About Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce was an American clairvoyant who reported and chronicled an ability to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep. During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce answered questions on subjects including healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events. Cayce said he was a devout Christian and was not a spiritualist or communicating with spirits. Cayce is regarded as a founder of the New Age movement and a principal source of many of the movement's characteristic beliefs. Edgar Cayce first achieved local notoriety for having lost his voice yet being able to speak during hypnosis. In 1931, Cayce founded a non-profit organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment. During the Second Great Awakening, Thomas and Alexander Campbell founded the Disciples of Christ, a church which sought to restore the original Christian teachings and practices. One of Quimby's patients, Mary Baker Eddy, later founded her own new religious movement, Christian Science.
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