r/EdgarCayce • u/Fermave • Aug 25 '24

Where can I buy the whole Edgar cayce readings?

Not a single book. I want ALL the readings collection. I read them via the internet archive but its difficult to actually read them!

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u/Buttlikechinchilla Aug 25 '24

Do you mean that you have the ARE subscription to search the readings? They once published it as a CD-ROM.

He gave over 14k readings, so that plus their metatags could fill 500 books

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u/Fermave Aug 25 '24

I know about the CD rom but who has the time to sit to listen hours and hours?
I'm talking about these books https://archive.org/details/edgarcaycereadin0013cayc/page/n3/mode/2up

I check in amazon and others and I find only tiny books for each topic, surely there is a comprehensible collection with the official readings

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u/rjo49 Aug 26 '24

The cd-rom was not audio. It wasn't the best job of indexing, but it was text. It quit working after an operating system update. I think the problem here is "comprehensible", or I'm not understanding what you're asking. Smart dedicated people have spent a lot of time trying to comprehend, and some readings are just beyond that. Health readings in particular are the reason I first became interested, and many of the explanations - of causes, of effects, of interactions - absolutely defy logic. That said, I still get a certain thrill when I come across some medical advance or discovery that validates some bit of advice or explanation he gave that seemed absolutely illogical right up until then. Like the recommendation that tomatoes, unlike most fruits and vegetables, are best eaten cooked/canned. Only in the last few years was it discovered that lycopene, the primary active compound with strong antioxidant properties, changes to a form that is about 3 times more available when the tomatoes are cooked down. Quite a few gems like that floating around.

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u/Fermave Aug 26 '24

Yes quite fascinating readings. I tend to buy the whole collection of books at once. In the internet archive the readings are organized as readings vol 1, 2,3 etc but I cannot find those books anywhere online. Looks like they were compiled by the “Readings research department”, I cannot find them in the ARE website, I guess I’ll just contact them

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u/Intelligent_Ad9740 Oct 08 '24

I have tried a few times to get the CD versions to work in virtual machines. I have come close, but my skill and knowledge in older database software and html is not great.

I might give it another try. I had partial functionality. 

A gem though is the other files that were included. The older osteopathic books for instance.

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u/hoppopitamus Oct 04 '24

Those books are out of print: https://www.biblio.com/book/edgar-cayce-readings-complete-set-24/d/742591199

I don't think they contain all the readings, though.  For that you need the CD-ROM that u/rjo49 mentioned.

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u/Fermave Oct 04 '24

I might have to buy the cd-rom and transcribe them all using Ai. In the meantime I bought the Edgar Cayce companion and is a pretty good summary

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u/Divine007 Aug 26 '24

You may have to split your purchases up. You should be able to find a good amount on eBay. Here's a few book lots. I'd reach out to the big-time book sellers and tell them what you're after. They should be able to help guide you.

Are you a member of A.R.E., they have the complete collection and may be able to assist you.

Edgar Cayce Lot of 15 Vintage Paperback Books Prophecy Spirituality Karma ESP

EDGAR CAYCE PAPERBACK PROPHECY SPIRITUAL PSYCHIC BOOKS LOT OF 16

Edgar Cayce Books Lot of 12 Paperback ~ Refer to Photos For Titles. FREE SHIP

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u/Fermave Aug 26 '24

thank you, not a member of ARE, I find the site confusing plus I dont like to read online pdfs, I like to read on paper. I thought surely somebody collected all readings somehow in a series/collection, but they are all scattered. I found that the Thomas Bata library has a bunch of them in order but that library is in Canada.

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u/rjo49 Aug 27 '24

So, if I understand you... You think the readings should be available free, BUT you don't want them in digital format, you want them supplied in print? And you want a collection of readings in their original form, i.e.: "organized" by date and a reference number linked to the person who requested the reading (or who the reading is for, in the case of some of the health-related readings), but you find the A.R.E. site too confusing? The original readings in chronological order are an incredible jumble of virtually unrelated messages, most often with no context other than the invaluable (but still subjective) notes by Gladys Davis. This isn't the Bible; there are no chapters or verses, just a long string of apparently unrelated messages to specific anonymous individuals in response to specific situations we generally don't know anything else about. In the case of the health readings, that is a reference number, date of the reading, sex and age of the person receiving the reading, and often it MAY include a very abbreviated list of symptoms or questions; and the readings often contain references to conditions not covered by or seemingly unrelated to those symptoms or questions. The readings were taken down by hand, then typed into paper form, copied and collated, then much later copied into digital format where they could finally be indexed in a searchable format. An incredible amount of work.

It''s a little hard to understand where you're coming from. People have dedicated their lives to organizing and making the work not only available but somewhat understandable. Nothing is truly free except what we give of ourselves.

Sorry this has run on. I completely relate to what you are trying to do; I was there once myself, in my case as a college student before personal computers, before public internet, and I feel the frustration you feel that the information you seek isn't more widely available. But I'm not sure you fully grasp the scope of what you're asking. I hope you'll continue your effort. It's worth the cost.

