Has Edgar Cayce made any gross errors in prophecy?

[Paradox74]

Does anyone out there know of any astronomical (as in obvious) errors in Edgar Cayce's psychic predictions and/or prophecy?

Also, I've heard about Cayce's prediction that in the 1960s, China would be a Christain nation. I was just wondering if this prediction was actually made by Cayce himself.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

I don't know about predictions, but in his "health" readings, he has read and given prescriptions for various maladies when the subject had already died.

That's a pretty gross error.

 

[aggle-rithm]

Does anyone out there know of any astronomical (as in obvious) errors in Edgar Cayce's psychic predictions and/or prophecy?

Also, I've heard about Cayce's prediction that in the 1960s, China would be a Christain nation. I was just wondering if this prediction was actually made by Cayce himself.

Thanks in advance.

He did diagnose illnesses and predict recovery in at least one person who was already dead when he did the reading. As described in "Flim-Flam".

 

[Minarvia]

Didn't he also predict that Atlantis would rise again in 1966 or 1969 and of course it never happened. I'm pretty sure he said that but I'll have to check.

 

[Trent Wray]

Didn't he also predict that Atlantis would rise again in 1966 or 1969 and of course it never happened. I'm pretty sure he said that but I'll have to check.

I may not have grown up in a religious household, but my dad had Z. Stitchen and E. Cayce books galore

IIRC, he predicted that Atlantis would rise off the coast of the Caribbean in 68 or 69, and in 68 the Bimini Road was "discovered".

It's interesting he gave a reading and diagnoses on a dead person. I worked with an AWFUL physician, who one time went into a room to assess one of her patients who had passed away about 30 minutes prior (unbeknownst to her) and she came out of the patient's room asking why the patient was unresponsive after she assessed them. We had to tell her the patient was dead LOL

 

[Akhenaten]

A newt?

I got better.

 

[Marduk]

IIRC, he predicted that Atlantis would rise off the coast of the Caribbean in 68 or 69, and in 68 the Bimini Road was "discovered".

the Bimini road is not Atlantis, so he deffo got that wrong

 

[Rodney]

It's interesting he gave a reading and diagnoses on a dead person. I worked with an AWFUL physician, who one time went into a room to assess one of her patients who had passed away about 30 minutes prior (unbeknownst to her) and she came out of the patient's room asking why the patient was unresponsive after she assessed them. We had to tell her the patient was dead LOL

I would say that's a little more serious than any error Cayce made. By the way, Cayce's two sons wrote a book about their father's errors, which seems a bit odd, if he was a fraud. The book is titled The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power.

 

[paximperium]

By the way, Cayce's two sons wrote a book about their father's errors, which seems a bit odd, if he was a fraud. The book is titled The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power.

Hey that's same logic that DOC loves to quote concerning Geisler retarded argument as to the veracity of Jesus. To paraphrase "All the stories about Jebus is real because some of the authors said some embarrassing details about Jebus."

I prefer to keep things simple. Its possible Cayce wasn't a fraud but a dangerous nutjob instead.

 

[Rodney]

Its possible Cayce wasn't a fraud but a dangerous nutjob instead.

Evidence?

 

[fromdownunder]

Does anybody even know what Edgar Cayce supposedly predicted? IIRC, there is some doubt over many of his non Medical predictions, and despite the huge numbers of books (also IIRC during the same era when Von Daniken and Berlitz became flavours of the month), attributed to Cayce, there is a question mark over whether he even wrote them.

Norm

 

[RoboTimbo]

I would say that's a little more serious than any error Cayce made. By the way, Cayce's two sons wrote a book about their father's errors, which seems a bit odd, if he was a fraud. The book is titled The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power.

Reason #1

The New Testament Writers Included Embarrassing Details About Themselves.

I knew it sounded suspiciously like DOGic.

 

[fuelair]

Has Edgar Cayce made any gross errors in prophecy?

Not in quite a while. He's dead. you know!

Of course, he certainly did when he was alive.



(It would have been much better to ask: Did Edgar Cayce make any gross errors in prophecy? The answer is still yes, but the question is clearer. asking 'Has he?' kind of implies current aliveness. Of which he hath not.

 

[ExMinister]

When considering Cayce's errors in prophecy, most people think of his earth changes prophecies. Here is a sampling of Cayce's predictions on earth changes, generally predicted to occur prior to 1998.

In 1934 Cayce said: "The earth will be broken up in many places. The early portion ('58 to '59) will see a change in the physical aspect of the west coast of America. There will be open waters to appear in the northern portions of Greenland. There will be new lands seen off the Caribbean Sea and dry land will appear...South America shall be shaken from the uppermost portion to the end..."

