo$t thro$gh an acc$m$lation o" lymph in poc#ets thro$gho$t the intestines is part o" the pict$re that Cayce sees &ithin the body o" this partic$lar person a""licted &ith &hat &e call =odg#ir"s disease. 9t is not di""ic$lt to begin to comprehend that Cayce6s $nderstanding o" the body and its diseases had m$ch to do &ith relationships and &ith the "$nctioning o" the system o" ner es that &e call a$tonomic;the system that &or#s according to the ma#e0$p o" o$r $nconscio$s minds5 o$r "ears% greeds% desires% hates% Cealo$sies% contentions and o$r hopes% belie"s% lo es% and "aiths.

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W( A22 29>( A C=A22(!G(% (SP(C9A22F 9< it is in an area o" endea or &ith &hich &e are ery "amiliar. Cayce &as gi en s$ch a challenge in K$ne% 19/3% &hen he &as as#ed "or a reading by a medical school pro"essor o" anatomy &ho became case n$mber 31*+. 4his physician &as si8ty0eight years old at the time% and he had s$""ered a paralysis &hich ca$sed him to gi e $p his teaching. =is at0 tending physician6s statement &as as "ollo&s5 1ay %<!=,>' To 3hom It 1ay Concern9 This is to state that I ha$e attended Dr. ='<?@A for the )astyear. 7e has had mitral insufficiency on a rheumatic +asis 121

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sinceyouth Bor the )ast ten years or so he has had au2 ricular fi+rillation for which he has ta/en digitalis with good results. Occasionally a mild degree of anasarca sets in! easily controlla+le with increased digitalis and salyrgan. Bour years ago he suffered a sudden left hemi)legia! )ro+a+ly on an em+olic +asis! which has )ersisted. &ecently he has had neuralgia in$ol$ing the right shoulder and arm. Clood )ressure ='<DE<! )ulse around E<! totally irregular. "oud systolic murmur o$er a)ex! lungs clear! no edema at )resent. (incerely! -signed 6ohn Cannon! 1.D. =ere &as a man &hose li"e &as spent in instit$tional medical instr$ction at a high le el% &ith #no&ledge o" the h$man body "ar s$perior to most people at the time. Wo$ld the reading &hich Cayce &as to gi e change in its nat$re and become more orthodo8 in its lang$age% &o$ld it $se more con entional terms% and &o$ld it de iate "rom its pre0 occ$pation &ith coordination% ner o$s systems% assimilations% and the li#eH 4his &as indeed a challenge. 9 ha e incl$ded most o" the in"ormation gi en &hich lends itsel" to diagnosis as Cayce &o$ld $nderstand it. 4he therapy incl$des castor oil pac#s% b$t there are n$mero$s other s$ggestions &hich are not pertinent here. 4his is a monolog$e bet&een an $nconscio$s mind and a pro"essor o" anatomy. As &e "ind% there are dist$rbances that pre ent the body "rom its better physical "$nctioning. 4hese ha e

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to do primarily% &e "ind% &ith that coordination be0 t&een the sympathetic @or egetati eA ner e system and the cerebrospinal ner e system. 4h$s the b$rsa are in ol ed that are in those areas dealing &ith locomotion% or controlling o" the locomo0 tory centers% almost cross&ise o" the body. While the e""ects prod$ced are m$ch li#e those "rom a lea#age% hemorrhage% or the li#e% &e "ind that these ha e not been ca$sed by &hat is commonly called a stro#e. While many o" the organs are primarily in0 ol ed% &e "ind that the greater part o" the distress arises "rom other so$rces than that ordinarily in ol ed in s$ch conditions. 4hese% then% are conditions as &e "ind them &ith this body% M31*+N &e are spea#ing o"% present in this room5 While the acti ities in the blood s$pply% the ele0 ments as related to the hormones o" the blood "orce itsel"% indicate dist$rbances in acti ity% and the slo&0 ing o" circ$lation thro$gh portions o" the e8tremities o" the body% these are not the e""ects as o" the body o" the circ$lation itsel" being in ol ed. As &e "ind% then% more o" the in ol ement is in the ner o$s systems% the energies o" the body% the acti i0 ties o" the body ha ing been s$ch as to brea# do&n that proper coordination bet&een the ner o$s sys0 temsJ that is% the cerebrospinal and the sympathetic @or egetati eA systems% as indicated. .eca$se there ha e been those dist$rbances that &ea#ened the centers or ganglia along spinal areas% &here the acti ities bet&een the s$per"icial and deeper circ$lation &ere in ol ed% the e""ects prod$ced are in the locomotories that &ere and are controlled by the energies that are controlling "rom the central ner o$s system% the central blood s$pply% and the s$0 per"icial blood s$pply.

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4h$s &e "ind these conditions e8isting thro$gh this body. 4he brain "orces and their re"le8es are acti e. 4hese are near normal% sa e as they are dist$rbed by pres0 s$res that e8ist in the areas o" the *th and +th dorsal% as thro$gh the sympathetic control% the acti ities in the locomotion to the le"t $pper portion o" the body. And there &e ha e an in"lammatory condition that ca$ses press$res &hich pre ent ner e imp$lse that "lo&s &ith the blood s$pply thro$gh that portion o" the arm% as to ca$se the lac# o" the acti ity o" coordinating $sage o" same. We ha e in the )nd l$mbar that &hich pre ents co0 ordination o" that "lo& to the right side in the lo&er e8tremities. 4hese are not so in"lamed% b$t are o" the nat$re that ca$ses the lac# o" the re"le8es in the $se o" the ner e and m$sc$lar "orces o" this limb. .y the acti ities o" the body that bro$ght abo$t these conditions% there has been the lac# o" that as0 similated "rom that digested% thro$gh the acti ity o" glands% to s$pply s$""icient o" the elements "or prod$c0 ing the stamina;or the imp$lse in the ner e body itsel"% the imp$lse "or the retraction% or reaction% or re0 "le8 "rom the brainJ the gray and the &hite matter in ner e itsel". As indicated% these do not e8tend to the spinal cord nor into those areas that &o$ld direct the imp$lses to acti ity o" the organs;either the #idneys or the li er. While both come into re"le8 reaction% and at times be0 come in ol ed% these are not c$t o"". !either is there ca$sed that &hich &o$ld bring abo$t atrophyJ indi0 cating then that this in ol ement is more to the sympathetic connections &ith the cerebrospinal sys0 tem% at centers or ganglia indicated in the body. 4he lac# o" this element% &ith the o er$se o" the en0

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ergies o" the body% both as to locomotion in the lo&er and $pper portion% ca$ses these areas to s$""er $nder this stress and strain. 4o be s$re% there are in ol ements;"rom the long period o" inacti ity;to the heart% the l$ngs% the li er and the #idneys. .$t these as yet are secondary to the dist$rbance in the s$per"icial% the lymph and the em$nctory circ$lation% that is in ol ed thro$gh the acti ity o" the sympathetic ner e re"le8esJ &hich con0 trol not only secondarily the organic acti ity b$t that as related to the imagination% the sensory reaction% and the impressions that go to ma#e $p those re"le8es in the responses to imp$lses "rom acti ity o" the sensory centers. 4hese% as &e "ind% may be materially aided;i" those elements are added to the system that are the basic e""ect o" acti ity o" ner e% m$scle and imp$lses that go to s$pply s$""icient acti ity in the ibrations o" the body "orce itsel". <or% all acti ity is o" an electrical nat$re. @31*+01A Cayce indeed ga e an anatomical0physiological mono0 log$e &orthy o" a pro"essor o" anatomy. =e met the challenge by $sing the same method o" approach &e ha e seen him already $se. =is diagnoses seem to be a lac# o" proper assimilation o" elements needed "or ner o$s tiss$e regeneration% incoordination bet&een the cerebrospinal and egetati e ner o$s systems% improper "$nction and D&ea#eningD o" the sympathetic ganglia% and a ag$e glan0 d$lar imbalance &hich a""ected the assimilation o" "oodst$""s. Gne might add to this a ne$ritis% i" the in"lam0 mation he mentions can be ass$med to in ol e sympathetic connections to the spinal ner es. Apparently Cayce sa& these conditions as being the $n0 derlying ca$ses o" &hat the pro"essor6s attending physician

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called mitral ins$""iciency and a$ric$lar "ibrillation "rom rhe$matic "e er% anasarca @se ere edema or s&elling o" de0 pendent portions o" the body d$e to acc$m$lation o" "l$id in the intercell$lar spaces;lymphA% le"t hemiplegia @or paralysisA % and a ne$ralgia o" the right sho$lder and arm. 9t is certainly di""ic$lt to dra& concl$sions "rom this reading &hich &o$ld carry any note o" "inality. =o&e er% certain comments are &orthy o" consideration at this point 2et6s try to analyBe it in a lang$age that is more compre0 hensible to the pro"essional and to the lay mind. 4here seems to be a contin$ity o" concepts &hich ha e already been disc$ssed and &hich persist in designing a physiology o" the h$man body that has all the earmar#s o" being di""erent in philosophy and "$nction "rom &hat is presently considered alid. Fet it is only in s$btle &ays that there appears a di ergence o" ideas. 4o re ie&Cayce6s DdiagnosisD o" this man6s illness% &e "ind that there is "irst mentioned that incoordination bet&een the cerebrospinal and the egetati e ner o$s systems. 4his is the primary dist$rbance. 4hen Cayce describes an in"lammation o" the sympathetic ganglia &hich correspond to the *th and +th dorsal spinal ner es. =is description leads one to belie e that the in"lammation perhaps in ol es not only the ganglia% b$t the rami comm$nicantes;these on the le"t side o" the spine in the thoracic cage. =e indicates that this in"lammatory process pre ents the normal "lo& o" imp$lses thro$gh the egetati e ner e s$pply to the blood essels and that &hich goes &ith the blood essels to the entire le"t arm. Starling has sho&n that all the asoconstrictor "ibers o" the body ha e their connection &ith the cerebrospinal ner o$s system thro$gh the entral roots o" the spinal ner es "rom the "irst dorsal to the third or "o$rth l$mbar incl$si e.39 4hese centrally deri ed ner es connect &ith the sympathetic system in the ganglia o" the sympathetic tr$n#. =e

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has sho&n li#e&ise that in dogs% the central asoconstrictor ner es to the "orelimbs lea e the spinal cord and enter the ganglia by the "o$rth to the tenth thoracic ner es. 4here are "ibers &hich also ca$se dilation o" the essels% these being parasympathetic and sympathetic in origin. 4h$s% in many parts o" the body% the sympathetic ner e s$pply prod$ces both actions $s$ally attrib$ted to the sympathetic on the one hand and the parasympathetic on the other. Cayce implies that the in"lammation in the *th and +th dorsal sympathetic area brings abo$t a lac# o" sympathetic ner e imp$lse thro$gh this C$st0described asomotor system to the le"t arm% and that this lac# prod$ces in some strange &ay an inability to coordinate the $se o" the arm m$sc$lat$re. 4his type o" end res$lt is not described to my #no&ledge in the medical te8tboo#s% altho$gh it can be seen "rom &hat has been disc$ssed in the past "e& paragraphs that the sympathetic dist$rbance &hich Cayce describes co$ld ha e a basis in anatomic and physiologic "act. What is not $nderstood is that s$ch a dist$rbance co$ld bring abo$t any sort o" incoordination bet&een the a$tonomic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems% or that it co$ld bring abo$t an inability to coordinate the m$scles o" an arm into coherent acti ity. 'elated to the abo e is Cayce6s ne8t diagnosis% &hich points o$t a similar di""ic$lty;altho$gh not strictly the same ;in the right leg. 4ro$ble in the )nd l$mbar sympathetic ganglion ca$ses di""ic$lty in the $se o" the right leg as it deals &ith the ner o$s control and the m$sc$lar acti ity. 4here is no in"lammation here% ho&e er. Cayce6s ne8t comment relati e to the pro"essor6s physical ailments points o$t that there has been "a$lty assimilation o" the "oodst$""s d$e to improper endocrine "$nction. 4his de"iciency brings a &ea#ness o" the imp$lse in the ner e path&ays bet&een the brain and the body areas. 4his

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doesn6t occ$r in the spinal cord% b$t in the a$tonomic ner0 o$s system% &hich again brings $s bac# to the sympathetic ganglia and the rami comm$nicantes. 4his is the anatomi0 cal location o" &hat &e might call Dthe sympathetic connections &ith the cerebrospinal system.D =e points o$t that since this is not in the spinal system itsel"% there &ill not be atrophy in the tiss$esJ that the li er and the #idneys &ill not be in ol ed beca$se the sympathetic s$pply to these organs is not c$t o"" or se erely dist$rbed. 'ather% he points o$t% they are only occasionally in ol ed in the patient6s symptoms and bodily dys"$nction. Cayce6s insight o" the pro"essor6s body ne8t indicates that there is in ol ement o" the heart% the li er% l$ngs% and #id0 neys o" a strictly "$nctional nat$re% secondary to inacti ity and not really o" importance yet. 'ather% he points o$t that the dist$rbance in the ganglia &ith their associated @dis0 t$rbedA sympathetic ner e re"le8es ha e prod$ced @1A a "a$lty s$per"icial circ$lation to the m$scles o" locomotion in the tr$n# and e8tremitiesJ @)A a lymphatic circ$lation that is not "$nctioning properlyJ and @3A an $pset Dem$nctory circ$lation%D or blood s$pply to the organs o" elimination% perhaps;"or this re"erence is $nclear. =o&e er% the more important point in this partic$lar paragraph is that% altho$gh the sympathetic s$pply o" ner e imp$lses and re"le8es controls the acti ity o" the organs themsel es and is th$s ?$ite important% the real% primary control &hich is e8ercised here is that o er the "$nction re0 lated to the imagination o" the mind itsel" and the Dsensory reactionD and related to the impressions o" the mind &hich "orm$late the re"le8es bro$ght abo$t "rom sensory recep0 tors @a""erent sensory imp$lsesA. An e8ample o" this &o$ld be the dra&ing a&ay s$ddenly &hen a "inger to$ches a hot obCect. Gb io$sly% there are statements and re"erences here that dangle% li#e an $ndesirable participle% &hen one begins to

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p$t together the statements in this reading into a semi0$n0 derstandable "orm. Fet in this reading there are a &hole gro$p o" challenging ideas &hich seem to contin$e to re0 late the &hole body and its mental "ac$lties% conscio$s and s$bconscio$s% into a coherent $nity. We cannot lea e disc$ssion o" this case &itho$t pointing o$t the rather ob io$s "act that Cayce did not mention the mitral ins$""iciency and "ibrillation &hich had apparently res$lted "rom rhe$matic "e er at some earlier time. !or can &e easily $nderstand his disc$ssion o" the abnormal "$nc0 tion o" the right leg since the attending physician6s statement didn6t ma#e re"erence to it. =o&e er% Cayce6s other re"erences are consistent &ith the medical diagnoses s$bmitted% i" &e allo& "or di""erent modes o" approach to $nderstanding &hat has occ$rred &ithin a h$man body that has not been e8plored s$rgically.

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CAS4G' G92 PAC>S =A-( 4A>(! M( 9! MF therape$tic e""orts &ith my patients all the &ay "rom the misery o" a sprained an#le thro$gh the agonies o" an in0 "lamed perine$m to the discom"ort o" a sti"" nec#. At this point &e need to $nderstand the ner o$s system at more depth. 9n doing so &e &ill see a parallel bet&een the anatomy and physiology o" medical science and that "o$nd in the Cayce readings. 9nitially is$aliBe the ner o$s system as a &hole as ha 0 ing its central and dominant control located in the brain% b$t &ith other s$bcortical areas o" control else&here in the body. !er es arise "rom all o" these areas in a ast net&or# penetrating all parts o" the body and ha ing control o er mo ement and "$nction in a tremendo$sly complicated o$t"lo& o" energy or imp$lse &hich is called e""erent 4his net&or# brings bac#;to the ario$s ganglia% to other cen0 ters o" the body% and to the brain;similar energy imp$lses 1(0

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&hich% &hen recei ed% prod$ce a&areness% &hat &e call conscio$sness% in the h$man organism. 4his is termed a"0 "erent ner o$s acti ity. While nothing in the entire ner o$s system is really simple in its constr$ction or in its acti ityJ 9 shall try to sim0 pli"y this disc$ssion% realiBing that s$ch a proced$re opens the door "or error in statement and in comm$nication. Since it is my obCect to primarily disc$ss the a$tonomic "$nctions o" the ner o$s system% 9 &on6t d&ell long on the central ner o$s system. We #no& that the cerebral corte8 is the seat o" all higher acti ities o" the mind o" o$r tho$ght or o" o$r conscio$sness processes. 4he "rontal areas o" the brain partic$larly are related to these associati e "$nctions. Conscio$sness% as &e #no& it% seems to be bro$ght into be0 ing physiologically thro$gh or accompanying the passing o er o" imp$lses "rom the a""erent to the e""erent side o" the cerebral arc. Starling/1 describes in terms almost poetic the mind "$nction in the corte8 as it deals &ith conscio$sness% sense% and memory5 D4he states o" conscio$sness glide contin$ally "rom moment to moment in an $nbro#en stream o" e8peri0 ence% consisting o" a sharper "ocal content &ith a "ringe o" slighter de"inition and lea ing behind it a trace &hich &e #no& as memory. .y a process o" attention &e can single o$t parts o" the stream o" conscio$sness "or closer "oc$sing. D4here seems b$t little do$bt that o$r conscio$s e8periences are the res$lt o" comple8 integrations o" sensory impressions% &hich are assessed by being chec#ed and compared &ith traces o" pre io$s e8peri0 ences.D We are also a&are that the brain directs all o$r c?nscio$s

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physical acti ities and that it has an in"l$ence o er;al0 tho$gh not directing;those parts o" the body that &or# $nder an a$tonomy o" their o&n% the so0called egetati e "$nctions o" the body. 4he ner o$s system may be di ided into di""erent parts and has been in die past. Anatomically% it might be di ided into the central ner o$s system% consisting o" the brain and the spinal cord% and the peripheral ner o$s system% incl$d0 ing the cranial and spinal ner es &ith their respecti e ganglia and the peripheral portions o" the a$tonomic ner0 o$s system./1 While the abo e de"inition &ith its di isions might pro e help"$l anatomically% the "$nctional or physiological $nder0 standing o" the ner o$s system is better arri ed at thro$gh the $se o" a "$nctional classi"ication. S$ch classi"ication gi es $s a clear distinction bet&een the a$tonomic ner o$s system% &hich controls the so0called egetati e "$nctions that are beyond or beneath the le el o" the conscio$s mind%/) and the cerebrospinal ner o$s system% &hich incl$des the brain% spinal cord% and all the e""erent ner es that are asso0 ciated &ith conscio$sness and control0conscio$s acti ity. 4his lea es a large portion o" the ner o$s system to be acco$nted "or the a""erent "lo&% &itho$t &hich there can be no cerebral arc% no phenomenon &e call conscio$sness. 4his might be called the sensory ner o$s system% since its "$nction s$bser es all "i e senses. 4hese a""erent imp$lses do not all reach the cerebral cor0 te8. Some are intercepted at a lo&er center or ganglion &here a type o" integration or association occ$rs% prod$c0 ing again a "$nction thro$gh the e""erent system. 9n this manner the "$nctions o" the organs and tiss$es o" the body are controlled. 4his e""erent di ision% &hich &e call the a$tonomic @it controls the "$nctions o" all tiss$es e8cept the contractile states o" the striated s#eletal m$scles thro$gh the ganglia

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distrib$ted thro$gho$t the bodyA% has been called by many names./3 .eca$se he belie ed it to control the sympathies o" the body% Winslo& in 1,3) introd$ced the term sym)athetic .ichat came along in 1:11 to call it egetati e% to designate its control o er essentially n$triti e as opposed to DanimalicD li"e processes. Gas#ell in 191+ introd$ced the adCecti e in ol$ntary% contrasting its acti ity &ith the ol0 $ntary system go erning the body m$sc$lat$re. 2angley in 19)1 s$ggested the phrase &hich &e no& $se &idely;a$tonomic ner o$s system;to designate the en0 tire craniospinal inner ation o" isceral as &ell as somatic egetati e "$nctions% to stress the "act that o$tlying ganglia% &hile dominated by the central ner o$s system% ne erthe0 less maintain a meas$re o" independence or a$tonomy. 4his system &as s$bdi ided into t&o portions5 @1A the sym0 pathetic in a restricted sense% incl$ding the "ibers arising "rom the eighth cer ical to the third or "i"th l$mbar seg0 ments o" the cord and gangliaJ and @)A the parasympathetic embracing @aA the tectob$lbar "ibers lea ing the brain stem &ith the third% se enth% ninth% and tenth cranial ner es and @bA the "ibers emerging "rom the second to "o$rth sacral re0 gions o" the cord. 4hese t&o systems ha e in common the possession o" synaptic connections sit$ated in pools called ganglia &hich lie o$tside the central ner o$s system. 4he important bodily "$nctions &hich are mediated thro$gh this system o" ner es and ganglia are o" m$ch greater physiological sig0 ni"icance than its modest anatomical b$ild &o$ld lead $s to e8pect.// 4h$s &e see a tentati e "rame&or# o" the ner o$s system as a &hole% di ided "or "$nctional p$rposes and "or re"er0 ence in this st$dy% into @1A a cerebrospinal% @)A an a$tonomic or egetati e% and @3A a sensory ner o$s system. 4his arbi0 trary di ision% &hile perhaps not completely &itho$t errors

