Why is Edgar Cayce’s Association Located in Virginia Beach?
In one of Shakespeares most famous plays, Denmarks prince muses on the paranormal.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your
philosophy, Hamlet tells his friend after encountering his murdered fathers ghost.
Four hundred years later, there are still those who passionately adhere to this
notion. In Virginia, they can find evidence for their beliefs at two institutions
the headquarters of Edgar Cayces Association for Research and Enlightenment in
Virginia Beach and the Division of Personality Studies on the grounds of the
University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The former houses more than 14,000 readings given by Cayce, a seer, mystic or
Psychic (depending on the term you prefer), on subjects ranging from holistic
health to reincarnation and the existence of the mythical submerged city of
Atlantis. It is only one of 25 Edgar Cayce Centers throughout the globe and is
visited annually by thousands of his followers, as well as the curious.
Cayce settled on Virginia Beach as a result of his readings or visions, which were
always given while he was in a trance. At the height of his popularity in 1925, he
and his followers wanted to establish an institution that would survive him.
Possible locations included Chicago, Ill. and Dayton, Ohio. In “There Is a River” by
Thomas Sugrue, originally published in 1943, the author explains that Cayces
readings vetoed the other two sites. Instead, they directed him to Virginia Beach
because the readings indicated it was better for his health and astrology readings abilities to
live near large bodies of water. Also, it was better that relationship readings readings be
carried on over and near water and that individuals travel over water to receive
them.
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