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Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet | 
 enlarge | Author: Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 47763
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1573228966
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9781573228961
ASIN: 1573228966
Publication Date: November 1, 2001
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Edgar Cayce was one of the most humble and influential people of his day, a man whose outstanding psychic abilities appeared to heal hundreds of patients. The F.B.I. and even master magician Henry Houdini couldn't debunk or explain Cayce's amazing gifts. Biographer Sidney D. Kirkpatrick has no interest in probing the question of whether Cayce had legitimate psychic powers. Rather he presents an evenhanded story about the life of this American prophet, using a myriad of sources, including transcripts of his trances as well as Cayce's personal letters and papers. (Kirkpatrick is the only author to be granted unrestricted access.) What makes this biography especially fresh and lasting is Kirkpatrick's excellent storytelling skills, evidenced in his opening pages when he describes Cayce entering his characteristic trance to diagnose a seemingly dying infant in the other room. Although Cayce prescribed a seemingly lethal dose of the homeopathic belladonna (deadly nightshade), the baby survived and was healed. Whether telling of these miraculous moments or the horrifying harassment in Cayce's life, Kirkpatrick always stays grounded in documented facts and clear information. Cayce aficionados will enjoy especially the accounts of encounters with George Gershwin, Marilyn Monroe, and even the likelihood that he met with President Woodrow Wilson. --Tara West
Book Description
With unprecedented access to Edgar Cayce's private letters and trance readings, Sidney Kirkpatrick delivers the definitive biography of the renowned psychic, religious seeker, and father of alternative medicine. Born in rural Kentucky in 1877, Edgar Cayce became known as "the sleeping prophet," and went on to lead an extraordinary life, helping and healing thousands. This is Cayce's fascinating story as it's never been told before.
"Irresistible...a chronicle of Cayce's waking life that is far richer than anything previously available." (Newsday)
"Kirkpatrick holds us spellbound with an engrossing narrative of this remarkable man."(Sylvia Browne,)
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Side and Back
"What every Cayce fan hungers for: a detailed and complete biography that reveals family secrets that were deemed too sensitive to include in earlier works, as well as the long-suppressed identities of the many famous people...who benefited from Cayce's readings." (Booklist)
"The most informative and enlightening book ever written about the seer." (K. Paul Johnson, author of Edgar Cayce in Context)
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 Never Before Revealed Info About Cayce's Life November 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK, I admit it. The main reason why I wanted to read this book was because it supposedly exposed the possibly of a sexual relationship between American's best-documented seer and the young lady who documented the psychic's trance readings, Gladys Davis.
And, I was not disappointed. The book describes readings in Cayce's psychic source encouraged sexual union. Naughty, naughty, especially considering that Edgar was already married and was also 27 years older than Gladys.
Evidently, the two of them had, in a long ago past, been one soul. Like Shirley MacLaine in The Camino, Gladys and Edgar had once been one androgynous being--the readings say female because female was stronger--and they had been separated into a male and female half. Eventually, in some future lifetime, they would unite into a whole again.
To my delight, this book has many more tidbits of intriguing information that I, in my years of fascination with Edgar Cayce and his trance readings, had never heard about, for example, that inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla met with Cayce because of their interest in electricity and the psychic.
Neither did I know that Cayce, in trance, had invented a perpetual motion machine that unfortunately, was never successfully manufactured partly because it did not have the required mental energy of high-spiritually-minded people. Verrry interesting!
Read it! The book is jam-packed with titillating details "never before revealed" about Cayce's personal and professional life. It's all here--from Atlantis to an overview of Cayce's healing philosophy!
One of a number of biographies on Cayce, all of which I have found fascinating: There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce, Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, and Edgar Cayce: Mystery Man of Miracles.
Carol Chapman, Award-winning photographer of the Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce and author of When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening.
Sidney Kirkpatrick-a new level of competency in assessing Edgar Cayce August 27, 2007
The Edgar Cayce legacy offers a new hope to civilization. Many texts have been written for those who would hear, and written well. Sidney Kirkpatrick offers an outstanding new level in writings of Cayce. It is a textbook that one does not wish to put down before finishing, and immediately picks it up to re-read. It is a terrific text and an invaluable assessment of Cayce and his work. I have nothing but the highest praise for Kirpatrick.
Excellent Comprehensive Book August 1, 2007
This book is very comprehensive and well-written. It is extremely informative about the life of Edgar Cayce. Highly recommended!
 An American Prophet June 27, 2007
This book is very interesting. If you are a Cayce fan then this book is right up your alley.
A Joy To Read December 31, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Because Kirkpatrick presents Edgar Cayce at every turn as a full-blooded human being, he gives Cayce's triumphs and tragedies a dimension that rises above mere journalism. This book is a classic in its field.
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