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o" omission% gi es $s a starting place "rom &hich to e al$0 ate those "$nctions in the body &ith &hich &e are concerned in dealing &ith sic#ness and health and to loo# at the relationship bet&een these systems as they pertain to organic "$nction% its brea#do&n% and its restoration. When relating o$r minds to o$r bodies% &e "irst obser e that &e thin# &e are in control o" e erything &e do5 &e get $p o$t o" bed in the morning &hen &e &ant to% alarm cloc# or no alarm cloc#% &e comb o$r hair% &e eat "ood% &e $se the telephone% &e dri e a car% &e do o$r daily &or#% &e are b$sinessli#e or "riendly. All these things &e do by choice and can do them conscio$sly% &hen &e &ant to. And% o" co$rse% all this is so. =o&e er% closer obser ation sho&s $s that there is some0 thing ?$ite $ni?$e abo$t these bodies &e ha e and that &e thin# &e control. 4here are portions o" o$r bodies that are uncontrolled! that "$nction &itho$t o$r thin#ing abo$t them or ho& they &or#. And these "$nctions;s$ch as di0 gestion% heartbeat% #idney% li er% or pancreatic acti ity% to mention a "e&;may act $p in s$ch a manner at times that the controlled body is incapacitated by that &hich &e call uncontrolled. 9t is this latter sit$ation &hich 9 &ill e8plore "$rther5 the $ncontrolled body or% more acc$rately% the ner o$s system &hich mediates this Dlac# o" controlD &hich the conscio$s mind recogniBes. 4his ner o$s system% o" co$rse% is the a$0 tonomic. We shall try to $nderstand better its acti ity in the body and primarily ho& it relates to the other t&o systems5 the cerebrospinal and the sensory. 4he term uncontrolled! o" co$rse% is inacc$rate &hen ap0 plied to the bodily "$nctions that are r$led by the a$tonomic ner o$s system. 9t is important that &e realiBe that these "$nctions% in reality% are controlled &ithin o$r0 sel es. 4hey are not $nder the direction o" the conscio$s mind. 4h$s% by de"inition% they m$st be $nder the r$le o"

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the $nconscio$s mind. 4he emotions o" the body inter"ere &ith a$tonomic "$nction to a minor degree at times and in a drastic manner at other times. 4h$s% again by de"inition% o$r emotions m$st be classi"ied &ith the $nconscio$s mind. G$r conscio$s thin#ing mind &ith its choice% on the other hand% rarely inter"eres &ith bodily "$nction. Gnly oc0 casionally is conscio$s tho$ght o" s$ch a nat$re and direction that it brea#s do&n the barrier bet&een the con0 scio$s and $nconscio$s and stirs the emotions. Fet% emotional inter"erence &ith ario$s "$nctions o" the body implies that there is another direction o" an integra0 ti e nat$re that reg$lates li"e acti ities &ithin the body and maintains;&e hope;a state o" health most o" the time. 4his direction% this control% this mind can be located ana0 tomically in the ario$s ner e ple8$ses and ganglia &hich ma#e $p a portion o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system% C$st as the brain is considered to be the anatomical location o" the conscio$s reg$lating mind o" the DcontrolledD acti ities o" the body. 4his mind is called% in o$r present $nderstand0 ing o" the body% the $nconscio$s mind. 9t contains not only the emotions% desires% dri es% and instincts &hich are con0 sidered to be basic to h$man nat$re% b$t also the inherited tendencies &hich &e see as racial and "amilial characteris0 tics. 9n addition% the $nconscio$s mind contains the ideals and high p$rposes &hich seem to be inherent in those indi0 id$als &ho ha e stri en to great heights o" accomplishment and ser ice to their "ello& h$man beings. All these attrib$tes;and $ndo$btedly more;are part o" o$r $nconscio$s mind and represent that &hich% in reality% r$les the portion o" the body "$nctionings &hich &e ha e C$st termed the D$ncontrolled.D 4his act o" gro$ping body% mind% emotion% and aspira0 tion gi es a more comprehensi e pict$re o" &hat might be going on &ithin o$r bodies at an $nconscio$s a$tonomic

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le el and gi es $s a comprehensi e pict$re o" this partic$0 lar ner o$s system as &e in estigate it and try to $nderstand it. 'eede% in 191:% p$blished a "ascinating disc$ssion o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system as it relates to dermatology./* =ere is his opening statement5 D4he archetype o" the egetati e or a$tonomic ner0 o$s system is "o$nd in the ganglionated or metameric ner o$s systems o" the lo&er ertebrates% in &hich in the absence o" a "orebrain and prior to the de elopment o" intelligence or conscio$sness the nec0 essary "$nctions o" li"e are carried o$t thro$gh a "e& simple ganglions and ner e "ibers. 9n Mh$mansN this primiti e ner o$s system has been long disregarded beca$se lost sight o" in the st$dy o" the e ol$tionarily s$perimposed "orebrain or corte8% &ith its highly or0 ganiBed association systems and central ner o$s system e8tensions. 4he acti ity o" the egetati e ner0 o$s system still ta#es place belo& the le el o" conscio$sness and independent o" intelligence% b$t it nonetheless s&ays the ery "o$ndations o" li"e.D We can see "rom the abo e ?$otation ho& &e% in o$r e o0 l$tionary relationship to the lo&er ertebrates% ha e de eloped the "orebrain &hich becomes the means by &hich conscio$sness or choice or &hate er "actor that al0 lo&s $s to be dominant o er all the other animals o" the earth can be e8perienced. 9t also reminds $s that many o" the "$nctions o" li"e% learning% aspiration% and direction &hich &e "ind in o$rsel es can be demonstrated &itho$t the higher conscio$sness symboliBed by the "orebrain. 'e0 member that lo&er ertebrates li ed% "$nctioned% ca$ght their prey% and escaped "rom enemies &itho$t the higher integrati e centers.

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4he endocrine glands are directly in ol ed &ith a$to0 nomic "$nction as they are also deeply related to emotional e8pression. 9n per"orming its "$nction to reg$late and coor0 dinate metabolic acti ities in the body% the a$tonomic ner o$s system acts not only thro$gh direct ner o$s im0 p$lses o" its o&n% b$t also thro$gh its association &ith the endocrines. 4hese d$ctless glands ha e a certain degree o" a$tonomy% b$t the larger part o" their acti ity is in direct re0 sponse to the call o" the egetati e ner es./+ !ot only does a d$ctless gland respond to the stim$l$s o" the ner e% b$t its secretion% in t$rn% reacts on the ner e% ma#ing it still more sensiti e in "$nction. 9n this connec0 tion% it is interesting to note that the med$lla o" the adrenal gland% &hich is the gland o" D"ight or "lightD o" the sympa0 thetic di ision o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system% morphologically corresponds to a sympathetic ganglion. /, 4he med$llary hormone is #no&n as adrenaline. 4his s$b0 stance is also "o$nd mediating the discharge o" sympathetic ner es% along &ith a closely allied s$bstance% norepineph0 rine @demethylated epinephrineA% in arying proportions thro$gho$t the body./: M$ch co$ld be &ritten abo$t the relationship o" the sym0 pathetic and the parasympathetic ner o$s systems. 4o s$mmariBe it or condense it lea es many ?$estions $nan0 s&ered% in addition to those &hich physiological research has not yet sol ed. Present0day physiology and pharmacol0 ogy perhaps see these t&o portions o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system as basically antagonistic "$nctional $nits b$t &or#ing together all the time% &hile &e are a&a#e or asleep% to #eep a physiological balance in the body. 4he sympathetic ner o$s system e?$ips the body% in its "$ll action and thro$gh the phenomenon #no&n as irradia0 tion% "or the intense m$sc$lar action re?$ired in o""ense or de"ense. 9t is a mechanism o" &ar &hich mobiliBes all o" the e8isting reser es o" the body./9 9t accelerates or heightens

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"$nction and prepares one "or emergencies or emotional crises o" any sort and becomes% in this &ay% an e8ploiter o" energy. =o&e er% it is not al&ays intensely acti eJ rather% most o" the time it is controlled in its "$nction% creating a constr$cti e "orce thro$gho$t the body in a balance &ith its co$nterpart% the parasympathetic. 3$ring ho$rs o" sleep the sympathetic acti ity is at a lo& ebb. 4his can be ascertained by loo#ing at the absence% &hile asleep% o" the res$lts physiologically &hich can be obser ed in the body &hen the sympathetic mobiliBes "or action. 9n sympathetic stim$lation% the eyes dilate and the rate and "orce o" the heart are increased. 4he m$scles% heart% l$ngs% and brain recei e a mar#edly increased "lo& o" blood as the blood press$re is increasedJ b$t the blood essels are constricted and the blood s$pply to the other internal or0 gans o" the body is mar#edly decreasedJ the hair stands on end and s&eat po$rs "rom the s&eat glands o" the s#inJ body temperat$re $s$ally increases. 4he sphincters are con0 tracted and the intestinal peristalsis is inhibited. 4hese changes in the body are ob io$sly absent &hen a person is resting% at peace &ith the en ironment% or asleep. 4his condition points $p the rather interesting "$nctions o" the parasympathetic ner o$s system. When the sympa0 thetic is relati ely dormant% then its co$nterpart% the parasympathetic has to be relati ely dormant 4h$s &e "ind the heart rate slo&ed% the body temperat$re decreased% the blood press$re lo&ered% the p$pil constricted% the blood s$pply shi"ted "rom the m$scles% heart% l$ng% and brains to the organs o" digestion% assimilation% and e8cretion% and the motor acti ity to these str$ct$res increased. 4his allo&s "or proper elimination o" &astes% proper $tiliBation o" the sa0 li a and digesti e C$ices and the acti ities o" digestion% and the "$rther proper absorption or assimilation o" digested material into the bloodstream and lymphatics o" the body. All these acti ities come abo$t thro$gh the "$nctioning

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o" both the cranial and the sacral portions o" the parasym0 pathetic. 4he sacral gi es inner ation to the large intestine "rom the splenic "le8$re distally and to the generati e or0 gans% the sphincters% and the lo&er $rinary tract. Generally spea#ing% the cranial di ision s$pplies ner e energy to the remainder o" the "$nctioning organs. 4h$s &e can see &hy it has been said that the cranial di ision o" the parasympa0 thetic ner o$s system per"orms the tremendo$s ser ice o" b$ilding $p body reser es and "orti"ying the body against times o" stress and need% &hile the sacral di ision s$pple0 ments the cranial by cleansing the body thro$gh ridding it o" its $rinary and intestinal &astes.*1 .eca$se o" the intricate "$nctional ma#e0$p o" the t&o parts o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system% &e tend to gro$p them as separate entities% so to spea#. We sho$ld hesitate% ho&e er% to do this simply beca$se the so$rce o" the ne$0 rons is di""erent and the "$nction is apparently antagonistic. We note% "or instance% that they are not really so antago0 nistic as one &o$ld thin# on "irst consideration. 'ather they a$gment each other by their reciprocity *1;li#e t&o hands holding a bas#etball. We also see that there are areas o" the body &hich recei e both adrenergic and cholinergic @as parasympathetic stim$lation is calledA s$pply thro$gh the medi$m o" the sympathetic ner es.*) <$nctionally% &e see a di""erence in the nat$re o" the t&o systems% b$t it is &ell #no&n that an indi id$al animal in the laboratory can li e and procreate &ith all o" the sympa0 thetic ner o$s system pl$s the adrenal gland remo ed.*3 4hat there is higher cortical in"l$ence to this entire system% o" co$rse% m$st be recogniBed in e al$ating the a$tonomic. We are probably sa"e in ass$ming that m$ch still remains to be learned abo$t the "$nctioning o" the ner o$s system% partic$larly this portion. All pre0ganglionic ner e "ibers o" both parts o" the a$to0 nomic ner o$s system arise in the spinal cord or in the

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brain stem. 4he sympathetic pre0ganglionic "ibers synapse &ith ganglion cells in either one o" the sympathetic tr$n# ganglia or ganglia located in close pro8imity to abdominal or pel ic iscera. 4he parasympathetic pre0ganglionic "i0 bers% ho&e er% proceed $ntil they near their "inal destination;o"ten in the &all o" the organ or str$ct$re; be"ore they synapse &ith a ganglion cell. Gther "ibers% #no&n as post0ganglionic "ibers% proceed "rom the ganglion cells. 4hese are more n$mero$s% at a ra0 tio o" 3)01% than the pre0ganglionics. */ 4he interesting "act is that acetylcholine is the chemical s$bstance &hich medi0 ates all o" the pre0ganglionic connections o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system% as &ell as being the s$bstance that is re0 leased at the post0ganglionic ner e ending. Acetylcholine is "o$nd in all the sympathetic ganglia and in the med$lla o" the s$prarenal gland. 4he signi"icance o" this seems obsc$re at "irst glance% b$t there are some relationships here to concepts &hich appear in the Cayce readings that this ol$me addresses. Cayce has treated the a$tonomic system as a $nit% not ac#no&ledging any di ision in "$nctions. =e also has spo#en o" those con0 nections to the cerebrospinal ner o$s system. We see "rom the preceding material that the cerebrospinal ner o$s sys0 tem is connected to the a$tonomic thro$gh the pre0 ganglionic ner es in both sympathetic and parasym0 pathetic. Ass$ming that these pre0ganglionic "ibers act$ally belong to the a$tonomic ner o$s system% &e &o$ld see a relationship bet&een the cerebrospinal and a$tonomic ner o$s systems being a""ected &ith one type o" ner e only% &hich releases acetylcholine at its ner e ending and &hich acts as the mediator% then% bet&een the conscio$s and $n0 conscio$s minds at a physical le el. 4he a$tonomic a""erent ner es% o" co$rse% are those &hich are part and parcel o" the sensory ner o$s system and are distrib$ted not only to the ganglia b$t also to the spinal cord and then to the brain.

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Cayce repeatedly disc$sses electricity as the moti ating "orce in the h$man body% and he sees this transport o" in0 "ormation in the ner o$s system as an electrical phenomenon mediated by a chemical. S$ch a ie& indi0 cates that all these synapses are really controlled by the tho$ght or the acti ity o" the electrical imp$lse &here er instigated by the conscio$sness o" the person. 4his ap0 proach re?$ires another loo# at ho& these imp$lses act in the daily acti ities o" the h$man being and% &ith s$ch an e8amination% pro ides $s a solid "o$ndation "or $nder0 standing the $se o" castor oil pac#s.

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S4'(SSP9AFSAP'GM9!(!4'G2( 9! 4G3AF6S SGC9(4F. All o" $s "eel its e""ects in e eryday li"e% and indi0 id$als in positions o" responsibility sometimes s$""er e8tremely "rom the e""ects o" stress on the h$man "rame. 2aboratories ha e been designed to search into the mechan0 isms o" stress and to "ind &ays to pre ent it or alle iate its e""ects. 4he Christian ch$rch o""ers as its antidote to stress the application in one6s li"e o" a simple concept called "aith. Cayce% in his readings% made in"re?$ent $se o" the &ord stress! b$t he commented constantly on its acti ity in people6s li es as he described their physical bodies and &hat &as going on inside them. 9n the co$rse o" his internal description% Cayce re"erred to the a$tonomic ner o$s system in nearly e ery instance as it related to other "$nctions &ithin the body. 9n the read0 ing he ga e "or a "orty0three0year0old man &ho &as e8ceedingly tense% Cayce described "$nctions o" organs as 1/)

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being $nder the direction or imp$lse o" ganglia% especially those "o$nd in the sympathetic tr$n# alongside the spinal cord5 9! 4=( !('-GUS SFS4(M% that the body "rom the mental portion has been $nder strain is e idenced by the characteriBation in many o" the centers along the cerebrospinal ner o$s system% especially in those gan0 glia along the 3rd% /th and *th dorsal centers. W94= the $nbalanced condition in the elements o" the sys0 tem% the organs that "$nction under the im)ulse of those ganglia Ma$thor6s emphasisN or centers sho& that there is a congestion at times in the <U!C49G!9!G o" digestion and assimilation. 4his &ithin itsel" sho&s% or indicates% ho& that the disorders in this physical body become% then% as complications that CGU23 arise% &ere there not the e?$al balance bro$ght in the men0 tal% the physical% the imaginati e body. @/39301A Cayce indicates thro$gh se eral other readings that these centers or ganglia play a m$ch more important part in the "$nctioning o" the body and especially the a$tonomic ner0 o$s system than C$st directing the organs and their &or#ings. 9n his $nconscio$s state% Cayce indicates that these ganglia are% in "act% the brain &here mental processes ta#e place% &here sometimes the physical @as &ell as the physiologicalA acti ities o" the body itsel" can be controlled thro$gh mental ability. =e poses an idea &hich is "ar0reach0 ing in its implications5 that the sensory system% as he calls it and as &e ha e $nderstood it% has a closer association and more potent e""ect on the a$tonomic ner o$s system than it does on the cerebrospinal. 4his means that all o" the sensations &hich come into o$r bodies% no matter "rom &hat so$rce% primarily a""ect o$r $nconscio$s minds% o$r a$tonomic ner o$s systems% and

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s$bse?$ently the &hole o" the physical body that is s$p 0 plied by the a$tonomic. 4hese portions o" o$r being are more sensiti ely a""ected than o$r conscio$s mind and o$r physically acti ated body. We then become more compli0 cated beca$se these a""erent imp$lses &hich &e call sensory incl$de oices that &e hear% stories that &e read% tele ision sho&s that &e &atch% odors that &e smell% and e en "ood that &e taste. 9n addition% &e need to add the a0 riety o" imp$lses that arise "rom the &ays in &hich &e are to$ched physically and the ario$s organ and internal sen0 sations that arise "rom either an internal dist$rbance or a sense o" &ell0being. 9s it any &onder% then% that a hypnotic oice or a simple odor% "or instance% can bring abo$t changes in secretions o" the stomach% C$st as in Pa lo 6s dogsH Gr is it strange that a s$mmer breeBe caressing one6s s#in brings an $pli"t in spir0 its inside% or the odor o" a per"$me ca$ses an e8citement o" a nat$re di""ic$lt to describeH 4hese are part o" the &or#ings o" this body &e li e &ith daily. Cayce described these acti i0 ties in their abnormal &or#ings% &hich &ere the ca$ses o" the bodily illnesses in the indi id$als &ho came to him. A man% in treatment in a mental hospital "or schiBophre0 nia% &as gi en a series o" readings. 9n the "i"th reading Cayce6s so$rce ga e a lengthy dissertation that described &hat &as going on &ithin the man6s body. 4he reading tells a rather comprehensi e story% to$ching not only on the bodily conditions% b$t also on the e""ects o" the special type o" lo& electrical ibration &hich had been described earlier "or his $se. 4hat there may be $nderstood C$st &hat is ta#ing place in the mental and the physical reactions% and their coordinations in the system% it &o$ld be &ell to re ie& these reactionsJ that those &ho care "or the body% and those abo$t the body% may #no& that &ith

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&hich they ha e to deal;and that to be metL As &e ha e gi en% there is a ery good mental reac0 tion;as "ar as the mental being is concerned. 4here is ery good reaction in the physical body. 4he tro$ble is in the coordination o" these thro$gh the ario$s cen0 ters. !er e e8ha$stion% thro$gh conditions that &ere o" the nat$re as &e ha e described% pre ents the coor0 dinating m$ch in the same &ay and manner as &here an electrical connection is made &ith a system and is only partially% or spasmodically% made;as it &ere;to ma#e connectionJ by mental reaction or mental s$g0 gestions% or by physical reactions. 4hen% they are only partially connected% so that the reactions are ery m$ch in the same &ay and manner. !o&% in the physical "orces o" the body @as seen and $nderstood% in the ner o$s systems o" the bodyA% there are those glands that secrete "l$ids &hich in the circ$0 lation s$stain and maintain the reaction "l$id in the ner e channels themsel es. 4here is the cerebrospinal system% &hich in this body is $ery good. 4here is the sympathetic ner o$s system% &hich ma#es "or the im)ulses and the reactions that are re0 cei ed in the system by s$ggesti e "orces% by reactions that ma#e "or stim$li to ner e centers and ple8$s thro$gh the system that ma#e "or connecting &ith the cerebrospinal to the brain centers themsel es. <or% all imp$lses "or reaction m$st ha e their centers% or re0 acting centers% in the brain centers themsel es. !o&% in the cerebrospinal system there are centers% or ganglia% &here there are those connections &ith the cerebrospinal that go more directly to the brain. And &e "ind that all Mo" theN sensory system are more sym0 pathetic &ith the acti ities o" the sympathetic% or the sensory and sympathetic system;seeH

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=ence by speech% by ision% by odor% by "eeling% all ma#e a sensiti e reaction on a body &here there is be0 ing electrical stim$lation to ganglia to ma#e "or connections in their ario$s acti ities o er the system. =ence it may be easily seen ho& careful all sho$ld be% ho& m$ch preca$tion% patience and persistence m$st be had% in ma#ing e ery s$ggestionJ by speech% by sight% by "eeling% by ision% by eating% by sleeping% by all senses o" the bodyJ to coordinate &ith the )ro)er balance being made in the system. SeeH =ence% &ith the lo& "orm o" electrical ibration that is set $p in the system% there is being sent o$t "rom these ganglia those in"initesimalAee"er.s% as it &ere% that &ill grad$ally ma#e connections &ith those ganglia and centers in the system that ha e been destroyed by the reactions in the system &hich destroyed gland "$nctioning "or the creating o" these "l$ids% by those acti ities that ha e been seen. @),10*A 9n the "ollo&ing reading &hich &as gi en "or case n$m0 ber 3991% the "irst "or this indi id$al% Cayce elaborates a bit on ho& he sees this sensory system relating to the a$to0 nomic5 4he ca$se lies here to the sense o" hearing and to the eye. 4he sensation to the system% on the sensory system% on to the ner o$s portion o" the body is thro$gh the sympathetic system. 4he ner o$sness in the system or in any body% prod$ced by the sensory system% o" co$rse% is stronger% and more tiring to the &hole physical body than that o" a ner o$s "orce pro0 d$ced "rom the cerebrospinal system% beca$se that acts on the organism o" the ma#e o" the man. 4hat is% thro$gh the sympathetic or abnormal mind% and thro$gh the mind o" the body in itsel". @399101A