"Many portions of the east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions of the west coast, as well as the central portion of the United States. In the next few years lands will appear in the Atlantic as well as the Pacific. And what is the coast line now of many a land will be the bed of an ocean...

"Portions of the now east coast of New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear. This will be another generation, though, here..."

"Los Angeles, San Francisco - most all of these will be among those that will be destroyed before New York even.."

"Poseidia will be among the first portions of Atlantis to rise again. Expect it in '68 and '69. Not so far away!"

(Taken from Edgar Cayce's Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man by Lytle Robinson)

I don't recall that quote about China but if I have access to the readings on CD-Rom over the weekend I'll look for it (if someone else hasn't already clarified it).

Another error, though not a prediction, from Wiki:

One of Cayce's most controversial statements[citation needed] regards the actual age of the Great Pyramid in Egypt. In one of his readings: (Q) What was the date of the actual beginning and ending of the construction of the Great Pyramid? (A) Was one hundred years in construction. Begun and completed in the period of Araaraart's time, with Atlanteans Hermes and Ra. (Q) What was the date B.C. of that period? (A) 10,490 to 10,390 before the Prince (Jesus) entered into Egypt.

In 1984, the Cayce foundation supported an effort to carbon date the pyramids of Giza. The average radiocarbon dates were 374 years earlier than expected by the Egyptologists, but nowhere near the 10,500 years B.C. claimed by Cayce.[27] The carbon dates of the Great Pyramid ranged from about 3800–2850 B.C.—about 7,000 years later than Cayce's claim

 

[Paradox74]

Has Edgar Cayce made any gross errors in prophecy?

Not in quite a while. He's dead. you know!

Of course, he certainly did when he was alive.



(It would have been much better to ask: Did Edgar Cayce make any gross errors in prophecy? The answer is still yes, but the question is clearer. asking 'Has he?' kind of implies current aliveness. Of which he hath not.

My Bad.

 

[Questioninggeller]

IIRC, he predicted that Atlantis would rise off the coast of the Caribbean in 68 or 69, and in 68 the Bimini Road was "discovered".

A quick glance over at google books:

In Edgar Cayce: the sleeping prophet by Jess Stearn (1967) on page 43, Stearn quotes Cayce on this:

The temple [on Atlantis] will rise again; also there will be the opening of the temple of records in Egypt, and those records that were put in the heart of the Atlantean land may also be found there. The records are one.

The quote also appears in Edgar Cayce on Atlantis‎ by Edgar Cayce (1968) and Cayce's journal, A.R.E. journal, Volumes 3-4‎ (Association for Research and Enlightenment, 1968) on page 16.

Needless to say, Cayce was wrong about many things in those two sentences.

Also searching those books does not show Cayce mentioned Bimini (nor is there proof Bimini Road was part of Atlantis or related to a temple).

 

[Trent Wray]

the Bimini road is not Atlantis, so he deffo got that wrong

He got several things wrong

If I remember, though, didn't he supposedly work off donations only and he never asked for payment or money? Is that "fact" or a myth?

I think he was one who actually believed what he was doing was real. Some of his stuff was vague, but some of it was much more specific --- albeit some of the specifics could not be proven either, so some were a "safe bet" if you will ...

 

[Marduk]

He got several things wrong

If I remember, though, didn't he supposedly work off donations only and he never asked for payment or money? Is that "fact" or a myth?

It was a legal loophole that he happily exploited after he was criminally convicted for practicing medicine without a license. So he started an organisation called the A.R.E. and then only gave medical readings to members. The members had to pay to join and then the A.R.E. paid Cayce donations.
this way he managed to continue operating as a doctor without breaking the law.

The A.R.E. are still full of it, its them who are currently trying to prove that the Bimini road is not a natural feature in order to add validity to his Atlantis claim. Notably they aren't doing much to promote the 10,000 bce construction of the pyramids claim

can you see why theyd only really be interested in promoting the claims that make a lot of money ?

 

[Cainkane1]

He said it would happen on or near Bermuda Island.

 

[Rodney]

It was a legal loophole that he happily exploited after he was criminally convicted for practicing medicine without a license. So he started an organisation called the A.R.E. and then only gave medical readings to members. The members had to pay to join and then the A.R.E. paid Cayce donations.
this way he managed to continue operating as a doctor without breaking the law.

No, the A.R.E. began in 1931, and Cayce was not convicted of practicing medicine without a license until 1935.(That came about when a doctor filed a complaint with the Detroit police because he did not think Cayce's diagnosis of a case was accurate.) Cayce generally worked with a doctor, and so there was usually no issue of practicing medicine without a license. And, as far as I know, you did not have to join the A.R.E to obtain a reading.