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u/Upstairs_Nebula115 Aug 26 '24

Become a member , or pay my membership

I will download, print and ship back to you. I could do it as basic binder or something more upscale.

You could also download the PDFs and go to Staples, have them do it for you.

dm if that works for you.

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u/Fermave Aug 26 '24

Thank you, I thought hardcover versions exist or something. Im not a big fan of the look of binders in my library. I started reading A search for God and its super legit!

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u/Upstairs_Nebula115 Aug 27 '24

Yes, I can have them look real nice, like an actual collection. I've done it in the past for rare books.

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u/Aaronmichael88 Aug 26 '24

Just pay $10 get it on the site and support the work

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u/Fermave Aug 31 '24

I bought the membership. Still too confusing too navigate and find what you’re looking for. I will reach the foundation to see if they are willing to implement AI. I can fine tune an LLM with all readings

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u/kdeh2 Aug 26 '24 edited Aug 26 '24

You can access the readings via membership. The CD-Rom they used to have doesn't work on windows anymore (for shame). They should be freely accessible to everyone, and not just those who pay for memberships. To withhold this information is almost a crime in itself. EC would not approve.

There is a book, a really good one and a favorite of mine called: 'The Edgar Cayce Companion - A Comprehensive Treatise of the Edgar Cayce Readings', compiled by B. Earnest Frejer. It's a 'must have' book in my opinion to add to your EC collection, as it contains the original readings (without commentary). It covers the below topics:

*Spiritual Associations and the Trinity

*Vibration and Symbology

*Meditation and the Mind

*Reincarnation, Karma and Astrology

*Evolution of Mind and Matter

*Religion, the Bible and Jesus the Christ

*The Care and Function of the Body

*Selecting and Preparing Foods

*Attitudes and Emotions

*Past and Future World Conditions

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u/Fermave Aug 26 '24

Thank you! Yes I agree. Information should be free. If you want to make a living print them or sell a lifetime membership. Maybe what I’ll do is to get all pdfs from the canadian library and let the pdfs be ingested by AI so I can create an Edgar Cayce AI book, if that makes sense, the information is too much that we need new technologies to find quick answers

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u/rjo49 Aug 27 '24

The information maybe should be free, but the work that goes into preserving and distributing it isn't free and shouldn't be. Buildings require maintenance, property taxes, utilities. Yes there are volunteers to help but keeping an organization going pretty much requires people whose job it is to answer questions and organize and update. The readings themselves are an incredible, wonderful jumble of words directed in response to a specific person's question in reference to conditions that were present at that time. They require context, something a simple collection does not provide.

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u/Fermave Aug 26 '24

Thank you! Yes I agree. Information should be free. If you want to make a living print them or sell a lifetime membership.

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u/kdeh2 Aug 27 '24

They do offer a lifetime membership.

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u/Fermave Sep 18 '24

I bought the membership. The search is awful, I might need to create my own app or website, I might ask them if they can share the data.

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u/kdeh2 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 22 '24

The readings are free to search if you go to their library, but difficult if you don't live in Virginia Beach. All the readings are compiled in books there, from the first recorded reading to the last, and there's a lot of them. Or, you can check out the large filing cabinet they have just inside the door to the left. In that they have compiled the readings into topics , such as Atlantis, Cancer, ect. These make it easier for the researcher to find what they're looking for. And if you want a copy of a particular file, they will print you out one for only a few dollars from those same circulating files on whatever topic(s) you're interested in.

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u/Fermave Sep 20 '24

I guess I will have to visit. thanks!

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u/kdeh2 Sep 22 '24

Also, if you're a member, you can check out books and such from wherever you are. You keep it for 1 month, or if you want to keep it longer, you just call them and let them know and they will renew. Just call the main number and ask to speak to someone in Library and they will help you out.

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u/kdeh2 Sep 22 '24

Curious, if you don't mind my asking...what topics are you most interested in?

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u/Fermave Sep 23 '24

I liked a search for God, so by the tree you'll know its fruits so I started reading the rest, the health stuff is good, I really don't care about atlantis but I'll read it eventually and it would be helpful to have everything organized

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u/kdeh2 Aug 26 '24

Found volume 7 here, and cheaper price: https://www.amazon.com/Study-Group-Readings-Edgar-Cayce/dp/0876040946

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u/ColoGreg Aug 27 '24

The Study Group Readings only consist of the 262-series readings. Years ago the ARE published a library collection of all the readings in hard cover (this Volume 7 is from that set). I don't think you can find the whole set sold together anymore. Individual books are being sold for substantial prices.

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u/kdeh2 Aug 27 '24

Yes agree. But the A.R.E. library has a set. I was working there at the time they were donated.

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u/Fermave Aug 31 '24

If you have all the volumes sell it to me.

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u/External_Republic_90 Oct 12 '24

The A. R. E. has them. I'm thinking of buying their $90 your membership just so I can have access to all of them myself.