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9n the "ollo&ing reading% the tables are t$rned% and the sensory system is a""ected by the improper "$nctioning o" the sympathetic5 4he "$nctioning o" the sensory system &e "ind ery good% sa e the strain as is p$t on the system &hen the sympathetic ner e system becomes o erta8ed "rom the condition in the pel is. 4he e""ect is more notice0 able to throat and eyes% "or the higher ibration o" ner e "orce "rom sympathetic is a""ected by the o er0 ta8ing. @3,1)01A 4he ca$ses o" disease% o" co$rse% are m$ltit$dino$s% and &e are all &ell a&are o" this. We o"ten blame s$ch ca$ses on bacteria% ir$ses% &eather changes% air conditioning% and o$r heredity% to mention a "e&J b$t &e a oid li#e the plag$e @&hich &e respectA attrib0 $ting any ca$sation to o$r emotions. We may be &illing to accept the idea that anger% "or instance% co$ld ca$se dist$r0 bance and perhaps disease in someone else% b$t in meH 4he conscio$s ?$ir#s and ma#e0$p o" all h$man beings permits $s to o erloo# it in o$rsel es% &hile seeing it "$ll0"ledged in o$r neighbor. 4he presence o" anger% yes% &e see and admit% b$t ca$sing tro$bleH 4hat6s another ?$estion. Cayce sees in the "ollo&ing reading a gro$p o" conditions that &ere bro$ght into being &hen Dd$ring s$ch time there &as m$ch anger in the body @this she $nderstands better than oth0 ers.AD @/)01A 9t apparently precipitated conditions &herein there &as sensory0sympathetic comm$nication at times &hen this sho$ld not happen. Perhaps this might e8plain some o" the symptoms patients bring to their physicians% symptoms &hich are $s$ally e8plained a&ay as being imag0 ined or psychosomatic. 4his reading is a bit di""ic$lt to "ollo&% b$t in"ormati e5

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In the ner$e system! in this &e "ind the greater tro$ble% physically% in the sympathetic ner e system% "or the re"ractory ner e centers in the system sho& ho& this system is magni"ied in its action in the bodyJ that is% in those centers &here organs "$nction thro$gh the physical action% and become the in ol$ntary ac0 tion% s$ch as digestion% sight% p$lsation% heart6s action% the body $nconscio$sly has reached the condition &here it m$st% &ith its ol$ntary "orces% #eep all "$nc0 tioning. 4hat is% occasionally% and o"ten% at times #eep on its mind that all must "$nction rather than being the condition o" a normal body% "$nctioning normal% "or the organs are organs nominally... 4hen the "orce o" the sympathetic act% as it &ere% to control o" the body. 9t is thro$gh s$ch reaction "rom sympathetic sys0 tem that the sensory organism o"ten gathers the reaction thro$gh the abnormal "$nctioning o" all o" the sensory systemJ that is% o"ten the body sees% "eels% hears% recogniBes conditions not perceptible to the ordinary "$nctioning o" the normal sensory system... 4he organs o" sensory system abnormal in the con0 ditions as gi en% thro$gh the action o" sensory and sympathetic ner e system% coordinating &hen they sho$ld not. @/)01A 4he sensory system% as &e see it "orm$lated in the read0 ings% ass$mes prime importance in the daily li ing process. Certainly it is more important "or those &ho are serio$sly ill than it is "or healthy persons to be certain that sensory im0 p$lses o" all nat$res are soothing% rather than dist$rbing% as they are channeled into the conscio$sness o" the indi id$al concerned5 so$nds o" nat$re rather than so$nds o" the cityJ pleasing and $pli"ting colors rather than those that are d$ll or discordantJ m$sic that inspires or ma#es happy rather than m$sic o" &arli#e or emotional conceptJ absence o"

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sharp so$nds or tra$matic emotional happeningsJ applica0 tions to the s#in &hich &o$ld bring a resting and recepti e stateJ "ood that is prepared &ell and is simple% not e8otic% and appeals to the taste normally rather than being o" a go$rmet nat$reJ odors that spea# o" 4han#sgi ing rather than o" the nearby bar. 4hese perhaps are a "e& o" the choices that m$st be made in relationship to sensory inp$t s$rro$nding a sic# person. 4he spo#en &ord% o" co$rse% ass$mes primary importance% since it is thro$gh this mechanism that h$manity achie es its greatest degree o" comm$nication bet&een one indi0 id$al @or center o" conscio$snessA and another. 4he h$man being% yo$ &ill remember% is the only one on this planet &ho can carry on a erbal relationship &ith another at a creati e le el% $sing &ords in all manner o" &ays. 4his is o$r prime di""erence "rom other beings. 4h$s &ords as re0 cei ed thro$gh the senses are critically important "or they con ey ideas% concepts% moti ations% and so o"ten emo0 tional content to the hearer. 9t is not s$rprising to see instr$ctions li#e the "ollo&ing% then% "or a schiBophrenic5 All s$ggestions abo$t the body sho$ld be o" a con2 structi$e nat$reJ the lo e in"l$ence that comes "rom &ithin e ery heart% mind and so$l% that &o$ld b$ild "or creati$e "orces &itho$t sel"ish moti es in same. @),10*A Among the e8tracts "rom the readings &hich sho$ld be ?$oted are those &hich gi e $s bits and pieces o" $nder0 standing o" the tr$e physiological concept o" the ner o$s system as it e8ists here% "or st$dy re eals that there is a con0 sistency and contin$ity o" tho$ght and idea thro$gho$t the readings related C$st to this ?$estion. 4he "ollo&ing t&o e80 tracts point $p some o" the characteristics% o" the

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sympathetic system &ith its ganglia as they pertain to their role o" go erning "$nctions or being as a brain. 4he read0 ings also indicate a more ag$e re"erence to the cerebrospinal% &hich is not easily $nderstood at this point. As indicated% this deterioration is not in the cere0 brospinal system% else &e &o$ld ha e mental de"i0 ciency% b$t is in the secondary brain% as it is ordinarily called% or the brain;as it &ere;o" mental processes. 4hen% those centers along the cerebrospinal system that are called the sympathetic or egetati e ner e "orces ha e been% and are% de"icient. . . o" those elements or itamins... needed... @)9/0)1)A ... &e "ind that these ha e at ario$s times s$""ered $nder ario$s &ays and manners. Sometimes these ha e ta#en on the "orm o" a dist$rbance bet&een the cerebrospinal and the sympathetic system in s$ch meas$res $ntil the body &o$ld almost brea# o$t in a cold s&eat% b$t "rom &hat;the entity co$ld not de0 termine &ithin itsel". At others it became cold and clammy and sha#y in ario$s portions o" the system. 4his is a reaction to not only the sympathetic or eg0 etati e ner e system @&hich is the do$ble system that r$ns along the cerebrospinal and "$nctions "or the co0 ordinating or the go erning bet&een the mental body and the physical bodyA% b$t to the cerebrospinal sys0 tem @&hich is rather the deeper ner e "orces that s$pply energies to the ario$s portions o" the body% the organs and the locomotory centers% "or responsesA. =ence he passed thro$gh a period &hen as m$ch dist$rbance to the body &as the inability to recall or remember or to #no& C$st &hat the reactions or things &ere that &ere going on abo$t the bodyJ "orgetting% as it &ere% ery easily% and at other times &hen he &anted

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to "orget he co$ldn6t 4hese &ere not mental aberra0 tionsJ they &ere the e""ect o" the t&o ner e systems% as it &ere% &arring one &ith another o&ing to the poisons that ha e been allo&ed to acc$m$late... @11**01A Mental illnesses% s$ch as psychoses% gi e $s a good op0 port$nity to st$dy the relationship bet&een cerebrospinal and the sympathetic or egetati e ner o$s system% i" indeed these are the areas &here the conscio$s and the $nconscio$s minds reside. 4he psychotic indi id$al sho&s a splitting o" personality% a dra&ing a&ay "rom &hat &e call reality% and a complete lac# o" &hat psychiatry calls Dinsight.D 4his is an inability to comprehend &hat is &rong or% more dramati0 cally% that there is anything &rong &ith himsel" or hersel". 9n tr$e psychosis% there sho$ld be a relati ely complete brea# in the comm$nication bet&een the sympathetic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s systems% i" &hat has been disc$ssed th$s "ar has alidity. A case in point is help"$l5 Gne girl% a thirty0t&o0year0old artist% &as apparently se8$ally attac#ed by a man &ho in ited her to his apartment on the r$se that he &anted to b$y some o" her paintings. She may ha e been gi en ery strong s$ggestions a"ter&ard by the same man to repress the entire incident% &hich &as an e8ceedingly tra$matic a""air. She bro#e do&n and &as instit$tionaliBed &ith a diagnosis reported by her "amily to be insanity. A more acc$rate diagnosis &o$ld probably be an ac$te depressi e psychosis. 4here being in this body% &ith this entity% a high ner0 o$s temperament% &ith ideals as high% as #een as may be "o$nd in many a day% the acti ities thro$gh &hich the entity passed ha e shattered its hopes% its aspira0 tions;by the ad ances that &ere $nspea#able to the entityJ the mental self! the higher sel". And in the attempt to escape% and "inding sel"

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trapped as it &ere% the physical e8ercise and acti ity in the attempt shattered the connection bet&een the cerebrospinal and sympathetic systemJ especially in the coccy8 and the l$mbar areas. 2osing conscio$sness the entity became a prey to those s$ggesti e "orces as &ere acted $pon% and by the inCection o" o$tside "orces to #eep that hidden as at0 tempted $pon the body. 4hen% in its present en irons% there ha e been only moments o" rationalityJ and then no one to respond bro$ght greater and still greater depression to the bet0 ter sel". .. 4he imp$lse o" the imaginati e system m$st be ?$ieted thro$gh gentleness and #indness% yet positi e0 ness. @1,:901A 4his grad$ally becomes an $nderstandable concept; the idea o" this s$ddenly ind$ced psychotic state being a shattering o" a physical and electrical connection as &ell as o" a mental state o" being. 4he etiology;tra$ma o" a physi0 cal and psychogenic nat$re;bro$ght into the coccy0 gol$mbar area a physical condition that might be described as a brea#ing apart o" ner e connections. 4his is certainly a "ascinating manner o" loo#ing at this type o" illness. 96 e "o$nd that Cayce does not see this as an $n$s$al ca$se. 4he "ollo&ing case seems to be ?$ite similar in na0 t$re. 4his man had been treated in an instit$tion and &as apparently either ready to be released or &as C$st released &hen the reading &as gi en. Prior to his illness he had a post o""ice Cob% b$t apparently his "amily had been ad ised that he had been t$rned do&n "or re0employment beca$se o" his mental condition @called in the correspondence a ner0 o$s brea#do&nA. Since his partial reco ery% ho&e er% he had not been ad ised by his "amily that he &o$ld not be re0 employed.

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Fes% &e ha e the body% M1*13N. !o&% &hile &e "ind there is a better coordination bet&een the mental and physical reactions in this body% $nless there are other applications to #eep this coordination% or to s$pply the acti ities to the ner e energies o" the system% &e "ind that &ith the realiBa0 tion that there is an improbability o" being restored to acti e ser ice Min his CobN the condition &o$ld become ery m$ch dist$rbed again. <or thro$gh press$res $pon ner e energies in the coccy8 area and the ile$m ple8$s% as &ell as that pres0 s$re $pon the l$mbar a8is% there has been a de"lection o" coordination bet&een the sympathetic and the cerebrospinal ner o$s system. @1*1301A 4his sho&s a Dde"lectionD rather than a Dshattering%D as in the prior case. Apparently this person &as not as ill as the "emale artist. .$t it is interesting and probably signi"icant that in both indi id$als there came abo$t a coccygol$mbar area inC$ry to the connections bet&een these t&o ner o$s systems. Apparently% as the readings pose the in"ormation% this area is a common one "or localiBation o" etiology "or mental derangement. 4hat the coccy8 is in ol ed acti ely &as not le"t in any &ay ?$estionable in this reading% and the ?$estion0and0 ans&er portion &hich "ollo&s sho&s $s some o" the "ineness o" adC$stment &hich m$st come &ithin the body at times to bring abo$t a state o" balance and health again. -. Is this coccyx mis)lacement the direct cause of the condition0 @AA As indicated% this &as the direct ca$se o" the condition;as combined &ith the general de"lection prod$ced in the system by same% seeH =ence the necessity% &ith the correcting o" same%

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that there be the ibratory "orces to re0enli en% or to enli en ner e ends &here coordination comes +e2 tween the sympathetic and the cerebrospinal systems. =ence the necessity o" the inspection occasionally% as indicated. @1*130)A 2et6s loo#% ho&e er% at &hat might come abo$t "rom a normal balance o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system% rather than the more dist$rbed e8amples o" a lac# o" coordination. We #no& some o" these "rom other "ields o" st$dy. <or instance% the st$dy o" dreams in recent years has sho&n that there is a mar#ed increase in the physiological acti ity o" the body concomitant &ith the acti ity o" the $nconscio$s mind in dreaming. =eart attac#s% peptic $lcer reacti ations% asthma;all these diseases &hich are #no&n to be related to emotion and stress;occ$r more o"ten d$ring the dream state. 2i#e&ise% the a$tonomic "$nctions are di""erent in these di""erent conditions. <or instance% there is a great $p0 s$rge o" acti ity in the sensory system coming "rom the organs o" the body d$ring the dream state &hich does not e8ist d$ring other sleep states. We are $ndo$btedly C$sti"ied in also obser ing that those indi id$als &ho e8perience &hat &e call isions are seem0 ingly in an altered state o" conscio$sness &hen this occ$rs. Altho$gh% to my #no&ledge% there has not been a reported st$dy on &hether these indi id$als ha e an altered physi0 ological state d$ring these periods% 9 &o$ld be inclined to belie e that they &o$ld ha e s$ch an altered state% based on &hat 9 ha e researched "rom the readings. 4he conscio$s mind and the &ill o" an indi id$al% thro$gh sel"0s$ggestion% sel"0hypnosis% and positi e thin#0 ing certainly get into the $nconscio$s in &ays that control bodily "$nctions. 4his happens &ith many &ho are not e en a&are o" it Cayce describes this sort o" thing in the t&o read0 ings that "ollo&.

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With% by% and thro$gh the mental ability o" the en0 tity% or body% to control sel"% the sympathetic system has o"ten controlled the physical "orces o" the body% "or the body o"ten "inds sel" in this position5 9" it &o$ld allo& itsel" it co$ld "ly all to pieces in a moment% b$t #eeps itsel" m$ch $nder control o" the mental "orces% thro$gh the sympathetic system;yet at times this reaches the point &here almost ner e e8ha$stion e8ists. =ence; rest;?$iet;these ha e o"ten been that "actor in the rec$perating "orces o" the body% yet has ne er cor0 rected that as prod$ces the condition. @9/301A In the +lood su))ly! &e "ind this in ery good condi0 tion% considering the e""ect the assimilation has on the system and the "$nctioning organs% "or the &ill and mental "orces o" the body ga$ge the e""ect that this has thro$gh the sympathetic ner e system to a great e80 tent% and di erts m$ch o" the condition that might be created in the system. ... 9n the connection bet&een the sympathetic and cerebrospinal ner e system% &e "ind the sympathetic abo e that o" the ordinary% or abo e normal. =ence% &e "ind this body discreet... in its mani"estations o" conditions that a""ect the body in any manner% and thro$gh this controls the body m$ch to the better0 ment o" conditions... Might be many things said. 4he body is e8ceptional in the "$nctioning o" sympathetic% that especial center o" the so$l and mental "orces. @/3*901A Cayce indicates here that the sympathetic ner o$s sys0 tem is the center o" the so$l and &hat he calls the mental "orces. (arlier &e learned that he described it as the center o" mental processes. =e certainly ascribes to these str$c0 t$res o" the body a speci"ic% dynamic% and dramatically

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important "$nction &hich is probably more clearly sho&n in the ne8t t&o selections "rom the readings5 4he &hole system becomes belo& the normal ac0 tion o" all its "$nctioning po&ers% yet no organ itsel" becomes partic$larly in ol ed sa e in the slo&ing o" the action o" the &hole system% e erything becoming% as it &ere% dr$gged into its dormant condition o" becoming to the separation o" the action o" cerE % brospinal "orces as is the seat o" the physical and the action o" the sympathetic "orces &hich is the seat o" all o" the so$l and spirit "orces. SeeH @/*9*01A 9n the mental "orces o" the body% &e "ind as in these. 4he acti ity o" the mental or so$l "orce o" the body may control entirely the &hole physical thro$gh the action o" the balance in the sympathetic system% "or the sym0pathetic ner e system is to the so$l and spirit "orces as the cerebrospinal is to the physical "orces o" an entity... @*,1,03A What is the so$l and spirit "orce or "orcesH Perhaps a de"inition is not to be "o$nd in the realm o" ne$rology. =o&e er% &e can sense a better $nderstanding o" ho& the so$l and the spirit may be operati e &ithin the body &hen &e begin to p$t these bits o" psychic readings together into a comprehensible &hole @as each reader sho$ld do "or hersel" or himsel"A and see the &ide istas o" $nderstanding that begin to gro& &ithin. Where &ithinH Perhaps as an imp$lse passes an associati e center% crosses o er "rom the conscio$s0cerebrospinal by means o" a pre0ganglionic "iber% and rests in some cells o" the third or "o$rth ganglion o" the sympathetic tr$n#.

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<G' PU'PGS(S G< SUMMA49G!% 2(46S SUP0 PGS( W( 2(A-( open and $ndecided the basic ass$mptions &hich the Cayce readings e8plore abo$t heal0 ing and the nat$re and "$nction o" the body% especially as it pertains to the $se o" castor oil on the body. With s$ch an open mind% &e can loo# at these concepts o" healing &ith a certain amo$nt o" candor;granting that they co$ld be right or &rong% b$t e al$ating them in light o" in"ormation deri ed "rom ario$s so$rces. All these concepts% o" co$rse% &o$ld relate to the manner in &hich castor oil a""ects the h$man body and ho& healing o" that body ta#es place. Some ?$estions concerning these ideas &o$ld be5 1. What is this energy that &e call li"e or li"e <orceH ). Where does it originateH 3. What is the intelligence that lets cells and organs "$nc tion according to their Dnat$reDH 1*,

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/. What relationship is there bet&een o$r endocrine glands and o$r emotional responsesH *. =o& do o$r emotions directly a""ect the organs and systems o" the h$man bodyH What abo$t DhealthyD or D$nhealthyD emotions and their e""ectsH +. What is the nat$re o" D$nconscio$sD direction o" the egetati e "$nctions o" the bodyH ,. What part does the a$tonomic ner o$s system play in thisH /. 3o &e really create illness or health in o$r o&n bodiesH *. What then is healing o" the bodyH So% &hat abo$t this Doil that healsDH 9s it really the oil that does the tric#H Co$ld it be the hands that lo ingly apply the pac# or the oil to the bodyH Medical treatments $sing dr$gs o"ten simply "orce an iss$e;it #ills the bacteria or mo es a physiological or biochemical acti ity to&ard &hat is desired by the doctor. 'arely does it bring healing by itsel". 3oes castor oil bring s$ch healing or is there a s$btler acti ity going onH IS HEALIN9 A MO(EMENT OF THE LIFE FORCE! Cayce s$ggests that all healing o" any nat$re is a ne& a&areness in the conscio$sness o" the cell or organ &hich leads to&ard a oneness &ith the Creati e <orces o" the Uni0 erseJ an a&a#ening% an arising abo e the nat$re o" the earth into the nat$re o" that &hich created the earth. Cayce o"ten said that healing o" any nat$re is to bring to the con0 scio$sness o" those "orces &ithin the body an a&areness o" the Creati e <orces or God. 4he story o" se enty0t&o0year0 old -elma% reco$nted in Chapter <i e% may be an e8ample o" this healing process% as disc$ssed in ans&ers to the "ol0 lo&ing ?$estions5 1. What is this energy that &e call li"e or li"e <orceH ). Where does it originateH

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3. What is the intelligence that lets cells and organs "$nc0 tion according to their Dnat$reDH As yo$ may remember% -elma came to the Clinic in 19::% ha ing had a hysterectomy t&enty0three years earlier. Since the s$rgery% she had constant gaseo$s distention% constipa0 tion% abdominal Dmiseries%D edema o" the an#les% and episodes &here her Dg$tD &o$ld "eel as i" it &ere t&isting in on itsel". She ret$rned to the Clinic t&o &ee#s "ollo&ing her "irst isit% a"ter starting on castor oil pac#s% and ga e $s this re0 port5 Within min$tes a"ter the ery "irst pac# &as placed on her abdomen% she "elt as tho$gh the g$t $nt&isted on itsel". <rom that time "or&ard% there has been absol$tely no re0 t$rn o" the symptoms she had earlier e8perienced;no t&isting sensations in her g$t% no an#le edema% no abdomi0 nal miseries% constipation% or gaseo$s distention. All &ere gone a"ter t&enty0three yearsL 4he nat$re o" li"e as it is seen in the readings is "ascinat0 ing and can be traced in the .ible. God created yo$ and me in =is image. God% &e #no&% is Spirit% and th$s &e also are spirit in o$r original "orm. As so$ls% =e created $s &ith minds% ga e $s li"e thro$gh that li"e "orce &e call spirit% and along &ith that gi"t% =e blessed $s &ith that great po&er; and =is greatest gi"t;&hich &e call &ill% the po&er to choose. 4he spirit is that li"e "orce% the energy% &hich gi es $s the po&er to do &hate er it is &e choose to do% $sing the po&er o" choice. So% &ithin $s% in the temple o" o$r o&n bodies% can be "o$nd a po&er greater than the $ni erse itsel"% "or it is there that God has promised to meet $s. 4hat po&er% originating as the mani"estation o" God% gi es $s inherent intelligence in all parts o" o$r bodies;the conscio$sness o" #no&ing ho& to per"orm "$nctions &hich those indi id$al cells or organs are designed to do and th$s #eep $s totally healthy. We ha e conscio$sness and a&areness thro$gho$t o$r

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bodies% and it is al&ays conscio$sness that &e are dealing &ith &hen &e tal# abo$t or deal &ith the healing process. Cayce "re?$ently said that there is conscio$sness e en in the atom. 9" God created lea es in the trees% the broo#s that bring $s &ater to drin#% and the atoms that ma#e $p the o8ygen &e breathe% then there has to be that #no&ledge &ithin o$r bodies% &ithin those atoms themsel es% &hich help to ma#e $s e en more &onder"$l than &e thin# &e are. Perhaps the se enty0t&o0year0old -elma accepted the healing nat$re o" the castor oU and made the ?$ant$m leap &ithin her o&n conscio$sness "rom being tied to the earth conscio$sness to being in att$nement &ith her real sel"% the so$l body% in this partic$lar e8perience. G$r bodies% then% can "$nction according to the intelligence and a&areness that is their tr$e Dnat$reD;the manner in &hich o$r so$l bodies &ere created in the "irst place. 9" &e "ollo& o$r tr$e Dnat$re%D then &e are t$ning in to the manner in &hich &e &ere originally "ormed% in the image o" God. G$r e8periences on the earth% ho&e er% ha e led $s to stray "rom that origin and align o$rsel es more closely &ith the earth plane% &hich &e ha e not yet been able to o ercome. 4his may be ho& illnesses are bro$ght into reality. 9t may also be that &hen &e do o ercome the earth% &e &ill be in line to ret$rn to o$r origin% &hich is al&ays o$r destiny. WHAT ABOUT OUR 9LANDS5 OUR EMOTIONS! 9t is &ell #no&n that the endocrine glands ha e a direct e""ect on the physical body thro$gh the a$tonomic ner o$s system and thro$gh the hormones that are released thro$gh the bloodstream. 2et $s consider% then% the "ollo&ing5 /. What relationship is there bet&een o$r endocrine glands and o$r emotional responsesH

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*. =o& do o$r emotions directly a""ect the organs and systems o" the h$man bodyH What abo$t DhealthyD or D$nhealthyD emotions and their e""ectsH 9t6s not di""ic$lt to $nderstand ho& these relationships occ$r. When an imp$lse is sent o$t "rom the adrenal gland% "or instance% the message a""ects e ery "$nctioning cell in the h$man body. 2i#e&ise% the hormones that "ollo& the initial "ight7"light response "rom the adrenals are po$red into the bloodstream and "orti"y% in a sense% the message &hich the ner es ha e already broadcastJ that is5 DGet ready "or a "ightLD All the glands are ali#e in that they ha e both ner e and hormonal acti ity. (ach o" the glands has a partic$lar nat$re that &e call emotional. 4he se8 glands% "or instance% are &ell #no&n% tho$gh little $nderstood regarding their emotional content and e""ect on the body. 9t is &ell #no&n that emotions gro$nded in one o" the sets o" glands can be constr$cti e or destr$cti e in their nat$re. 4he Cayce readings had m$ch to say abo$t that Gne s$ch statement bespea#s o" the absence o" co$rage and "aith5 <ear is that element in the character and in the e80 perience o" indi id$als &hich brings abo$t more o" tro$ble than any other in"l$ence in the e8perience o" an entity. <or% &hen ye are s$re o" the right path and "ollo& it% ye do not "ear. @)*+101A 4he positi e side o" this gland$lar "$nction is co$rage and "aith;&here "ear does not e8ist. 9t is interesting to "ol0 lo& the s$reness o" the right path% s$ggested in the abo e reading% in the instance o" 'ichard 3isney. 'ichard had read my boo#** and Dhad to &rite this letterD to me. 4he reason had to do &ith his "ollo&ing the path he &as s$re o"% e en tho$gh it loo#ed at times as i" it &as not right. =e had "aithL 4his is his letter5

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D9 ha e a history o" bac# problems stemming "rom a "ootball inC$ry 9 recei ed in 19+/.1 had s$rgery in 19+* and again in 19:1 to remo e parts o" a cr$shed disc. D9n !o ember o" 19:, 9 h$rt my bac# again% and &ent to a chiropractor "or an adC$stment 9 &as o$t o" &or# "or se eral days% sho&ed impro ement% and re0 t$rned to &or#. 9 started s$""ering sciatic pain a "e& &ee#s later &hich radiated do&n my le"t leg. <or the ne8t month% 9 isited the chiropractor "o$r more times% had bed rest% electrical stim$lation% MotrinO% aspirin% 4ylenolO% ice% heat% massage% etc. !othing seemed to help. Act$ally the pain got &orse. D9 am a member o" A.'.(. and my &i"e and 9 both enCoy reading (dgar Cayce material. My &i"e% (llen% &as reading yo$r boo# abo$t the castor oil pac#s the same day 9 had gi en $p and gone to a reg$lar doctor. 4he doctor set $p an appointment "or me &ith a ne$ros$rgeon "or the ne8t day. 4he e ening be"ore 9 &ent to the s$rgeon% (llen applied a castor oil pac# "or one ho$r to my lo&er bac#. D9 "elt some relie"% b$t &as still in a lot o" pain. At this point% 9 &as con inced that s$rgery &as the only co$rse o" action le"t 4he s$rgeon e8amined me% set $p a myelogram% blood &or#% and 80rays "or the ne8t &ee#. My &i"e contin$ed applying castor oil pac#s &ith heat. DA"ter se en days o" castor oil pac#s and a "e& doses o" oli e oil% ho&e er% the pain &as completely gone. So% 9 cancelled all appointments. A"ter a t&o0day brea#% (llen once again applied the castor oil pac#s% this time "or three nights. D9 ha e not had any reocc$rrence o" bac# pain or sciatic pain. We also $sed the castor oil pac# on a cyst that my &i"e had on her leg. 9t started to drain a"ter three applications and has ca$sed her no more problems.

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D9 am con inced that 9 ha e e8perienced a miracle and 9 am than#"$l to my higher po&er% my &i"e6s per0 sistence and "aith% and the in"ormation pro ided in yo$r boo# at Fust the right time.G 4here are al&ays ery important little details that are o"0 ten missed &hen &or#ing &ith any e8perience or indi id0 $al. 9n 'ichard6s case% it in ol ed the h$man being% his direction% his "aith and lo e "or his &i"e and her s$gges0 tions% and his belie" that indeed (dgar Cayce did #no& &hat he &as tal#ing abo$t% e en tho$gh at one point it did not seem li#e it. !e ertheless% 'ichard contin$ed &ith the pac#s. 4here &as not a hint o" "ear. 4he "inal res$lt &as li#e a miracle "or him% altho$gh it &as not% o" co$rse% a real miracle. 9t &as part o" the reality o" energy and ibrations mo ing in s$ch a &ay &here there &ere no bloc#s in conscio$sness% and the res$lt &as healing. THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND CONTROLLIN9 THE AUTONOMIC NER(OUS SYSTEM 4he memories o" past li es% the resid$als o" the present0 li"e e8periences% all are to be "o$nd in the $nconscio$s mind% some&here in the reaches o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system. 4he conscio$s mind% ho&e er% that brings abo$t m$sc$lar mo ement and &a#ing acti ity in this dimension has only estigial relationships &ith the endocrine glands% the organs% and systems that #eep the body ali e. 4hese lat0 ter are the domain o" the a$tonomic and &or# $nder the direction o" centers &hich ha e an a$tonomy;or a r$le;o" their o&n. 4his is the area &here li"e is maintained and memo0 ries are #ept "or retrie al &hen needed. So let6s e8amine5 +. What is the nat$re o" D$nconscio$sD direction o" the egetati e "$nctions o" the bodyH

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,. What part does the a$tonomic ner o$s system play in thisH :. 3o &e really create illness or health in o$r o&n bodiesH (dgar Cayce tal#ed abo$t the D egetati eD;or basic; "$nctions o" the body as being $nder the $nconscio$s direction o" the mind. 4hese are the body "ac$lties &hich #eep on &or#ing no matter &hether &e are a&a#e or asleep% are organiBed so that &e do not need o$r conscio$s mind to tell them &hat to do. 9t is indeed "ort$nate that this is the case% "or it &o$ld be impossible "or o$r conscio$s thin#ing mind to tell the heart to beat se enty0"i e times e ery min$te. 9 thin# the direction &as gi en to the centers o" control in the a$tonomic probably d$ring o$r intra$terine li"e% in0 stalled in a manner that &e call genetic or $nder the direction o" o$r genes and chromosomes. -ery di""ic$lt to $nderstand as to the method o" installation% b$t ery im0 portant to recogniBe as e8isting. We can really thin# o" the body as ha ing three ner o$s sys0 tems% in order to simpli"y the manner in &hich the mind &or#s. 4he conscio$s mind% &hich allo&s me to &rite these &ords and ma#es it possible "or yo$ to read themJ or &hich ta#es control o" yo$r going to &or# and mo ing yo$r body aro$nd in &hate er #ind o" acti ity yo$ ha e chosen;this conscio$s mind &or#s thro$gh the cerebrospinal ner o$s system. 9n the readings these ner es ha e at times been called the locomotor ner es. 4he $nconscio$s mind% on the other hand% has its acti 0 ity thro$gh the a$tonomic ner o$s system in association &ith all the glands% all the organs% and all the other systems o" the body. 9t indeed is gi en the responsibility o" #eeping the body ali e and &ell. =o&e er% the $nconscio$s mind% as 9 mentioned earlier% is in to$ch &ith all memories% past li es and present% &her0 e er those memories are stored. 9" there are patterns o" emotion or attit$de or belie" that are o$t o" accord &ith

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&hat &e ha e chosen as o$r ideal% then there are problems in relationship among di""erent parts o" the li"e0gi ing or0 gans. 4he controlling "orces% one might say% ha e been con"$sed. 4his can ca$se dist$rbance and &ill sooner or later bring abo$t illness $nless corrected. 4he ability to #no& &e are in this dimension is made pos0 sible thro$gh the "i e senses% originating "or the most part "rom the cranial ner es. 4hese are the ner es &hich allo& o$r bodies to be a&are o" o$r en ironment and might &ell be called the sensory ner o$s system% altho$gh they are not recogniBed as s$ch in physiology te8ts. 9" there is created harmony in the reaches o" the a$to0 nomic ner o$s system% then balance &ill come abo$t in the physiology o" the body% and health;rather than discord; &ill be the o$tcome. 9t becomes e ident% then% that o$r e""orts need to be directed to&ard that $nconscio$s e80 panse o" in"ormation that lies &ithin $s. <or it is there that the secret o" healing can be $nderstood. WHAT IS HEALIN95 THEN! =ealing% as it re"ers to the $se o" castor oil pac#s% has its alliance not only &ith the nat$re and "$nctions o" the body% b$t also needs to be $nderstood in light o" the "act that cas0 tor oil is composed o" atoms% gi es o"" ibrations% and has a speci"ic acti ity on the tiss$es &here it is placed. 9n my o&n e8perience% 9 ha e "o$nd that castor oil placed o er any part o" the h$man beingJ;or animal% "or that mat0 ter;&ill stim$late the lymphatics to &or# more normally and &ill bring abo$t a degree o" healing thro$gh the stim$0 lation o" the imm$ne system. Cayce s$ggested that $se o" the pac#s can and &ill a""ect the Peyer6s patches and ha e a direct e""ect on the a$tonomic ner o$s system. A patient once told me that the pac# &as more rela8ing than any tran0 ?$iliBer she had e er $sed.

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We no& come to o$r "inal ?$estion to be considered5 9. What then is healing o" the bodyH At this time% &e do not ha e eno$gh in"ormation or re0 search data to identi"y &hat healing really is or e8actly ho& the castor oil pac# brings healing to the body. =o&e er% 9 ha e "o$nd that simple treatments &hich interested indi0 id$als per"orm o"ten gi e more good in"ormation abo$t the method o" acti ity and the possibilities inherent &ithin their $se than e en the most sophisticated researches. Gne s$ch e ent in ol ed a baby s?$irrel. 3olly WiCas ga e me this story5 DA co$ple o" years ago &e &ere "ort$nate eno$gh to become the "oster parents o" a ne&born baby s?$irrel. =e &as so small his eyes didn6t open $ntil a"ter &e had him home "or t&o &ee#s. D9 "aith"$lly "ed him &ith an eyedropper and canned p$ppy mil# e ery t&o ho$rs. We also had a "erret% and that6s &here the tro$ble started. .eing the 6nat$ral6 enemy o" the s?$irrel% she got into his bo8 one day and almost #illed him. D=e had p$nct$re &o$nds e ery&here. We tho$ght he &as dead beca$se he &as totally limp and cold to the to$ch. G$r et% also a "riend% said there &as no hope. =o&e er% 9 had great "aith in (dgar Cayce and decided it co$ldn6t h$rt to try castor oil &raps. D9 $sed an old piece o" "lannel% soa#ed it in castor oil% &rapped his body in it% and co ered it &ith a heating pad. A"ter t&enty0"o$r ho$rs% his body &as &arm again and he &o$ld ta#e a "e& drops o" mil#. Within three days% he &as &ell on his &ay to reco ery% and my "riend% the et% co$ld not belie e it DWe #ept him "or abo$t si8 months be"ore he "inally le"t on his o&n. 9t &as a &onder"$l e8perience "or o$r &hole "amily;he ta$ght $s all a little more abo$t lo e "or nat$re and God6s creat$res.D 4his &as healing "rom the castor oil and $ndo$btedly also "rom 3olly% &ho lo ed God6s little creat$re eno$gh to

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care "or him. 9s lo e a ibrationH Castor oil certainly is. 4he oil also penetrates thro$gh the tiss$es &here it is placed% so perhaps it brings abo$t healing thro$gh the contact o" a cleansing acti ity. Another simple $se% yet healing in its nat$re% came to me "rom another o" o$r "riends. She had bro#en her Ca&in a car accident and her Ca& had to be &ired sh$t. She co$ldn6t get rid o" "ood particles that st$c# to parts o" the braces. She became concerned abo$t ca ities and g$m erosion. She told me% D9 &as ne& in the A.'.(. and had read abo$t all the bene"its o" castor oil. 9 decided to try br$shing my teeth &ith a drop or t&o o" castor oil on my tooth br$sh. D4he e""ect &as all 9 co$ld ha e hoped "or. My teeth "elt clean and the soreness "rom the &ires disappeared. 4he end res$lt &as no ca ities and minimal g$m erosion.D 4here are literally tho$sands o" stories 9 ha e heard abo$t ho& castor oil brings healing to the body.*+ We may ne er #no& the &hole story% b$t &e m$st remember that this Doil that healsD &as created by that Po&er &hich bro$ght the entire $ni erse into being and it &as intended to be $sed to bring harmony and balance into the li es o" indi id$als; both h$man and animal. <or =e lo es all these creat$res &hich =e also created. 9t seems to me that t$rmoil in one6s li"e sit$ation &hich needs desperately to be cleaned $p may o"ten res$lt in t$r0 moil in one6s body &here a cleansing sho$ld be going on% perhaps in the lo&er bo&el or in one o" the other organs that deals &ith elimination. 9 thin# &e e8perience things more &ith symbolic portions o" o$r bodies than &e do &ith o$r so0called conscio$s minds. 4he real conscio$sness or a&areness that &e become in ol ed &ith is most li#ely lo0 cated in a speci"ic area o" the body. So cleansing o" o$r li es might start &ith cleansing o" the body% and this might be the only creati e thing &e can do. 4hose indi id$als &ho are set in their &ays &ill not o"ten

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respond &ell to the pac#s. WhyH 4o those &ho &ill allo& it% the oil brings peace to the body and to the conscio$sness. 4his is a meas$re o" grace. 4hose &ho are set in their &ays cannot let go o" their o&n &ills long eno$gh to sense that it is the &ill o" God that they be healed thro$gh grace. 4hose &ho are recepti e in their basic nat$re &ill bene"it most "rom the castor oil pac#s. WhyH .eca$se being recep0 ti e is being as the little child. 4he child has "aith &itho$t #no&ing &hy and so accepts all things as being the &ill and gracio$sness o" God acting in his or her li"e. Peace comes to the child% thro$gho$t the &hole o" the earth;his or her earthL 9mpatience destroys good res$lts in this therapy "or it $nleashes the destr$cti e acti ity o" the energies o" the adre0 nergic0sympathetic ner o$s system% o erpo&ering the healing e""ect o" the parasympathetic% as &e #no& it. (arly conditions respond to this mode o" therapy best% beca$se the dist$rbed emotional patterns ha e not yet be0 come solidi"ied in the "lesh. 4hey ha e C$st le"t their "ingerprints. 9llnesses &hich re?$ire body change o" a ma0 Cor degree;s$ch as a "ibroid or an $lcer or colitis o" longstandingJ;to complete a reco ery process re?$ires pa0 tience and perse erance. 4he body has been serio$sly a""ected by those elements o" conscio$sness &hich% "or a long time% ha e acted detrimentally as a DnormalD "actor in the li"e pattern. 4hese elements are not easily recogniBed and &hen "o$nd% are not easily mo ed o$t o" one6s pattern o" a&areness. =ealing may really be peace;a peace that comes to rest in the body% that is a re"lection o" the Dpeace that passeth $nderstanding.D We see it come to the body m$ch as peace is allo&ed to come to the earth5 a nation here and a nation there. When &e "ind real peace in the earth% &e may see a state o" health ha ing come to all bodies.

Part II

Case Studies

Introduction to Part II

9 =A-( <GCUS(3 4=US <A' 9! 4=9S -G2UM( on castor oil pac#s and their $se on the h$man body. We can see their $se e8tending bac#&ard in time e en to&ard ancient (gypt% &here castor oil &as $sed therape$tically. 9 ha e related these pac#s primarily &ith the "ield o" healing% medicine% and parapsychology. 9n st$dying their $se as s$ggested by (dgar Cayce% &e ha e disco ered a man &ho co$ld lie do&n and ol$ntarily enter a state o" mind and body &herein his conscio$s mind &as apparently not in ol ed &ith &hat he &as saying. Cayce indicated that his entire a$tonomic ner o$s sys0 tem &as itally acti e d$ring this state and that the $nconscio$s mind &as that portion &hich &as see#ing o$t and reporting the in"ormation "o$nd. G"ten this in"orma0 tion came "rom the $nconscio$s mind o" the other person in ol ed;Cayce6s client or patient. 4his condition directs $s to the tho$ght that &e #no& already &hat is &rong &ith 1)%

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o$r bodies. We C$st can6t reach do&n into that $nconscio$s mind @or is it the a$tonomic ner o$s systemHA and obtain the #no&ledge that &e &o$ld li#e to ha e. 9n bringing together all portions o" my st$dy% the in"erences in the Cayce readings cannot be ignored. 4hese in"erences s$ggest that castor oil pac#s seemingly ha e a relationship &ith the ner o$s system% as &ell as &ith most o" the other sys0 tems o" the body% in their role o" aiding the body bac# to health. 4his brings $s to the in?$iry 9 made some time ago o" their $se in the general practice o" medicine and my analy0 sis% considering the al$e that may proceed "rom this st$dy o" eighty0one indi id$als &hose arying conditions o" ill0 ness &ere treated thro$gh the $se o" these pac#s. 4hese eighty0one cases are a random selection and rep0 resent only a "raction o" the instances &here &e ha e $sed castor oil pac#s as the only therapy or as a coordinate therapy "or one condition or another o" illness. Some o" the cases mat ha e most impressed me &ith the therape$tic e""icacy o" this tool are not incl$ded. A contin$ing e""ort is being made% ho&e er% to collect more data My obCect in re ie&ing these cases in conC$nction &ith the other in"ormation that has been presented is "i e"old. 9t is certainly not a con entional research proCect. Many "ac0 tors &hich are necessary "or good% scienti"ic research are not to be "o$nd here "or a ariety o" reasons. What is to be "o$nd here% ho&e er% is in"ormation &hich is signi"icant and case histories &hich are rele ant to the p$rposes and obCecti es $nderlying this presentation. My obCecti es are as "ollo&s5 1. 4o stim$late interest in this therape$tic regimenJ ). 4o sho& the e8ceptionally &ide latit$de o" $se that is possible &ith the castor oil pac#sJ 3. 4o present and coordinate e idence that there is ac t$al bene"icial response in the h$man body to the application o" these pac#sJ

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/. 4o disc$ss theoretical considerations relati e to the action o" the pac#s on the bodyJ and *. 4o begin to e8plore the alidity o" a $ni?$e $nder standing o" physiological "$nctioning o" the h$man body% &hich is "o$nd in the (dgar Cayce readings. CASTOR OIL PAC S IN APPLICATION TODAY M$ch in"ormation can be deri ed "rom tables and statis0 tics. =o&e er% a st$dy o" statistics too o"ten remo es $s "rom the realm o" h$man endea or% e en i"% as Kes$s said% the D ery hairs o" yo$r head are all n$mbered.D @2$#e 1)5,A We "ind more relationship to the li es &e are leading% the &or# &e are engaging in% and the aims and p$rposes &e hold dear &hen &e can see something &or#ing in the li"e o" another person and changing it "or the better. <or this reason% 9 ha e endea ored to narrate in a brie" "orm;b$t &hich% 9 hope% holds to an essential acc$racy;a selected n$mber o" those cases &hich are listed in a chronological and s#eletal "ash0 ion in the Appendi8% 4able Case No. =%. A t&enty0"i e0year old ho$se&i"e% t&o0 and0a0hal" months pregnant% &as seen in o$r o""ice on Gctober 11%19+)% C$st t&enty0"o$r ho$rs a"ter she noted the onset o" aginal bleeding. 4he bleeding had stopped d$ring the night% b$t a deep ache in the pel ic region persisted. She had C$st reco ered t&o &ee#s prior "rom an ac$te $pper res0 piratory in"ection. (8amination% the "irst since the beginning o" her pregnancy% sho&ed a normal blood pres0 s$re o" 1117+1% temperat$re o" 99 degrees% and pel ic "indings o" early pregnancy% incl$ding an enlarged $ter$s and a cer i8 &hich &as so"t and bl$ish. =er last menstr$al period &as K$ly )*% 19+). 3iagnosis &as early pregnancy &ith threatened abortion. As treatment% the patient &as instr$cted to stay at bed rest "or the ne8t three days% to $se castor oil pac#s on the

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lo& abdomen "or one ho$r three times a day "or one &ee#% then three times a &ee# "or "o$r &ee#s. <ollo&0$p re ealed disappearance o" the ache in the pel0 ic region &ithin the ne8t three days and no rec$rrence o" the bleeding thro$gho$t the pregnancy% &hich terminated normally at nine months. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. ''. An eighty0nine0year0old retired teacher &ith a delight"$l sense o" h$mor de eloped se ere abdomi0 nal distention. 4his distention had beg$n t&o &ee#s prior to that time and &as shortly "ollo&ed by na$sea and omit0 ing. 4he latter became more se ere and grad$ally more "o$l0smelling. 4here &as no "e er% b$t discom"ort de el0 oped into pain in the abdomen. She had a history o" t&o other episodes o" this nat$re. Gne occ$rred "o$r years prior to the present illness% &herein she &as hospitaliBed and decompressed &ith a Miller0 Abbott t$be% saline enemas% and cathartics. @4he second is part o" this series as Case !o. 3). She had responded &ell t&o years be"ore to the $se o" castor oil pac#s on this occasion.A Physical "indings $pon e8amination re ealed a pl$s0three an#le edema% mar#ed abdominal distention &ith dr$m0li#e stretching o" the s#in o" the abdomen% and acti e peristalsis &ith "re?$ent peristaltic r$shes. She had not had a good bo&el mo ement in Da long time.D She had ta#en a mild la8ati e se eral times be"ore calling me to her home. 3iag0 nosis &as intestinal obstr$ction d$e to "ecal impaction. 4herapy consisted o" diet and castor oil pac#s. She &as placed on nothing by mo$th e8cept ice chips "or "orty0eight ho$rs. 4he pac#s &ere beg$n immediately;&itho$t the $se o" the heating pad as normally instr$cted;and they &ere contin$ed &itho$t interr$ption "or si8 "$ll days. As soon as the pac#s &ere started% all the symptoms eased $p and the omiting slo&ed do&n. An e ac$ant rectal s$pposi0 tory &as $sed a"ter "orty0eight ho$rs% &ith good ret$rns% and

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the omiting stopped. 3istention rapidly disappeared and% at the end o" the si8 days% the belly &as "lat% the an#le edema had been completely relie ed% and the patient &as ha ing normal bo&el mo ements% telling Co#es and &atching tele0 ision again. 4he "amily reported her in Dremar#ableD condition. =er diet by this time &as bac# to normal. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. >%. A si8ty0"i e0year0old ho$se&i"e &as seen initially &ithin se eral ho$rs o" the onset o" se ere right $p0 per ?$adrant pain% na$sea% and omiting% "ollo&ing the ingestion o" a hea y meal the prior e ening. She ga e a his0 tory o" ha ing had hypertension "or some time and o" being o er&eight% b$t no past history o" gall bladder disease. (80 amination re ealed tenderness o er the area o" the gall bladder. 4here &as no mass palpable% b$t there &as ?$es0 tion o" increased d$llness to perc$ssion in the area &here the gall bladder lies. .lood press$re &as 1/)7:+. 4empera0 t$re &as normal. .ody &eight 1++ po$nds. 4he diagnosis &as ac$te cholecystitis @in"lammation o" the gall bladderA. <ood &as &ithheld $ntil na$sea le"t. 4he only therapy $sed &as castor oil pac#s% applied all night long each night "or si8 nights. 4he omiting stopped the "irst night. Pain &as D"i"ty percent lessD the "ollo&ing morning% then grad$ally s$bsided. (8amination on the si8th day sho&ed the ab0 sence o" any tenderness. 4&o pain pills &ere $sed d$ring the "irst day o" therapy. Gn the e ening o" the "o$rth% "i"th% and si8th days o" therapy% the patient &as instr$cted to ta#e one o$nce o" oli e oil by mo$th. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. >>. A si8ty0t&o0year0old retired carpenter in0 C$red his right inde8 "inger t&enty0"o$r ho$rs be"ore coming to o$r o""ice. =e had r$n a splinter into the tiss$es o" the dors$m o" the "inger near the nail% b$t he tho$ght he had gotten all o" it o$t. =o&e er% the ne8t day% the "inger &as in"lamed and ery tender and he so$ght help. (8amination

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sho&ed a p$nct$re &o$nd o" the dorso0medial aspect o" the "inger and% s$rro$nding the p$nct$re site% the tiss$es &ere ac$tely in"lamed% ca$sing moderate s&elling o" the entire distal end o" the ringer. A small incision &as made% enlarging the &o$nd% and a *7:D intact &ood splinter &as remo ed% releasing one0hal" to one0and0a0hal" cc. o" p$s &hich had "ormed in the irritated area. 3iagnosis &as in0 "ected p$nct$re &o$nd o" the right inde8 "inger. A dressing &as "ashioned "or the "inger made o" so"t "lan0 nel cloth soa#ed in castor oil% aro$nd &hich &as &rapped plastic% then a simple ga$Be dressing. 4his &as allo&ed to remain in place "or "orty0eight ho$rs. Gn e8amination at that point% all s&elling% in"lammation% and tenderness &ere absent and the incision healed. 9t sho$ld be noted here that $s$al response to remo al o" a "oreign body that has ca$sed a local cell$litis is rapid repair and healing% b$t it seldom is seen to respond this ?$ic#ly &ith $s$al post0operati e care. 'esponse th$s &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. ?E. A thirty0nine0year0old m$sic teacher pre0 sented himsel" &ith the complaint o" ha ing had a right0sided headache "or the past thirteen days. =e had no prior history o" s$ch di""ic$lty% and all meas$res he had ta#en had not prod$ced any signi"icant res$lts. (8amina0 tion re ealed a normal blood press$re o" 1)1791. 4here &as rather mar#ed tenderness on palpation% b$t all other "ind0 ings &ere &ell &ithin normal limits. =e had $sed salicylates and spasmolytics and had been gi en manip$lati e therapy to the $pper spine and nec#% b$t the headaches had per0 sisted. 3iagnosis &as right0sided headache associated &ith right cer ical m$sc$lar spasm. 4he patient &as instr$cted to $se castor oil pac#s as a type o" m$""ler aro$nd his nec#% o erlapping them onto his $pper bac# to&ard the sho$lders% and $sing the heating pad% adC$sted so that it &o$ld be moderately hot. 4his% ap0 plied &hen he &ent to bed% &as to be $sed most o" each

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night. A"ter t&o nights o" treatment% the headache disap0 peared% and the patient discontin$ed the treatment. (8amination on the se enth day sho&ed absence o" any tenderness in the pre io$sly described areas. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. H'. A t&enty0one0year0old ho$se&i"e &ho had &restled &ith the problem o" obesity @))1 po$ndsA "or se 0 eral years presented hersel" in o$r o""ice &ith the com0 plaints o" a sensation o" press$re and gas in the lo&er abdomen &hen &al#ing or being physically acti e in any &ay. 4he condition had persisted "or a period o" t&o to three &ee#s. She had had no serio$s illnesses in the past and had e8perienced no symptoms li#e these be"ore this time. (80 amination re ealed a normal blood press$re o" 1317,* and the obesity described. (8amination o" the pel is sho&ed an ill0de"ined mass in the area o" the right t$be and o ary &hich &as ?$ite tender on palpation. -agina and $ter$s &ere nor0 mal. 4here &as no "e er. 3iagnosis &as probably o arian cyst% altho$gh it &as di""ic$lt to r$le o$t t$bal pathology. !o therapy &as $sed e8cept castor oil pac#s% &hich &ere applied "or one ho$r daily o er the lo&er abdomen "or a period o" se en days. (8amination a"ter the se en days o" therapy re ealed that the sensation o" a mass &as still present b$t considerably smaller% and the tenderness &as lessened to a similar de0 gree. 4he patient stated that all pain in the lo&er abdomen had disappeared &ith therapy contin$ing. Still later e8ami0 nation re ealed that all signs o" the mass had disappeared. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. @A post0 script to this case history is in order. 4his same &oman ret$rned still later "or care "or pregnancy% and it &as deter0 mined that she m$st ha e been abo$t t&o &ee#s pregnant &hen she &as seen &ith the pain in the lo&er abdomen. What this means in re"erence to the signs and symptoms obser ed has not been determined at this &riting.A.

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Perhaps the proced$re o" presenting si8 cases that &ere rated e8cellent in their response &hen no therapy other than the pac#s &as $tiliBed might be classi"ied as p$tting one6s right "oot "or&ard. =o&e er% nonresponsi e cases can be "o$nd in the Ap0 pendi8% and 9 &ill comment on some o" them. 4here is another reason &hich prompted the $se o" these partic$lar case reports. 4hey represent a good cross section o" ho& the pac#s are $sed most o" the time and the general areas o" the body that recei e most attention "rom this oil "rom the Palma ChristL 4here is something mysterio$s in the manner in &hich these applications o" hot castor oil% soa#ed in "lannel cloth and applied to the s#in% bring abo$t a sometimes startling change in the &ay the body is "$nctioning. ( en no& it has ca$sed me at times% &hile 9 &atch &hat is going on &ith $nbelie ing eyes% to as# mysel"% DWhat happenedHD What really goes on &ithin the body that restores a dist$rbed gra id $ter$s to normalH 4hat c$res a m$sc$lar spasm and dissipates a headacheH 4hat allo&s an in"lamed gall blad0 der to regain its healthH 4hat heals an in"ected &o$ndH 4hat gets rid o" a threatening appendicitis as i" it &ere no more than a mild co$ghH 4hat mobiliBes a "ecal impaction &hich ho$rs earlier had threatened a li"eH 4hat rids the body o" a dist$rbance in the reprod$cti e system that might ha e dis0 lodged a pregnancy be"ore the mother e en #ne& she &as carrying a childH What happens &hen castor oil is applied% many times &itho$t any heat% that can ha e s$ch an e""ectH =o& is it absorbedH Why does it &or#H 7ow does it &or#H 4hese are ?$estions &hose ans&ers are hard to come by. 4here are those &ho &ill say that they do not need ans&ers beca$se it has not been statistically pro en that the pac#s &or#. 4he case reports% ho&e er% spea# "or themsel es. (ach tells a story. Almost ro$tinely% the indi id$al &ho $ses a pac# "or the "irst time &ill change "rom a ?$estioning% hesitant

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$ser to a happily s$rprised enth$siast. 4h$s it is my per0 sonal opinion that the ?$estions e8pressed abo e do not need an ans&er% "or &e see something here that is &or#ing in the li"e o" another person and changing it "or the better. .e"ore &e loo# more closely at a "e& o" these cases to see# o$t some o" the mechanisms &hich might be in ol ed% it is &ell to in estigate and comment on se eral di""erent% more general aspects o" the st$dy. Appendicitis ass$mes some degree o" importance here since "i e cases are incl$ded among the eighty0one total "orming the basis o" the st$dy. 9n loo#ing at the ages% it is obser ed that they &ere ten% ele en% nine% "orty0si8% and ten years o" age in that order. All the yo$ngsters responded &ith e8ceeding promptness to therapy. Gne% Case !o. **% &as gi en an antibiotic inCection and a tran?$iliBer0antina$sea s$ppository &hen seen% b$t o ernight his na$sea% lo&er abdominal cramping and pain% and his omiting @all o" three days6 d$rationA &ere gone &hen he &as e8amined the ne8t morning% a"ter $sing the pac#s all night. =is abnormal tenderness &as also absent and all "indings &ere normal. 4&o o" the cases are reported at length else&here in the te8t or Appendi8% b$t the "o$rth child% Case !o. 9% is not. =e noted onset o" abdominal pain t&o days prior to his isit to my o""ice% he omited once and had some cramping pains in his belly. 4hese symptoms eased $p the ne8t day some0 &hat% b$t rec$rred the "ollo&ing morning. 4here &as no diarrhea% b$t some na$sea. (8amination sho&ed a s$bnor0 mal temperat$re o" 9,.: degrees and &ell localiBed tenderness o er the right lo&er ?$adrant. A slightly in0 "lamed pharyn8 &as also noted. 4he pac#s &itho$t heat &ere $sed three times a day "or t&o days% &hen re0e8ami0 nation sho&ed only minimal tenderness at the $mbilic$s @&hich s$bse?$ently clearedA and absence o" the abdomi0 nal discom"ort &hich the body had noted. 4he ?$estion o" the appendicitis as it occ$rred in the

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ad$lt% ho&e er% &as another story. !a$sea and lo&er ab0 dominal pain had their onset at )531 p.m. and &ere tho$ght to be d$e to "ood ingestion. 4he castor oil pac#s &ere #ept on "or abo$t t&el e ho$rs% bro$ght no relie"% and the pa0 tient &as hospitaliBed. A complicating renal in"ection &as s$spected b$t r$led o$t by intra eno$s pyelogram. S$rgery "or the appendi8 &as decided $pon &hen the tenderness became more localiBed and diagnostic. 4h$s &e see in Case !o. 3, that the response to this type o" treatment &as not ade?$ate. 4he "act that there &as a renal irritation compli0 cated the pict$re% ho&e er% in this instance. We "ind "o$r e8cellent res$lts% thenJ the only "ail$re being in a middle0aged &oman. 9" any in"erence &ere to be dra&n "rom s$ch a pict$re% it &o$ld be that the yo$ng people &ere m$ch more able to m$ster the "orces o" resistance to dis0 ease on stim$lation or to respond to a therape$tic meas$re &ith greater speed and e""iciency. 4here &as no heat other than acc$m$lated body heat in ol ed in these partic$lar cases. 4he oil &as applied and certainly &as absorbed to some e8tent. Perhaps these "i e cases point to&ard the concept that the castor oil% &hen absorbed% stim$lates the bodily "$nction that &ill remo e the prod$cts o" in"lammation @as they e8ist in the appen0 di8A "rom the appendi8 itsel"% lea ing it "reer to "$nction normally. Under $s$al conditions the appendi8% as all por0 tions o" the body% can handle irritations easily and maintain a condition o" health. 4his is &hat is called nat$ral body imm$nityJ &e see the story o" the thym$s% the lymphatic system% and nat$ral imm$nity $n"olding be"ore $s e ery day in these areas o" research. As has already been disc$ssed% the "$nctioning o" the lymphatic system is closely allied &ith the normal "$nction o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system. 4he parasympathetic gi es motor inner ation to the lymphatics% &here er it has been sho&n to e8ist. 4he parasympathetic is also termed

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the system &hich brings reb$ilding and healing to the body. (arlier it &as hypothesiBed that the lymphatics drain &astes "rom the indi id$al cells m$ch as the intestines re0 mo e &astes "rom the body. 4h$s &e see the "rame&or# "or a mechanism &hich co$ld be e""ecti e in these "o$r cases o" appendicitis and &hich &o$ld e en e8plain &hy one did not respond. Castor oil absorbed into the tiss$es may% in its ibratory acti ity @"or all things are in essence ibratory in nat$reA% act to stim$late that parasympathetic ner e s$pply &hich is anatomically located in the area treated% &hich then &o$ld stim$late the lymphatics to drain more ade?$ately the tis0 s$es $nder d$ress% perhaps at the same time acting directly on the lymphatics to per"orm the "$nction C$st stated. Any organ or portion o" the body &hich is clogged &ith &aste prod$cts &hich the lymphatics ha e not remo ed &o$ld theoretically respond in a bene"icial &ay to any proced$re &hich &o$ld bring abo$t an alle iation o" that condition. With s$ch a mechanism in operation% it can be readily seen that anyone &ho has gone do&nhill relati e to resis0 tance% end$rance% response to inC$ry% or general body health &o$ld not ha e a topnotch thym$s0lymphatic system;the basic reg$lator o" health and disease. S$ch a person &o$ld ha e a slo&er response or perhaps little response at all to stim$lation to&ard healing. 9n loo#ing at the other portion o" s$ch a healing mecha0 nism% one can $nderstand ho& healing &o$ld be a less dramatic process i" the parasympathetic ner o$s system &ere $nder s$""icient stress or tension that it &o$ld re"$se to respond to the ibratory acti ity o" the castor oil as it is absorbed into the tiss$es. 4he heat% &hen $sed% may C$st accent$ate the basic reaction to the castor oil o" the tiss$es in ol ed. When heat co$ld ca$se an ad erse response &ithin the body% o" co$rse% the bene"its o" this therape$tic meas$re are "ar o$t&eighed by its detrimental e""ects.

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Appendicitis% obstr$ctions% and other similar conditions are among those in &hich heat is speci"ically contraindicated beca$se o" the complications &hich might be bro$ght abo$t by the increased asc$larity and meta0 bolic acti ity. 9n these% the only bene"its obtained "rom $se o" the pac#s m$st come "rom the castor oil itsel". =o& the oil brings abo$t changes &ithin the body is% at this point% not at all e8plored or $nderstood. 9n Case !o. 33% di""erent "actors than one &o$ld $s$ally "ind in appendicitis are at &or#. 9n this instance% there had been a large bo&el impaction &ith "ecal material that pro0 d$ced act$al intestinal obstr$ction to the degree that serio$s conse?$ences &ere already being e8perienced. 4he large bo&el &as probably nearing a point o" complete inac0 ti ity inso"ar as its proper d$ties o" e ac$ation &ere concerned% and the small bo&el &as so at &ar &ith e ents as they &ere transpiring that re erse peristalsis &as bring0 ing "ecal material $p to the stomach to be e8pelled thro$gh persistent episodes o" emesis. Gas thro$gho$t the system prod$cing serio$s distention completed the pict$re o" an intestinal tract that had mo ed a long &ay "rom its original state o" health to pro ide peristalsis and moist$re s$""icient to mo e the bo&els reg$larly and &itho$t di""ic$lty. 9t sho$ld be recalled that the organs and str$ct$res o" elimination;both the large bo&el "rom the midpoint o" the trans erse colon on and the $rinary system;recei e their motor inner ation "rom the parasympathetic portion o" the a$tonomic ner o$s system &hich has its so$rce in the sac0 ral ner es o" the body. 4his eighty0nine0year0old &oman spent a lot o" her time sitting and% &ith little padding on her b$ttoc#s% $ndo$btedly prod$ced many press$res on the sacral portion o" her anatomy &hich co$ld easily% and prob0 ably did% ca$se embarrassment to the sacral ner e s$pply. 'ein"orced by poor bo&el habits and a diet that &as not per"ect and enhanced by practically no e8ercise% the entire

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motor system o" ner es to the large bo&el $ndo$btedly be0 came sl$ggish to the point o" nearly complete inacti ity. 4hen pac#s &ere applied to the abdomen. !a$sea ceased% emesis slo&ed do&n and stopped% peristalsis be0 gan in the large bo&el% eno$gh "l$id &as prod$ced by the cells o" the large bo&el to so"ten the "ecal mass% and the health o" the cells thro$gho$t the intestinal ca ity im 0 pro ed. A"ter "orty0eight ho$rs% &hen an e ac$ant s$ppository &as $sed% the intestine &as in good eno$gh health to respond normally and the contents &ere e8pelled. 9t is interesting to note also that the edema &hich had per0 sisted then disappeared% $ndo$btedly d$e to the more e""icient "$nctioning o" the other portion o" the eliminating system% the #idneys. Was the action here bro$ght abo$t thro$gh ner e tiss$e stim$lation% or &as it perhaps another instance &here cells &ere cleansed and th$s &or#ed more normallyH 4he an0 s&er% o" co$rse% remains hypothetical. 4he "act that she impro ed is e ident. 4hat she made a remar#able change physiologically cannot be denied. 4hat she had no medica0 tion &ith &hich to do this;other than castor oil pac#s;is also "act$al. Still% the method o" restoring her health is not yet clear. Gne "actor &hich has not been disc$ssed relati e to this partic$lar patient is her sense o" h$mor. She e en handled pain &ith a Co#e and a smile. =er ability to #eep the people &ho too# care o" her in good h$mor made the Cob easier "or all concerned. 4he part that this attit$de o" Coy and happi0 ness plays in the contin$ance o" good health has not yet been ade?$ately e al$ated% b$t it has to be a maCor "actor &here er it e8ists. 9t is &ell #no&n that ire at the dinner table brings abo$t indigestion% &hile a happy meal is a bene"icial one. =$mor% then% m$st help the gastrointestinal tract% per0 haps "ar more than &e #no& or realiBe. 9n a similar manner% it may be that this little old lady is ali e only beca$se o" her

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happy disposition. Whate er is tr$e% she remains a "a orite o" mine. 4he diagnosis o" cholecystitis brings a di""erent gro$p o" organs into consideration. 9t &o$ld be o" interest and o" al$e to o$r $nderstanding to is$aliBe% i" possible% &hat m$st ta#e place &hile an in"lamed gall bladder is being re0 stored to normal "$nction. Cholecystitis may ary in se erity "rom an ac$te catarrhal condition &ith congestion and edema to a condition o" ac$te s$pp$ration% &herein the &alls o" the gall bladder e8$de "ran# p$s% and the peri0 toneal s$r"ace is co ered by an ac$te e8$date. 9n Case !o. /)% e ents had $ndo$btedly not progressed "ar eno$gh to bring abo$t the latter condition cited in the abo e paragraph. 9n all li#elihood% the &alls o" the gall blad0 der &ere slightly in"lamed and thic#ened &ith the congestion o" blood and lymphatic essels and &ith edemaJ the bile &as probably thic#enedJ the cystic d$ct leading o$t o" the gall bladder to&ard the common d$ct &as probably s&ollen sh$t &ith the same processesJ and the gall bladder &as probably distended &ith bile. 4here may ha e been a stone or many small stones obstr$cting the opening o" the cystic d$ct% b$t this can sometimes only be determined at s$rgery i" 80rays do not con"irm the presence o" stones. Most li#ely there &ere conditions present as described% &itho$t the stones% and these conditions m$st be ret$rned to normal by body processes in order to a oid the necessity o" s$rgical inter ention. 4he only "actor physically &hich can bring abo$t the alle iation o" the edema and conges0 tion in the common d$ct and the &all o" the gall bladder is an increase in the blood s$pply associated &ith an in0 creased drainage "rom these areas ia the lymphatics and eins. 9t doesn6t partic$larly matter &hether this comes abo$t thro$gh impro ed parasympathetic ner e "$nction or thro$gh lessening o" the sympathetic s$pply% &hich co$ld

CASE ST&DIES #1(

theoretically achie e the same res$lt% or thro$gh direct re0 la8ation o" the lymphatic and eno$s essel &alls% allo&ing "reer "lo& into the general circ$lation. What part does in"ection play in all thisH 9t is &ell #no&n that a mar#ed increase in blood "lo& thro$gh a part o" the body;and that means increased "lo& "rom s$ch a part as &ell;&ill o ercome in"ection most o" the time &itho$t any assistance. As the cells in ol ed in this process C$st described are allo&ed to "$nction more normally% then a condition o" health &ill grad$ally be restored to the tiss$e o" the gall bladder and the cystic d$ct 4o &hat le el o" health they are restored probably depends on many "actors already established by habits o" diet% le els o" hormones% and balances established among the "$nctioning o" the systems &hich are in ol ed. 9t is certainly a haBardo$s $nderta#ing to try to $nderstand at a di""erent le el ho& the body may "$nction% &hen there are so many $n#no&ns to deal &ith and the probability o" error in tho$ght and in ded$ction creates so many potential pit"alls. 9n an e""ort to $nderstand the &or#ing o" this therapy $sed in this and other cases% ho&e er% it becomes a considered ris#. Gne &oman% Case !o. /) @mentioned C$st a "e& paragraphs earlierA% had a rather typical history o" gall bladder disease% and her physical "indings s$bstantiated the history. =er response to the castor oil pac#s thro$gho$t the night &as dramatic% altho$gh simple hot pac#s ha e been recommended "or this condition "or years. 4he $se o" these pac#s% pl$s li?$id diet% bed rest% and simple sedati es $s$ally res$lt in rapid disappearance o" symptoms. 9t &o$ld be di""ic$lt to estimate here &ith any degree o" acc$racy &hether the castor oil contrib$ted more than the heat to the response &hich &as noted. <ollo&ing the indications and in"erences o" the in"ormation &e ha e th$s "ar acc$m$lated% ho&e er% &e &o$ld ass$me that it had an e""ect 4he degree o" e""ect is le"t in

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THE OIL THAT HEALS

?$estion. <$rther &or# &ith this medi$m o" therapy ob i0 o$sly is needed to demonstrate the le el o" e""ecti eness &hich might be achie ed. <$rther comments on cholecystitis &ill not be attempted% altho$gh the reader can re"er to the earlier portion o" this boo#% &here se eral o" the Cayce readings to$ched on the same disease process. 2oo#ing again at these case histories% &e see that these t&o yo$ng ladies &ho became cases !o. 1) and !o. ,3 had one thing in common5 both &ere pregnant at the time they &ere treated &ith the pac#s. Gne &as threatening to abort% &hile the other had a pel ic mass and did not #no& she &as pregnant. 4he pac#s% $sed conser ati ely not all night long as in se eral other cases;prod$ced clinical e idence o" im0 pro ed "$nction o" the generati e organs and their associated str$ct$res. At the same time% it became e ident that thro$gh this medi$m o" therapy% the body as a $nit be0 came more able to m$ster its de"ense mechanisms and re erse the conditions o" ill health &hich &ere "o$nd to be present on initial e8amination. 4his area o" the body;the $ter$s% agina% and o aries;&here a &oman becomes cre0 ati e at least in the physical sense;is also the area &here cleansing o" the body ta#es place thro$gh e8cretion% as has been already noted earlier. 4he parasympathetic s$pply to both "$nctions arises in the sacral ner es. So &e &onder i" these t&o "$nctions;creati ity and cleansing;don6t ha e a closer association than &e $s$ally s$spect. Wo$ld it be $nrealistic to propose that any stri ing o" h$man#ind% &hen it is done &ith tr$e creati ity% is cleansing to the con0 scio$sness o" the indi id$alH Gn the other hand% &o$ld it be more proper to state that any &or# or daily acti ity that a person might be "aced &ith is done creati ely in the tr$est sense i" he or she "eels a cleansing or a p$ri"ication in conscio$snessH .odily "$nc0 tions r$nning parallel &ith so0called mental or spirit$al

CASE ST&DIES #1/

al$es;these m$st be related to each other in the h$man being% i" any o" the philosophic% psychologic% religio$s% or theological concepts o" the oneness o" all things holds tr$e alidity. .$t this is perhaps philosophy in itsel". 4o ret$rn tc the gynecological conditions $nder consid0 eration% &e may be seeing here the acceleration o" cleansing as it occ Rs in the body% added to the stim$lation o" the cre0 ati e or generati e organs thro$gh the mechanism o" the impro ed "$nctioning o" the sacral parasympathetic and its rami"ications thro$gho$t the lo&er portion o" the body. <or this one so$rce o" acti ity the sacral parasympathetic &o$ld at least to some degree control the reb$ilding "orces &ithin these organs and str$ct$res5 the general eliminati e acti 0 ity and health o" the body and the lymphatic acti ity as it pertains to drainage "rom cell$lar components &ithin the area. 4hese concepts ha e been more "$lly disc$ssed else0 &here% b$t they are seen acting here &ithin the h$man body to bring abo$t health and its more desirable state o" the body. 9n considering that both these yo$ng &omen &ere preg0 nant% and that the e""ect on both pregnancies m$st certainly ha e been bene"icial% one &onders ho& many birth abnor0 malities and anomalies might be pre ented thro$gh $se o" a series o" pac#s d$ring early pregnancy as a pre entati e ro$tine. 9" the acti ity o" the pac#s is s$ch as to impro e "$nction% as seems apparent% then it &o$ld "ollo& rather nat$rally that less abnormal "$nction &o$ld be "o$nd in the presence o" more normal "$nction. .$t then% perhaps it is not ad isable nor permissible to be so direct in one6s logic @a right $se o" tho$ght or the rational po&ersA. Gr% perhaps more correctly% logic applied to an ass$mption remains an ass$mption. Whate er the case in regard to absol$tely ac0 c$rate $se o" the mind thro$gh steps &hich m$st be pro ed% it &o$ld still seem reasonable that one co$ld% thro$gh the castor oil pac#s being $sed pre enti ely% bring healthier babies into the &orld.

1-)#

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4he t&o remaining cases% among those 9 selected to com0 ment $pon% ha e to do &ith $se o" the pac#s locally and in areas remo ed "rom body ca ities. 4he m$sic teacher% Case !o. *:% $sed heat &ith the pac# he applied to his nec# and $pper bac# and% &ithin t&o days% the pain and headache o" thirteen days6 d$ration had disappeared. 4he mechanism here o" rela8ation o" m$sc$lar cramping and spasm is cer0 tainly &ell $nderstood at the present time. Gther modes o" therapy% incl$ding physiotherapy% might &ell ha e bro$ght C$st as good res$lts% b$t it is interesting that he had already $sed many other means o" treatment &ith poor res$lts &hen the pac#s &ere beg$n. My e8perience &ith other simi0 lar cases o$tside the present series @incl$ding mysel" as one o" the prime e8amplesA% leads me to my present "irm opin0 ion and clinical position that this method o" treatment becomes the treatment o" choice in this partic$lar gro$p o" conditions &here m$sc$lar spasm is the primary pathol0 ogy0 4he heat is not the ans&er to the rela8ation% else heat by itsel" &o$ld bring C$st as m$ch response. 9t doesn6t .$t it is also ?$estionable that the pac# &itho$t the heat &o$ld do as &ell. 4he combination o" the castor oil and the heat seems to bring abo$t a more s$bstantial therape$tic e""ect. As &ill be seen in the ne8t case% that o" the inC$red "inger% the castor oil apparently brings abo$t a speci"ic response &ith0 o$t the $se o" heat% and this is in body tiss$es &here organs are not concerned. =ere &e "ind only s#in% s$bc$taneo$s tiss$e% m$scle% "ascia% "at% interstitial tiss$e% blood essels% ner es% lymphatics% and bone. 4here are no organs% no glands% no t$b$lar str$ct$res% no lymph centers% and no ganglia or other ner e centers. We are again led to the con0 cl$sion that the castor oil% &hen absorbed% directs its acti ities in an e8?$isitely min$te relationship to the tiss$es it contacts and stim$lates those tiss$es a""licted to&ard a healthier "$nction. 9t becomes di""ic$lt to de iate "ar "rom a

CAS( S4U39(S

#1-$

concept that the cleansing or p$ri"ying o" the indi id$al cells a""ected is bro$ght abo$t thro$gh the medi$m o" the lymphatics as related% at least in part% to the a$tonomic ner e s$pply to the area. Case !o. //% the si8ty0t&o0year0old man already re"erred to in the pre io$s paragraph% presents really a rather re0 mar#able story. <ingers s$ch as his &hich ha e been in"ected and &hich ha e de eloped a p$st$lar reaction so se ere as to ca$se a rather di""$se cell$litis% simply do not ery o"ten clear $p entirely in t&o days $nder the ery best o" therape$tic circ$mstances. 4his case% ho&e er% is some0 &hat representati e o" others &hich needed care in a postoperati e or post0inC$ry sit$ation% s$ch as those @!os. 13%1/%*/%+*%,1%,/% and ,+A in DSelected Cases.D All o" these people sho& ho& local tiss$es respond to the pac#s &hen inC$ry or in"ection is present. 4he res$lts are interesting and "ollo& a certain pattern that has already been disc$ssed. 4h$s% &e "ind the ario$s areas &here the pac#s can be $sed bene"icially% the manner in &hich they may be $sed% and the type o" response &hich may be seen are "airly &ell represented in the comments to this point

ppendi(

No=e> A?o@= TA,> A88e-d,B

4A.2( 99 9S ACGMP92A49G! G< A224=( diagnoses &hich &ere arri ed at in the eighty0one cases &hich are being pre0 sented. 4able 999 gi es a brea#do&n o" the types o" illness treated and their response as a gro$p. 4hese are gro$ped together% as they seem to be rele ant to this st$dy rather than according to systems speci"ically or other&ise. 9n 4able 9- can be "o$nd the most common conditions &hich &ere treated and ho& they responded. 4able - is a listing o" all eighty0one cases sho&ing identi0 "ication% age% se8% diagnosis% and response to therapy. <rom the in"ormation in this Appendi8% it is seen that ,/ o" the 111 conditions responded in s$ch a manner that they &ere rated in response as De8cellent.D 4his gi es a healthy "la or to the res$lts. 9t is "ort$nate that the h$man body ta#es e en the least assistance at times and responds in a noble "ashion. ( en ta#ing the assist o" the $nconscio$s i0 tal "orces o" the body into consideration% the responses% 1--

APPE %

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especially in the gro$p treated only &ith the pac#s% are highly grati"ying. When analyBing the in"ormation% one notes that there are no treatments "or cardiac conditions% respiratory illnesses% basic ne$rological diseases @in spite o" the important part this system plays in health and diseaseA% or tr$e endocrine di""ic$lties @e8cept those associated &ith the o ary and its "$nction as seen in the diseases o" the "emale generati e system listedA. 4here are present% ho&e er% m$sc$lar conditions% ar0 thritic dist$rbances% and systems problems &ith gastrointestinal% genito$rinary% circ$latory as it in ol es hy0 pertension% and ne$rological as it in ol es headaches and tension syndromes. 4ra$ma is also represented. .y "ar% the most common area treated anatomically is the abdomen and that &hich lies &ithin the abdominal and pel ic ca ities% the gastrointestinal% and the genito$rinary systems. 4hese ma#e $p &ell o er "i"ty percent o" the condi0 tions treated. 9t &o$ld be help"$l to recall at this point that Cayce spea#s o" the importance o" the assimilation o" "ood0 st$""s into o$r bodies and the elimination o" body &astes% and there is re"erence to castor oil pac#s being o" bene"it to both these systems. 4he #idneys% stomach% intestines% and their associated organs are the maCor areas o" assimilation and elimination in the body. 4h$s% &e &o$ld e8pect these areas to sho& bene"icial response to the pac#s% i" in"orma0 tion "rom the readings &ere to ha e signi"icance in clinical trial. <rom 4able 999 &e see that there &ere a total o" thirty treated conditions &hich ha e their site o" pathology in the abdominal ca ity or pel is and &hich &ere treated &ith cas0 tor oil pac#s only. 'es$lts obtained &ere t&enty0"i e e8cellent;eighty0three percent;t&o good% and three poor. 4his is slightly better than the percentage "o$nd in the en0 tire series &hen this mode o" therapy &as $sed by itsel".

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3iseases o" the large bo&el prod$ced the highest percent0 age o" e8cellent response;ninety0t&o percent;these incl$ding s$ch conditions as constipation% intestinal ob0 str$ction d$e to "ecal impaction% colitis% diarrhea% hemorrhoids% and rectal "iss$res. 9nterestingly% the t&o conditions &hich &ere most re"rac0 ti e to treatment in this series &ere essential hypertension and peptic $lcer @see 4able 9-A. 4he t&o &hich prod$ced the most consistently e8cellent res$lts &ere those condi0 tions "o$nd $nder tra$matically ind$ced conditions and post0s$rgical care o" &o$nds. All t&el e o" these responded promptly and &ere rated as e8cellent. Gnly t&o o" the t&el e &ere gi en therapy other than the pac#s.

T )2E 3 +um1er o" Cases Sur'eyed +um1er o" Di""erent Diagnoses Total Conditions Treated Treated with Castor Oil Pac&s Only E(cellent #esults 0ood #esults Poor #esults Treated with Com1ined Therapy= E(cellent #esults 0ood #esults Poor #esults

43 56 373 58 98: ; 46: 9:; 8: <: 33: 99 68:; <3: >:; 8: 39:;

'Com1ined therapy is the use o" castor oil pac&s associated with other therapies that may ha'e in"luenced the outcome o" the condition?

APPE
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CLASSIFICATION OF RESULTS (8cellent 4hose cases in &hich response &as prompt% as e al$ated clinically% and complete;that is% progressing to e8pected end point and ha ing no resid$al signs or symp0 toms o" presenting condition. Good5 4hose cases in &hich response &as slo&er than e8pectedJ and7or &hose presenting signs and symptoms did not completely disappear at the end point o" therapy. Poor5 4hose cases &hich sho&ed no response to therapy% or &hich &orsened $nder treatment gi en% or in &hich signs and symptoms did not materially change. TABLE II LIST OF DIA9NOSES 1scess 1dominal Tenderness Essential %ypertension Su1patellar )ursitis Cholecystitis Intestinal O1struction Ov3ri3n C94t Cystitis 2ow )ac& Pain Furuncle Tinea Corporis* Perineum Menorrhagia Peritoneal dhesions Se1aceous Cyst Purpura* Traumatic %ematoma* Su1ungual 1rasions* 2aceratio ns Trichomoniasis Menopausal Syndrome Mastitis !in male$ 0astritis cute Cer'ical Sprain Salpingitis Pyelonephritis Cer'icitis .terine Inertia @erruca @ulgaris Osteoarthritis #ectal Fissure Cellulitis o" (illa @aginitis Oophoritis %eadache* Myositis In"ected Puncture ,ound Peptic .lcers Constipation ppendicitis Endometritis Sprain o" 2? )iceps .terine Fi1roid Diarrhea Colitis In"ectious %epatitis Threatened 1ortion Fi1rohematom a %emoperitone um %emorrhoids Tenosyno'itis )ursitis o" Shoulder Tension Syndrome
Oral Contracepti'e #eaction

T )2E III TYPES +D DF +.M)E# A CO+DITIO+S +D #ESPO+SES Diseases o" the Female 0enerati'e System 66 Diseases o" the 2ower )owel 35 Diseases o" the .pper Digesti'e 2i'er* and 0all 33 ppendicitis 5 1dominal .ndiagnosed 6 Postoperati'e Peritoneal 3 Diseases o" the .rinary Tract 9 %eadaches and Tension 5 Essential 5 %ypertension 2ocal In"ections 33 Traumatically Induced Conditions 8 Post;Surgical Care 5 Se1aceous Cysts 6 rthritic Conditions < TotalC 37 +um1er o" conditions treated ' pac&s <3 +um1er o" conditions pac&s 57

Pac&s Only er= 8 S iu o 8 7 7 C a? 3 3 7 3 7 7 7 7 7 7

Com1ined aB 8 U% 36 3 > 3 7 7 9 6 3 3 3 3 7 7 68 C O $ 7 36 3 7 7 7 7 7 3 7 3 3 / 7 7 7 7 7 9 6

33

6 3 > 7 6 7 7 3

7 7 6 7 7 7 < 3 < 9 3 > 98 7 7 7 3 9

7 7 3 6 < 'ith a1dominal

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 > 39

with localiDed

T )2E I@ Only MOST COMMO+ CO+DITIO+S T#E TED +D #ESPO+SE

Pac&s

Com1ine d 8 $ O 7

8 C S DS 8 0 $* 7
.G

LL%

O 7

3 7 1 4 0 0

1scess

<

%ypertension

3 1 0 0

%emorrhoids ppendicitis

< 5

>

1 0 3 > 5 8

In"ected Puncture ,ounds

> 9 7 9 F>7 35

7 7

Duodenal .lcerE Peptic .lcer TotalC

+um1er o" conditions treated with a1dominal pac&s <3 +um1er o" conditions treated with localiDed pac&s 57

TABLE (E RESPONSE TO THERAPY CF>e CF>e No3 D,F2-o>,> G 2 " 4

CF>=or O,7 PF1I> O-7J

Co'?,ed RB EB* 9ood 1e77e-=

Poor

/ 6

; 8

<

M3 /" Yr>3 A?>1e>> oH B@==o1I> B F3 46 Yr>3 Tr,1Ao'o-, F>e> M3 44 Yr>3 D@ode-F7 U71er F3 4; Yr>3 9F>=r,=,> Te->,oSJ-dro'e Me-o8F@>F7 SJ-dro'e S7,2A= (F>1@7Fr HJ8er=e->,oM3 24 Yr>3 MF>=,=,>5 LeH= BreF>= F3 "< Yr>3 Cer4,1,=,> R,2A= Oo8Aor,=,> E-do'e=r,=,>5 CAro-,15 M,7d F3 G" Yr>3 LeH= S@?8F=e77Fr B@r>,=,> B M3 "" Yr>3 Co->=,8F=,o-5 CAro-,1 B CAo7e1J>=,=,>5 CAro-,1 B M3 G0 Yr>3 A88e-d,1,=,> B

G0 M3 4" Yr>3 D@ode-F7 U71er GG F3 /8 Yr>3 D,FrrAeF G2 F3 2/ Yr>3 TAreF=e-ed A?or=,oB G" F3 ;/ Yr>3 A?>1e>>5 LeH= AB,77F B G4 M. GG Yr>3 R?roAe'F=o'F oH B S@?1@=F-eo@> T,>>@e G/ M3 "; Yr>3 CJ>=,=,> PJe7o-e8Ar, =,> G6 F3 /G Yr>3 Co7,=,>5 M@1@>

TABLE V: RESPONSE TO THERAPY Castor Oil Pac&s Only Case E(; 0ood Case +o? Poor cellent Diagnosis 38 F? >6Yrs? Cer'ical Erosion !Cer'icitis$ .terine Fi1roid34 M? 33Yrs? ppendi citis 3H F?6HYrs ? Cer'iciti s Salpingit is 67 M? << Yrs? 0astritis 63 F? 53 Yrs? Constipation %eadache* Chronic @aginitis 66 F? 3< Yrs? 2ow )ac& Pain 6> F? >6 Yrs? .terine Inertia* Post Partum 69 F? 96 Yrs? %emorrh oids 65 M? >6 Yrs? 1scess* Perirectal Tissues 68 M? H Yrs? ppendi citis 64 M? 33 Yrs? %epatitis* In"ectious 6H M? <H Yrs? Furuncle !Post; 3 I D$ >7 F? 97 Yrs? @erruca @ulgaris >3 F? 3H Yrs? %emoperitoneu m >6 F? 4< Yrs? Intestinal O1struction !Fecal$ >> F? 4H Yrs? Intestinal O1struction !Fecal$ Com1ine d #( E(; cellent 0ood Poor

TABLE V: RESPONSE TO THERAPY Case Case +o? Diagnosis Castor Oil Pac&s Only Com1ined E (; E(; 0ood cell #( Poor cellent *::; P::r >9 F? 59 Yrs? Tinea Corporis* Perineum >5 F? 67 Yrs? Pyelonephritis Threatened 1ortion >< F? 96 Yrs? Oral Contracepti'e ( #eaction %ypertensio n >8 F? 9< Yrs? ppendi citis >4 M? >> Yrs? #ectal Fissures ( >H F? 87 Yrs? 1dominal ( Tenderness !+o D(?$ 97 F? 54 Yrs? Multiple Small ( 2acerations with Swelling o" Tissues* 2e"t Jnee 93 F? 86 Yrs? Colitis ( Tension Syndrome %ypertension 96 F? <5 Yrs? Cholecystitis ( 9> F? <6 Yrs? 1dominal ( Tenderness !Etiology-$ 99 M. <6 Yrs? In"ected Puncture ( ,ound* 2e"t Inde( Finger 95 M? 57 Yrs? %emorrh oids 9< F? 98 Yrs? Cellulitis* 2e"t (illa (

TABLE V: RESPONSE TO THERAPY Case Case +o? Diagnosis

Castor Oil Pac&s Only E(; 0ood Poor cellent

Com1ine d #( E(; 0ood cellent

Poor

98 M? <9 Yrs? .lcer* 0astro; duodenal Penetrating with Pyloric Stenosis .lcer* nterior Cholecystitis* Chronic 94 F? 95 Yrs? Se1aceous Cyst 9H F? 97 Yrs? 0astritis and Duodenitis 57 F? <8 Yrs? %yperten sion 53 F? >4 Yrs? Menorrhagia .terine Fi1roid 56 F? 5> Yrs? Tension Syndrome ( @aginitis 5> M? 37 Yrs? In"ected Puncture ,ound !2e"t Foot$ 59 F? 59 Yrs? Purpura* Traumatic in Origin 55 M? 37 Yrs? ppendic itis 5< F? 95 Yrs? Peritoneal dhesions* +onsymptomatic 58 M? >8 Yrs? Tenosyno'itis* #ight Foot 54 M? >H Yrs? %eadache ( Myositis* #ight Cer'ical ( 5H M? 38 Yrs? 1scess* 2e"t Cal" <7 F? 5H Yrs? %ypertension* Essential

(A-$

TABLE V: RESPONSE TO THERAPY Case Case +o? Diagnosis Castor Oil Com1ined E Pac&s Only (; E(; 0ood cell #( Poor cellent 0ood Poor

<3 F? 53 Yrs? Menopausal Syndrome ( <6 F? 38 Yrs? Cellulitis* 2e"t (illa <> F? 93 Yrs? Endometritis* Chronic* 2ow 9rFde <9 F? 5< Yrs? %emorrhoids ( <5 M? 65 Yrs? In"ected Puncture ,ound ( << F? 65 Yrs? Myositis* 2e"t TrapeDius ( 0roup <8 F? 56 Yrs? )ursitis* #ight Shoulder ( <4 M? <9 Yrs? Se1aceous Cyst* ( Draining <H M? 5> Yrs? %emorrhoids ( 87 F? 97 Yrs? Colitis* Chronic Mucus 83 M? 5 Yrs? Contaminated ( Puncure ,ound 86 M? <7 Yrs? 1scess* #ight Chest ,all 8> F? 63 Yrs? #ight O'arian Cyst ( 89 M? <9 Yrs? %ematoma* Su1ungual* ( Secondary to Fracture 85 F? <6 Yrs? Cer'ical Sprain* cute Trauma 8< F? 38 Yrs? Sprain o" 2e"t )iceps* ( #adial Insertion 88 F? 5< Yrs? Osteoarthritis* Cer'ical and #ight Deltoid rea

TABLE (E RESPONSE TO THERAPY

CF>=or O,7 PF1I> Co'?,-e CF CF>e EB* EB* Poor No D,F2-o>,> 1e77e-= 1e77e-= ;8 M3 4< Yr>3 He'orrAo,d> B ;< M3 62 Yr>3 He'orrAo,d> B 80 F3 4" Yr>3 PJe7o-e8Ar,=,>5 A1@=e . 8G F3 /4 Yr>3 Te-o>J-o4,=,>5 LeH= Foo=

Selected Cases

4=9S PG'49G! G< 4=( APP(!39I 9S A G'GUP o" narrati e s$mmaries o" a selected gro$p o" cases that are% in my opinion% o" the most interest to the reader. 4hese s$m0 maries are in addition to the cases that ha e already been cited. 4he emotions% responses &ithin the indi id$al to condi0 tions o$tside the body in relationship to other people and sel"6s e al$ation o" sel"% bring abo$t &ithin the body a dis0 t$rbance that o"ten sees certain areas a""ected according to the emotions6 e8periences. .$t the balance &ithin the body organs and body systems becomes dist$rbed% elimination is hindered% inta#e o" "ood is associated &ith t$rmoil% and the beginnings o" body sic#ness are seen thro$gh C$st the mechanisms &hich here ha e been only lightly to$ched $pon. 4he circ$latory system to ario$s parts o" the body% as it is related to the a$tonomic% is a site o" dist$rbance "re0 ?$ently mentioned 4hese relationships &ere not made clear 677

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in the st$dy reported on here nor &ere those &hich bring together the e""icacy o" the castor oil pac#s in pel ic diseases and the sacral parasympathetic s$pply to these organs. M$ch in the &ay o" psychologic "$nction% as seen by the Cayce readings% becomes more $nderstandable as serio$s st$dy is gi en portions o" the readings. 4he rationale o" cas0 tor oil pac# therapy begins to become apparent. <e&% i" any% contradictions sho& $p in the startling n$mber o" &ords &hich "lo&ed in s$ch a strange manner "rom these lips o" a dedicated man and the reaches o" an $nconscio$s mind. We begin to see that it is not so strange that a castor oil pac# can be applied to the abdomen and% in one person% a aginitis is cleared $pJ in a second case% a "ecal impaction ca$sing intestinal obstr$ction is relie edJ in a third% a threat0 ened abortion is rendered into a normal pregnancyJ in a "o$rth% a cholecystitis is c$redJ and in a "i"th% a"ter ten long months% the hair is made to s$ds and c$rl once more. Un0 less physiological "actors that &e do not &holly $nderstand &ere at &or#% these things co$ld not ha e occ$rred. Cayce% &hose &or# on these readings ceased in 19// C$st prior to his death% &o$ld $ndo$btedly agree that this last readings e8tract &o$ld spea# to these strange res$lts "rom a strange therapy5 <or% &hat is the so$rce o" all healing "or h$man illsH <rom &hence doth the body recei e li"e% light% or im0 mortalityH 4hat the body as an acti e "orce is the res$lt o" spirit and mind% these coordinating and cooperat0 ing% enables the entity to bring "orth in the e8perience that &hich may be $sed;or the $sing o" the abilities o" &hate er nat$re. (ach so$l has &ithin its po&er that to $se &hich may ma#e it at one &ith Creati e <orces or God. 4hese are the so$rces "rom &hich li"e% light% and the acti ity o" body% mind and so$l may mani"est in &hate er may be the acti e so$rce or principle in

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the mind o" the indi id$al entity... 4here are% then% as gi en those in"l$ences in the na0 t$re o" man that may s$pply that needed. <or% man in his nat$re;physical% mental and spirit$al;is a rep0 lica% is a part o" &hole $ni ersal reaction in materiality. =ence there are those elements &hich i" applied in a material &ay% i" there is the acti ity &ith same o" the spirit and mind% may bring into the e8perience o" each atom o" the body "orce or cell itsel" the a&areness o" the Creati e <orce or God. 9t may only rise as high as the ideal held by the body0mind. =ence there is the one &ay% the so$rce. <or in =im is all li"e% all health% all mind% all #no&ledge and immor0 tality to the so$l0mind itsel". @3/9)01A A PARTIAL LIST OF RESEARCH CASES Case No. %. A "orty0si80year0old ho$se&i"e &as seen &ith symptoms o" pel ic discharge% $rinary irritation% and lo& abdominal pain% &hich had persisted chronically "or a period o" at least three years. She &as constantly $nder m$ch strain as the res$lt o" marital tension. (8amination sho&ed tenderness o er the $ter$s and in the area o" the t$bes and o aries% and a hea y% yello&ish aginal discharge. She had been gi en a co$rse o" ten days6 treatment $sing speci"ic oral trichomonicidal tablets and aginal s$pposi0 tories &ith no ade?$ate clearing o" the condition. =er diagnosis &as trichomoniasis. She &as instr$cted to again $se the tablets% b$t no s$p0 positories. She &as started on castor oil pac#s placed on her lo&er abdomen "or a one0ho$r period three times a &ee#. She $sed the tablets "or ten days and the pac#s "or abo$t t&o &ee#s. =er symptoms disappeared. She did not ret$rn "or e8amination. (ight months later% the symptoms re0

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c$rred. She medicated hersel" and too# the pac#s once again. =er symptoms again s$bsided. 4he discharge did not rec$r. When she &as e8amined eight months a"ter that% the cer i8 &as clean% there &as no tenderness o" the $ter$s @&hich &as normal in siBeA% and no discharge &as "o$nd. She stated at that time that she had had occasional rec$r0 rence o" mild lo&er abdominal soreness% "or &hich she $sed the pac#s and relie ed the soreness. 4his case &as e al$ated as e8cellent response to com0 bined therapy. Case No. '. A "orty0"o$r0year0old mechanical engineer &as "irst seen &ith a t&o0&ee# history o" epigastric distress. =e had a "o$r0year history o" bleeding peptic $lcer% b$t the last episode &as treated &ith no bleeding being e8peri0 enced. =e had been medicating himsel" &ith an antacid. =is e8amination sho&ed a blood press$re o" 13*7:1 and tenderness o er the epigastric region and trans erse colon area. Gther "indings &ere normal. =is diagnosis &as rec$r0 rent ac$te peptic $lcer. =e &as started on speci"ic antispasmodic and antacid therapy conc$rrently &ith the $se o" castor oil pac#s% &hich &ere gi en daily "or one ho$r. Within t&enty0"o$r ho$rs a"0 ter being seen the "irst time and a"ter one application o" the pac#s% he started bleeding se erely "rom the $lcer and &as hospitaliBed. .leeding &as controlled in the hospital% diag0 nosis &as con"irmed by 80ray% and a"ter discharge he &as gi en a co$rse o" pac#s at home. 4hese prod$ced no appre0 ciable response obCecti ely or s$bCecti ely% so &ere discontin$ed. 'ating in this case &as poor &ith combined therapy. Case No. H. A thirteen0year0old schoolgirl had "allen and inC$red her le"t #nee the day be"ore being seen in o$r o""ice. 4he patella had been dislocated laterally% b$t had been re0 d$ced later. (8amination sho&ed m$ch tenderness and s$bpatellar s&elling. 4here &ere no "ract$res. 3iagnosis

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&as le"t s$bpatellar tra$matic b$rsitis. 4reatment consisted only o" castor oil pac#s% adminis0 tered "or a hal" ho$r "o$r times daily "or the ne8t "i e days. 4he cooperation &as e8cellent% the pain and s&elling s$b0 sided rapidly% amb$lation &as enco$raged "rom the beginning% and &hen the patient &as seen "i e days a"ter beginning o" therapy% the s&elling and tenderness &ere gone and the patient asymptomatic. 'esponse rated e8cellent% $sing pac#s only. Case No. E. A thirty0three0year0old male acco$ntant presented himsel" &ith the chie" complaint o" se ere con0 stipation "or one month associated &ith generaliBed abdominal distention. =e ga e a history o" ha ing had some degree o" chronic constipation &ith distention since child0 hood. 3$ring the month C$st past% he noted that la8ati es ca$sed cramping and ga e him no real relie". (8amination sho&ed all "indings to be &ithin normal limits e8cept "or abdominal tenderness% most mar#ed o er both lo&er ?$ad0 rants. 4here &as no tenderness noted o er the gall bladder area or the pancreas. =e had been treated in the past &ith contact e ac$ants% peristaltic stim$lants% and cholagog$e0 pancreatic enByme mi8t$re. 4he diagnosis $sed here is constipation. 4he history is s$spicio$s o" pancreatic or li er0gall bladder mal"$nction. A "$ll &or#0$p &ith 80ray and laboratory tests &as not per"ormed. 4reatment consisted only o" castor oil pac#s in associa0 tion &ith a lo&0"at diet. 4he patient cooperated &ell in applying the pac#s three days in a ro& each &ee# "or one ho$r each time "or a total o" se en &ee#s. 'es$lts &ere ery satis"actory. 4he bo&el mo ements became reg$lar% the cramps disappeared% and the abdominal pain ceased. (80 amination sno&ed a normal abdomen &ith no tenderness elicited. 'esponse rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. ='. 4his se enty0"i e0year0old &ido& &as a

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resident o" a rest home and &as seen beca$se o" a boil &hich had de eloped in the le"t a8illa. She complained o" m$ch pain associated &ith the "$r$ncle% &hich &as not draining. She had been hospitaliBed many times% once &ithin the year earlier "or s$rgical drainage o" a "$r$ncle in the right a8illa. General health &as poor and she had been an arthritic "or many years. (8amination o" the local area sho&ed m$ch in"lammation and s&elling in the tiss$es o" the boil and s$r0 ro$nding it. 4he patient complained o" the pain and &as $nable to mo e her arm &itho$t m$ch di""ic$lty. !o "l$c0 t$ation co$ld be "o$nd at that point. 3iagnosis &as "$r$ncle o" the le"t a8illa. !o treatment &as $sed e8cept the castor oil pac#s t&ice daily "or one0and0a0hal" ho$rs "or a period o" se enteen days. 4he tenderness and pain s$bsided &ithin the ne8t t&o to three days and the "$r$ncle grad$ally cleared $ntil it dis0 appeared completely. 4here &as no e idence o" "l$ct$ation ha ing occ$rred at any time% altho$gh the degree o" tiss$e in"lammation may ha e mas#ed some o" the signs &hich might other&ise ha e been obser ed. 4h$s there &as no e8ternal drainage o" material "rom this lesion at any time. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. =>. 4his &as an ele en0year0old boy &ho li#ed to play baseball. =e &as str$c# by a batted ball o er the right ma8illa @$pper Ca&boneA t&o &ee#s be"ore being seen in my o""ice. 4he l$mp &hich de eloped in that area persisted and &as grad$ally gro&ing larger. (8amination re ealed an eight mm. "ibro$s t$mor o" the s$bc$taneo$s tiss$e o erly0 ing the right ma8illary prominence% &hich &as tender to palpation. I0rays &ere negati e "or "ract$re. 3iagnosis &as "ibrohematoma o" the s$bc$taneo$s tiss$es. 4reatment s$ggested &as $se o" a castor oil pac# to that area "or "orty0"i e min$tes daily% to be $sed "or a period o" t&o &ee#s. 4he "amily cooperated ery &ell and reported that the tenderness s$bsided in the "irst "e& days. 4he siBe

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o" the nod$le grad$ally became smaller. When he &as e80 amined in t&o &ee#s% the t$mor &as di""ic$lt to "ind beca$se o" its siBe% &hich &as then perhaps t&o mm. in di0 ameter and its consistency &as so"ter. 4reatment &as stopped% and the nod$le disappeared o er a period o" time. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. =?. A thirty0se en0year0old male% married gro0 cer% de eloped a $rinary in"ection three days be"ore being seen in o$r o""ice on K$ly 1%19+*. Symptoms &ere lo& bac# pain and $rinary di""ic$lty. =is past history re ealed t&o episodes o" renal calc$l$s in 19*9 and 19+3 and occasional $pper respiratory in"ections. (8amination sho&ed tender0 ness o er both costo ertebral angles. Urinalysis sho&ed alb$men and the centri"$ged specimen to be loaded &ith &hite blood cells. 4he patient &as gi en a s$l"a0aBo dye medication and the in"ection cleared &ithin a &ee#% &hen the medication &as stopped. 9n"ection rec$rred t&o days later% b$t ten days6 treatment did not no& do the Cob% and the patient &as seen on K$ly 19%19+*% &ith original present0 ing symptoms. 3iagnosis &as cystitis and pyelonephritis. 4reatment &ith castor oil pac#s &as beg$n on K$ly 19% 19+*% &hile contin$ing the other therapy. 4he pac#s &ere $sed o er the renal areas o" the lo& bac# all night "or "i e nights. 4he aching s$bsided a"ter the "irst night% rec$rred brie"ly on the third day% and then disappeared again. (8ami0 nation on the "i"th day sho&ed absence o" tenderness o er the le"t costo ertebral angle and only minimal tenderness o er the right 4he medication &as c$t to hal" dosage and the pac#s &ere contin$ed to complete clearing o" signs% symptoms% and laboratory e idence o" in"ection. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to combined therapy. Case No. =@. A "i"ty0one0year0old ho$se&i"e &as in the midst o" marital di""ic$lties% &hich had progressed to di0 orce proceedings% &hen she &as seen in o$r o""ice &ith speci"ic complaints o" depression% ner o$sness% episodes o"

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n$mbness% anore8ia% na$sea% abdominal cramps% and dis0 tention associated &ith m$ch m$c$s in her stools that &ere loose in character. 4hese had e8isted o er a period o" abo$t t&o months% altho$gh she ga e the history o" ha ing had symptoms o" colitis o er the past "i e0year period. =er physical e8amination sho&ed a normal blood press$re o" 1117,1 and local "indings o" generaliBed abdominal tender0 ness% most mar#ed in the epigastri$m. 4here &as hyperperistalsis present. 3iagnosis "or this s$r ey p$rpose &as m$co$s colitis. 9t is e ident that there &as a great deal o" stress% tension% and depression present% b$t this &as not e al$ated as &as the colitis% so &as not $sed as a diagnosis. 4reatment &as already being $sed5 a colitis diet and t&o types o" tran?$iliBers pl$s an antispasmodic "or smooth m$scles. 4hese &ere contin$ed and castor oil pac#s &ere added to the regimen% $sed three times a &ee# "or one0and0 a0hal" ho$rs daily o er a period o" "o$r &ee#s. 3$ring this period o" time% the cramps s$bsided% m$c$s no longer ap0 peared in her stools% and the bo&el mo ements became more normal. Peristalsis decreased. 4he pac#s &ere discon0 tin$ed and sometime later most o" the symptoms rec$rred. 'esponse &as rated as good to combined therapy. Case No. =E. An ele en0year0old schoolboy e8perienced the onset o" abdominal pain &ith lo&0grade "e er and om0 iting &hile isiting relati es in Cali"ornia. 4he physician cons$lted stated that he had symptoms o" appendicitis% ga e him an inCection o" penicillin% and ad ised the parents to go home immediately to see# "$rther care. =e &as bro$ght to my o""ice the ne8t day &ith the history that he had contin$ed to ha e na$sea% anore8ia% and abdominal pain. =is temperat$re at that point &as 9:.+ degrees% and e8amination re ealed tenderness in the right lo&er ?$ad0 rant &ith positi e rebo$nd tenderness. 4here &as no rigidity% no masses palpable% and peristalsis &as present. 3iagnosis &as ac$te appendicitis.

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4he mother did not &ant s$rgery $nless necessary. Since a critical point re?$iring s$rgical inter ention had not ar0 ri ed% 9 elected to &atch and &ait% instit$ting the $se o" castor oil pac#s &itho$t the $se o" the heating pad. 4he pa0 tient &as p$t at bed rest% gi en only ice chips by mo$th% and% &ith the pac# on contin$o$sly% he remained com"ortable the remainder o" that day. =e spent a good night% "eeling m$ch better in the morning. At that point% his na$sea dis0 appeared. Gn e8amination% his tenderness &as only minimal and the rebo$nd phenomenon &as gone. =e &as gi en a "$ll li?$id diet% bed rest &as contin$ed% and the pac#s &ere #ept on contin$o$sly. Gn the second morning o" this therapy% the patient &as completely asymptomatic. 4he pac#s &ere $sed t&o to "o$r ho$rs that day and a light diet &as prescribed. Altho$gh there &ere no symptoms and the boy &as impatient to be completely acti e% he &as gi en the pac#s t&ice on the third day "or one ho$r each. At that point% his diet &as normal and he res$med "$ll acti ity &ith no "$rther therapy. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. %%. A yo$ng si8teen0year0old ho$se&i"e &as seen in the o""ice complaining o" a lo& bac# pain o" one &ee#6s d$ration. 4here &as no history o" inC$ry or in"ection any&here in the body. Urinalysis and blood co$nt &ere both normal. 4here &as a past history o" irreg$lar menses associated &ith mild obesity% b$t no serio$s illnesses. =er last menstr$al period had been t&o0and0a0hal" months prior to her isit. (8amination sho&ed no abnormal physi0 cal "indings. 4here &as no sign o" pregnancy or abnormality o" the $ter$s. 3iagnosis &as lo& bac# pain o" $ndetermined etiology. 4reatment &as simple castor oil pac#s applied o er the lo& bac# "rom the lo& sacral to the high l$mbar area "or one ho$r each day "or ten days. When the patient &as chec#ed% she had no "$rther symptoms.

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'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. '<. 4his &as a "orty0year0old married secretary &ho &as seen &ith common &arts on her right inde8 "inger &hich had been present "or se eral months. 4he largest &as eight mm. in diameter. 3iagnosis &as err$ca $lgaris% right inde8 "inger. 4hese &ere treated by applying a .and0AidO to the &arts on the "inger% the bandage portion being "irst soa#ed in cas0 tor oil. 4his &as &orn contin$o$sly% being changed once or t&ice a day "or a period o" t&o months. At the end o" that time% the &arts had completely disappeared. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. '=. 4his &as a nineteen0year0old mother o" t&o children% the yo$ngest o" &hom &as eighteen months old. She had been on a contracepti e medication since her last pregnancy. =er complaint &as pain and discom"ort in the lo&er abdomen "or t&o &ee#s% and "or the past t&enty0 "o$r ho$rs she had been e8periencing na$sea and diarrhea &ith increased abdominal discom"ort. She had started to menstr$ate three days prior to her isit. (8amination sho&ed a temperat$re ele ation to 99.+ degrees. 4here &as tenderness o er the pel ic area% partic$larly &ith associated generaliBed abdominal tenderness. 4here &ere no masses% no rebo$nd tenderness% and the peristalsis &as acti e. Pel0 ic e8am &as de"erred beca$se o" menses. 3iagnosis &as hemoperitone$m @blood in the peritone$mA% d$e either to hemorrhagic cyst o" the o ary &hich &as lea#ing or to re0 "l$8 o" menstr$al blood thro$gh one o" the t$bes. 4he patient &as placed on a li?$id diet and at bed rest. She &as instr$cted to apply castor oil pac#s to her lo&er abdomen "or one ho$r t&ice d$ring the remainder o" that day and three times the ne8t day. She &as seen t&o days a"ter her initial isit. All pain% discom"ort% na$sea% and diar0 rhea had stopped and patient "elt "ine. Gnly minimal tenderness remained s$prap$bically on e8amination. She

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did not ret$rn "or "$rther e8amination. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. '@. 4his patient &as a "orty0t&o0year0old ho$se&i"e and registered n$rse. 4his is perhaps the most $n$s$al case in the series% and 9 re"er to it "ondly as Dthe case o" the c$rly hair.D 4his ery interesting &oman pre0 sented hersel" &ith the re?$est that 9 chec# her blood press$re. She stated she had hypertension% and she belie ed it &as d$e to ta#ing a contracepti e medication "or a period o" time and to m$ch tension. =er blood press$re had been disco ered "irst to be ele ated less than si8 months be"ore her isit to o$r o""ice. =er chronological story began% ho&0 e er% some si8teen months be"ore this "irst isit At that point she started ta#ing contracepti e pills% &hich she contin$ed "or a total o" thirteen months. A"ter being on the medication t&o months% she became embroiled in a series o" tra$matic "amily e ents that in0 ol ed her da$ghter and her boy"riend. 4hese e ents c$lminated in their e""ect in K$ly o" the "ollo&ing year% some se en months later. Mean&hile% at "o$r months on the medication she de eloped noticeably increased ner o$s0 ness. At "i e months she e8perienced a t&enty0one0ho$r $terine hemorrhage that &as di""ic$lt to stop. At the si80 month period% she noted cramps in both legs. At the nine0month mar#% &hen personal tension &as at its height% she de eloped s&elling o" the le"t cal" and the cramps in her legs became at times e8cr$ciating. She also noted that &hen she &ashed her hair% "or the "irst time in her li"e she co$ld not ma#e her hair de elop a s$ds. She changed shampoos three times &ith no e""ect. 4he bea$ty parlor met &ith the same res$lts5 no s$dsing. At that point it &as noted that her blood press$re &as ele ated. =er legs contin$ed to se erely bother her and the eins in her legs &ere distended $ntil% a"ter thirteen months on the medication% she stopped it o" her o&n accord. =er

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gynecologist did not belie e that the medication &as ca$s0 ing her tro$ble% according to her acco$nt. When she stopped the medication% her eins became normal and the cramps in her legs stopped bothering her. =o&e er% her blood press$re remained ele ated% she remained tense% her hair retained the remar#able non0s$dsing ?$ality% the te80 t$re o" her hair &as poorer% and her hair &o$ld not c$rl as &ell as it did be"ore all this started. She then sa& an internist &ho e8amined her thoro$ghly and co$ld "ind nothing &rong e8cept the ele ated blood press$re% &hich he did not thin# &as ca$sed by tension or by the medication. 9t &as &ithin a "e& &ee#s a"ter this that she came to o$r o""ice. (8amination re ealed a blood pres0 s$re o" 1:17111 to 1+179: &ith no other abnormal "indings. She did not tell me abo$t the hair $ntil later% so there &ere no notations made abo$t this condition. She &as treated "or three months &ith con entional medication "or hyper0 tension% and the blood press$re remained constant% not responding. Abo$t si8 months a"ter she had stopped her medication% she complained o" palpitation and tenseness again% and 9 &as ready to begin $se o" the pac#s. =er diag0 nosis% recorded "or p$rposes o" this st$dy% &as hypertension and oral contracepti e reaction. 4herapy &as contin$ed &ith the hypertensi e medica0 tion. 4he only other therapy ad ised &as abdominal castor oil pac#s applied three consec$ti e nights each &ee# "or three &ee#s in a ro& &ith a one0ho$r d$ration "or each treatment. 4he third pac# each &ee# &as to be "ollo&ed by oral ingestion o" one o$nce o" oli e oil. 4he patient "ollo&ed the instr$ctions and reported% &hen she ret$rned in three &ee#s% that a"ter one &ee#6s treatment &ith the pac#s% her hair s$dsed li#e it hadn6t in nearly ten months and there &as a mar#ed impro ement in its te8t$re and in its c$rling ?$ali0 ties. 4he hair &as c$rly again. She noted no other change in symptoms.

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'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy "or the oral contracepti e reactionJ poor to combined therapy "or the hypertension. Case No. ',. A se enty0year0old ho$se&i"e had been bothered &ith diBBiness &hich apparently bro$ght on an attac# o" syncope @brie" loss o" conscio$snessA% the ca$se o" &hich had not been disco ered. Se eral &ee#s a"ter this% she de eloped abdominal tenderness and pain "or &hich she so$ght o$r help. =er physical "indings sho&ed blood pres0 s$re to be 1/17,1J there &as no "e er. 4here &as generaliBed% moderately se ere abdominal tenderness. Pel ic e8amina0 tion &as not per"ormed. .lood co$nt and $rinalysis &ere normal. 4hese "indings &ere made one &ee# a"ter onset o" the pain. 4he tentati e diagnosis &as abdominal tender0 ness% etiology $ndetermined @&hich is not a diagnosis% o" co$rse% b$t is descripti e o" her symptomatologyA. She &as placed on itamins% contin$ed on the diet she &as $sing% and she applied castor oil pac#s to her entire abdomen t&ice daily "or one ho$r each time "or a period o" t&el e days. She impro ed rapidly d$ring the "irst three days and e8amination a"ter t&el e days sho&ed all tenderness to be gone. 'esponse &as rated as e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. >=. A se enty0t&o0year0old married "emale% &ho &as an apartment o&ner% presented hersel" &ith symp0 toms o" ner o$s tension% associated &ith sic#ness in the "amily% and some s&elling o" the lo&er e8tremities and $p0 per abdominal pain% all o" &hich began se eral &ee#s prior to that time. She had a past history o" hypertension% b$t general good health. (8amination re ealed a blood press$re o" 1+1791% obesity% moderate edema o" both lo&er e8tremi0 ties% and tenderness o er the $pper abdomen across the area o" the trans erse colon. =er diagnoses &ere colitis o" the trans erse colon% tension syndrome% and hypertension. She &as started on therapy &ith a tran?$iliBer and a di0

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$retic0hypertensi e medication &hich she too# "aith"$lly. She &as also instr$cted to $se castor oil pac#s on her $pper abdomen one ho$r at a time% three times daily "or t&o &ee#s. She did not $se the pac#s "or the "irst t&o days be0 ca$se she didn6t thin# they &o$ld do anything and they too# too long to apply. 3$ring this time% she noted no bene"it "rom the other t&o medications. When 9 rein"orced the s$g0 gestion to $se the pac#s% she did "ollo& directions. She noted m$ch s$bCecti e impro ement "rom the ery "irst. She stated that she obtained so m$ch relie" "rom the "irst pac# that she slept three ho$rs &ith it in place. She &as able to ret$rn to &or# a"ter three days. 4he pain &as completely gone at the end o" the t&o0&ee# period% at &hich point all tenderness in the abdomen &as absent. =er tension eased as the other symptoms and the "indings impro ed. =er blood press$re% ho&e er% did not respond to therapy. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy "or the colitis% e8cellent to combined therapy "or the tension syn0 drome% and poor to combined therapy "or the hypertension. 9t sho$ld be noted here that the tran?$iliBer by itsel" "ailed to bring relie" "or the tension% &hich the pac#s accom0 plished &hen added to the established therapy. Case No. >H. A si8ty0"o$r0year0old male laborer pre0 sented himsel" "or treatment beca$se o" the progression o" symptoms o" pain in the abdomen% omiting% and general $pper abdominal irritation. =e had an e8ceptionally long history o" gastrointestinal complaints% $lcer as diagnosed by 80ray% and repeated $ns$ccess"$l attempts to control the symptoms and the illness &hich persisted in the stomach. (8amination sho&ed a normal blood press$re and no "e0 er% b$t tenderness o er the entire abdomen% most mar#ed o er the epigastric area. Peristalsis &as hyperacti e. =e had been treated &ith antibiotics% tran?$iliBers% and anti0secre0 tory0type medications. 3iagnosis $sed "or p$rposes o" this st$dy &ere those listed as postoperati e diagnoses5 poste0

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rior penetrating gastrod$odenal $lcer pl$s anterior d$ode0 nal $lcer pl$s pyloric stenosis pl$s chronic cholecystitis. 4reatment at this point &as aimed at contin$ing his prior medication and adding the castor oil pac#s. =e &as in0 str$cted to $se the pac#s t&ice daily "or one ho$r each time o er a t&o0&ee# period. 4he response &as not ade?$ate% and he &as re"erred to a s$rgeon &ho operated on him s$c0 cess"$lly some se enteen days a"ter the pac#s &ere beg$n. 'esponse &as rated poor to combined therapy "or all the conditions listed. @4his tends to D&eightD the statistics $n0 d$ly to&ard the negati e response. =o&e er% there are other cases &hich D&eightD things e?$ally in the other direction. 4his is not a highly important "actor in a st$dy &here statis0 tics are only relati ely important.A Case No. ?<. A si8ty0se en0year0old ho$se&i"e had been treated "or an $n#no&n n$mber o" years "or high blood press$re be"ore she presented hersel" "or e8amination and treatment at o$r o""ice. She had e8perienced an episode o" cystitis three months prior to that time% and a "ollo&0$p 9.pyelogram &as negati e "or any pathology. She ga e a his0 tory o" ha ing had chronic sin$sitis and had been allergic to many things thro$gho$t her li"etime. She did not e8peri0 ence any $nto&ard symptoms "rom her blood press$re% b$t &anted to see it lo&er. She had been $nder therapy &ith se eral types o" anti0 hypertensi e and di$retic medications $ntil three months prior% &hen she de eloped cystitis. 4hese medications &ere then stopped% and she had been gi en a mild tran?$iliBer &hich she &as $sing at bedtime. She too# no other medica0 tion. (8amination sho&ed general negati e "indings &ith the e8ception o" a blood press$re o" 1,1791. =er diagnosis &as essential hypertension. 4herapy &as contin$ed &ith the tran?$iliBer and she &as instr$cted to $se castor oil pac#s "or an ho$r each o" three consec$ti e nights e ery &ee# "or a period o" t&o months.

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When she &as e8amined at the end o" that period o" time% it &as disclosed that her $se o" the pac#s &as inconsistent. .lood press$re at that time &as still 1,1791. .lood press$re onemonthlater&as 1+17111J se en months a"ter that% 1/17 111J and si8 months "ollo&ing that% 1*:7::. 'esponse &as rated poor to combined therapy. Case No. ?>. A "i"ty0"o$r0year0old ho$se&i"e dropped an o$tdoor grill on her le"t "oot the day prior to her isit in o$r o""ice. G ernight% the initial pain gre& &orse and the "oot became discolored and s&ollen. 4he patient co$ld &al# only &ith di""ic$lty. !o "ract$res &ere present% b$t e8ami0 nation re ealed a t&o0pl$s edema% &ith tenderness and p$rp$ric discoloration and s&elling o er the dors$m o" the "oot. She had ta#en one "i"teen0min$te (psom salt bath treatment to the e8tremity. 4reatment consisted o" castor oil pac#s to the "oot t&ice daily "or one ho$r "or the ne8t "o$r days. She &as to $se an elastic bandage on the "oot d$ring this time. (8amination on the "o$rth day re ealed absence o" all tenderness% p$rp$ra nearly gone% and the s&elling mar#edly decreased. She had no more pain in the "oot and she co$ld &al# &ith0 o$t limp or di""ic$lty. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. @'. A "orty0one0year0old ho$se&i"e &as seen in o$r o""ice &ith a complaint o" hea iness in the pel is and a some&hat increased aginal discharge o" se eral &ee#s6 d$ration. She ga e the history o" s$rgery "or a teratoma at age t&enty and o" passing a renal calc$l$s three months prior to her present isit She stated that she "re?$ently had episodes o" aginal discharge% &hitish in nat$re and not se0 ere. (8amination sho&ed a normal blood press$re and temperat$re. Pel ic e8amination re ealed a yello&ish0 &hite aginal discharge to be presentJ the $ter$s &as enlarged and boggy and tender on palpation. 3iagnosis &as chronic lo&0grade endometritis.

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=ot sitB baths &ere s$ggested to be ta#en three rimes a &ee#% at bedtime% "or t&enty to thirty min$tes. Gn alternate nights% the patient &as instr$cted to apply castor oil pac#s to her lo&er abdomen "or a one0ho$r period be"ore retir0 ing. 4his &as to be contin$ed "or a "o$r0&ee# period. Cooperation by the patient &as e8cellent and the co$rse o" therapy &as "inished. She &as seen at the end o" the "o$r &ee#s and all the sensation o" hea iness and aching &ere gone. She no longer had the aginal discharge. (8amina0 tion con"irmed thisJ it also sho&ed the $ter$s to be still C$st slightly enlarged and slightly tender% b$t decreased in siBe and "irm to palpation. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to combined therapy. Case No. @?. A t&enty0"i e0year0old electrician pre0 sented himsel" &ith complaints o" pain in the right hand in the area o" a p$nct$re &o$nd. <i e days prior a sli er o" steel% lodged in the lateral aspect o" the palm o" the right hand% had been remo ed. Pain began abo$t three days a"ter that. (8amination o" the hand re ealed an in"ected p$nc0 t$re &o$nd &ith an area eight mm. in diameter o" s$rro$nding cell$litis. 3iagnosis &as in"ected p$nct$re &o$nd o" the right hand. A so"t "lannel cloth soa#ed in castor oil &as applied to the in"lamed area a"ter being "olded once or t&ice. 4hen a plas0 tic co ering &as placed o er this and then an elastic bandage &as $sed &ith light tension aro$nd the hand. 4he patient &as instr$cted to lea e it in place "or se enty0t&o ho$rs. When he &as e8amined% all pain had stopped and the in"lammation &as gone. 4he p$nct$re &o$nd had healed completely and the patient &as discharged. 4here &as no rec$rrence. !o other therapy &as $sed. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. @E. A si8ty0"o$r0year0old railroad &or#er de0 eloped a s&elling% associated &ith tenderness% behind his le"t ear &hich gre& grad$ally &orse $ntil% a"ter a &ee#% he

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came to o$r o""ice "or treatment. (8amination re ealed that a sebaceo$s cyst &hich had become in"lamed and in"ected had started to drain spontaneo$sly. 4he adCacent tiss$es had also become in"lamed. 4reatment &as a local castor oil pac# applied o er the in0 ol ed area behind the ear and instr$ctions &ere to lea e the pac# on all night long e ery night. =e &as seen t&o days later% and all tenderness and in"lammation &ere gone and no "$rther treatment &as needed. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. CaseNo. H=. A "i e0year0old boy% C$st abo$t ready to start #indergarten% &as playing bare"oot o$tside his home &hen he ran across an old plan# o" &ood and dro e a "o$r0inch0 long sli er thro$gh the sole o" his le"t "oot. 9t bro#e o"" and &as remo ed by his parents &ho bro$ght him into o$r o"0 "ice. =e &as $nable to p$t &eight on his "oot and complained o" pain. (8amination re ealed a thro$gh and thro$gh stab &o$nd on the plantar aspect o" the le"t "oot% &ith t&o p$nct$re &o$nds identi"ied. 4hey &ere bleeding only minimally. (8amination sho&ed no "oreign bodies re0 maining in the &o$nd. 3iagnosis &as thro$gh and thro$gh p$nct$re &o$nd o" le"t "oot. Aside "rom ro$tine tetan$s protection gi en to s$ch in0 C$ries% the only therapy $sed &as castor oil pac#s% &hich &ere applied o er the entire plantar aspect o" the le"t "oot and $sed contin$o$sly;&itho$t the heating pad most o" the time;"or "orty0eight ho$rs. All pain s$bsided rapidly% the patient became completely amb$latory and com0 plained o" no di""ic$lty o" any sort% and the &o$nds needed no "$rther care a"ter the t&o days o" treatment. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. H>. A si8ty0"o$r0year0old pool maintenance man dropped a si8ty0se en0po$nd dr$m on the toes o" his right "oot. I0ray sho&ed a "ract$re o" the t$"t o" the great toe and a "ract$re o" the distal phalan8 o" the second toe. 4here

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&as m$ch pain associated &ith the inC$ry and any motion or press$re to either toe &as pain"$l. (8amination sho&ed s&elling o" both toes &ith redness and a s$b$ng$al @$nder the nailA hematoma on the great toe. 4he nail &as not remo ed beca$se o" the tra$ma and "ract$re already present 4he tiss$es o" the great toe &ere mar#edly inC$red &ith m$ch s&elling. 3iagnosis &as s$b$ng$al hematoma secondary to "ract$re o" t$"t o" great toe. 4reatment consisted o" castor oil pac# to the great toe and to the second toe t&ice daily "or an ho$r and a hal" to be contin$ed "or t&o &ee#s. =e &as gi en a so"t slipper to &ear on the a""ected "oot and told not to bear &eight on it 4he tenderness s$bsided rapidlyJ the hematoma &as gone in se en daysJ the patient &as &earing his o&n shoes in ten days% at &hich time all tenderness &as goneJ and he &as discharged in "o$rteen days% asymptomatic and &ith all s&elling and tenderness gone. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. Case No. H@. A se enteen0year0old "emale high school senior &as seen in the o""ice complaining o" pain in her le"t arm as a res$lt o" inC$ring it d$ring physical ed$cation class earlier that day. She e8plained that she &as doing p$ll0$ps &hen she s$ddenly e8perienced a sharp pain &ith rapid appearance o" s&elling in the le"t "orearm. (8amination re ealed s&elling and mar#ed tenderness in the le"t "orearm C$st distal to the antec$bital space;the area o" the insertion o" the biceps m$scle at the t$bercle o" the radi$s and the deep "ascia o" the "orearm. 3iagnosis &as made o" sprain o" the le"t biceps m$scle at its radial insertion. 4he only treatment s$ggested &as daily application o" a castor oil pac# o er the entire pro8imal hal" o" the le"t "orearm and the elbo& to be le"t on all night long and &orn as m$ch d$ring the day as possible. She &as seen in three days and she stated that there had been a grad$al disappearance o" the s&elling and pain. (8amination sho&ed all tender0

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ness to be gone and all s&elling s$bsided. She &as dis0 charged "rom care. 'esponse &as rated e8cellent to single therapy. CASTOR OIL PAC INSTRUCTION SHEET Instructions for use9 Prepare a "lannel cloth &hich is t&o or three thic#nesses &hen "olded and &hich meas$res abo$t eight inches in &idth and ten to t&el e inches in length a"ter it is "olded. 4his is the siBe needed "or abdominal application;other areas may need a di""erent siBe pac#% as seems applicable. Po$r castor oil into a pan and soa# the cloth in the oil. Wring o$t the cloth so that it is &et b$t not drippy &ith the castor oil @or simply po$r castor oil onto the pac# so it is soa#edA. Apply the cloth to the area &hich needs treatment. Most o"ten% the pac# sho$ld be placed so it co ers the area o" the li er. Protection against soiling bed clothing can be made by p$tting a plastic sheet $nderneath the body. 4hen a plastic co ering sho$ld be applied o er the soa#ed "lannel cloth. Gn top o" the plastic place a heating pad and t$rn it $p to Dmedi$mD to begin% then to DhighD i" the body tolerates it. 9t helps to &rap a large to&el aro$nd the body to hold the pac# sn$gly in place% $sing large sa"ety pins on the to&el. 4he pac# sho$ld remain in place bet&een an ho$r to an ho$r and a hal". 4he s#in can be cleansed a"ter&ards% i" desired% by $sing &ater &hich is prepared as "ollo&s5 to a ?$art o" &ater% add t&o teaspoons ba#ing soda. Use this to cleanse the abdo0 men. >eep the "lannel pac# &rapped in plastic "or "$t$re $se. 9t need not be discarded a"ter one application% b$t can $s$ally be $sed many times.

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Abdomen% 1,*%1:9 cancer in% :10:1 castor oil pac#s o er% )+%/+0/,% /9%+/% ,)0,3%,,% ,90:1 distention o"% 1*9%1,)0 1,3%1:1% )1/ pain in% 1,,%1,:%)1,%)13 tenderness in% )1) Abrasions% 3:0 39 Acetylcholine% 1/1 Acidity% ,90:1 Acne% /) Actinic #eratosis% /1 Adhesions% *,%,3% 111 Adrenal gland% */%13,% 139%1)1, 1+: Adrenaline% 13, Adrenergic s$pply% 139 A""erent imp$lses% 1):%131013)% 1// Aggregated lymphatic nod$les% :: Alcohol% castor oil incorporated &ith% +)

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=$mor% sense o"% 1:10 1:) =ydro8yl gro$ps% +)0+3 =yperacti ity% /*0 /,%+* =ypertension% )110 )1*. (ee also .lood press$re =ysterectomy% )30 )/%1*9 I 9le$m% :,0 :: 9llness% *+ $nderstanding sel" and% )1 9magination% )9%1): 9mm$ne system7imm$nity% +/ Cayce on% ,/0,* enhancement o"% ), incoordination and% 11: nat$ral% 1,: Peyer6s patches and% ::%1+* 9mm$niBations% :1 9ncarnation% mo ing thro$gh% 1, 9ncoordination% 11*01)1 9ndi id$al case% care"$l attention to% 190)1 9n"ection% a"ter inC$ry% /30/* 9n"lammation% *, appendi8% 1,: boil% )1* dorsal area and% 1), "inger% +:%1,30 1,/%1:+01:, egetati e ner e s$pply and% 1)+ 9nhalations% :3 9nC$ries at birth% 39 in"ections a"ter% /30/* 9n?$isiti e spirit% ) 9ntestines% *,%:*%1:9 obstr$ction o"% ):%)90 31%*:% 1,)%1:101:1 (ee also ColonJ Small intestine 9ron% ,1 9rradiation% +1%13, 9tching% +10+) F Kar is% 3. C% +: KeC$n$m% :, Kes$s% /%*/%**%11)%1,1 664

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!er o$s tension% )1) !e$ritis% *:%1)* !e$rological imbalances% ,*0,+ !orepinephrine% 13, !o a#% A. '% +3 o Gbesity% 1,*%)1:%)1) Gbser ations% al$e in single% 190)1 Gintments% +30+/ Gleic acid% +)%+3 Gli e oil% 1/%/:% ,3% ,+% ,:%:30:/% 1,3%)11 Grgans% coordination bet&een% :/0 :* Grmsby% G. S.% +) Gsteopathy% ,+%119 G arian cyst% 1,*%)19 G aries% 1:/% )1) Pain% *, Palma Christi% See Castor oil7plant Palmitic acid% +) Pancreas% #idneys and% 11+011, Papillomas% +9 Paralysis% 1)1% 1), Parasympathetic system acti ities o"% 13:0139 blood s$pply and% 111 elimination and% 1:1 emotions and% 1+: ganglia and% 133 healing and% 1,9 impro ed "$nction o"% 1:) sympathetic ner o$s system and% ,*% 1),%13, See also A$tonomic ner o$s system Par#inson6s disease% *: Past0li"e e8periences% 990 111%11)% 1+/ Peace% */%1+: Pel ic ca ity% 1:9 Pel ic cell$litis% ,9 Pel ic disease% )11 Pel ic in"lammation% )1*0 )1+ Penicillin% 1, Peripheral ner o$s system% 13)

Peristalsis% *9% ,/%13:%1,)%1:1% )1,%) 13 Pets% 1++ Peyer% Kohann Conrad% ::%91 Peyer6s patches% +/%:,%::091%1+* p= le els% ,90:1%113 Physicians listening s#ills% * $se o" castor oil pac#s by% ),0): Physiology castor oil &or#ing on% ,109+ Cayce on% :30:/ emotions and% 99 mal"$nctioning% *+ See also .ody Plastic sheet% o er castor oil 23c?, )+%)19 Post0ganglionlc "ibers% 1/1 Pre0ganglionic "ibers% 13901/1 Pregnancy% ,30,/%1:/0 1:* bleeding d$ring% 1,10 1,) incoordination and% 119 intestinal obstr$ction and% ): pain d$ring% 1,1%1,* stretch mar#s in% 33%/)0/3 Pr$ritis% +10 +) Psychone$roimm$nology % 11/ P$nct$re &o$nds% 3:%1,301,/%)1+ Pyelonephritis% )1+ ! 'adiations% 111011) 'ami comm$nicantes% 1)+ 'eading ability% /* 'eede% (. =.% 13+ 'egeneration% )1 'eincarnation% )03 'ela8ation% /+% *,%1+*%1-) 'ibo"la in% 91 'icinoleic acid% +1%+)%+3 &icinus communis! (ee Castor :i'# plant 'ing&orm% *: 'ogers% .ill% 11 SchiBophrenia% 144< 14),14% Sch&artB% 2% +30+/ Sciatic pain% )*%1)2 6>7

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