Edgar Cayce & the Atlantean Readings

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EDGAR CAYCE & THE ATLANTEAN READINGS The Sleeping Prophet's Vision of the Antediluvian World

Edgar Cayce (1877–1945), known as "The Sleeping Prophet," was arguably the most documented psychic of the twentieth century. Over the course of forty-three years, Cayce gave over fourteen thousand readings while in a self-induced trance state. Among the most extraordinary of these were approximately seven hundred readings that described, in remarkable detail, the civilization of Atlantis, its technology, its spiritual evolution and decline, and its ultimate destruction.

THE THREE DESTRUCTIONS

Unlike Plato, who described a single catastrophic end, Cayce's readings outlined three major destructions of Atlantis, spanning thousands of years:

THE FIRST DESTRUCTION (approximately 50,000 BCE): Cayce described this as a period when the Atlanteans' misuse of powerful energy technologies caused massive geological upheaval. The single great continent was broken into five islands. This was related to what Cayce called the conflict between the "Sons of the Law of One" — those who maintained spiritual principles — and the "Sons of Belial" — those who used technology for material power and domination.

THE SECOND DESTRUCTION (approximately 28,000 BCE): Further misuse of crystal technology and the enslavement of what Cayce called "the Things" — beings created through genetic manipulation to serve as labor — led to additional geological catastrophe. The landmass was further reduced, and many Atlanteans began migrating to other regions.

THE THIRD AND FINAL DESTRUCTION (approximately 10,000 BCE): The last remnants of Atlantis sank beneath the waves in a catastrophe that aligns remarkably with the end of the Younger Dryas period and Plato's dating. This final destruction was accompanied by massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the sudden rising of sea levels.

THE TUAOI STONE — THE GREAT CRYSTAL

Among Cayce's most fascinating descriptions was the Tuaoi Stone, also called the Firestone or Great Crystal. He described it as a massive crystalline structure that served as the Atlanteans' primary power source. It could capture and concentrate solar and stellar energies, which were then distributed throughout the civilization for:

- Powering transportation (including aerial craft) - Communication across vast distances - Rejuvenation of the physical body - Industrial and agricultural applications

Cayce warned that the misuse of this crystal — turning it from a tool of spiritual development into a weapon of war and domination — was the direct cause of the geological catastrophes that destroyed Atlantis. The crystal's energies, amplified beyond control, literally disrupted the tectonic stability of the earth beneath the civilization.

This description takes on extraordinary significance when we consider the modern discovery of serpentinization processes and the unique energy-generating geology of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge — but more on that in a later lesson.

THE MIGRATIONS

As destruction became inevitable, Cayce described organized migrations of Atlantean knowledge-keepers to three primary locations:

EGYPT: The most significant migration brought Atlantean priests and their records to the Nile Valley, where they established what would become Egyptian civilization. Cayce specifically stated that the Great Pyramid was not built by dynastic Egyptians but by Atlantean survivors, completed around 10,500 BCE — a date that corresponds to the astronomical alignment theories proposed by Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock.

YUCATÁN: A second migration carried Atlantean culture to Mesoamerica, where it seeded what would become the Maya civilization. This aligns precisely with Le Plongeon's thesis of deep connections between Maya and Egyptian culture — both were children of the same Atlantean parent.

THE PYRENEES: A third group migrated to the Iberian Peninsula and what is now the Basque Country. Intriguingly, the Basque people possess Europe's highest concentration of Rh-negative blood, speak a language unrelated to any other on Earth, and maintain cultural traditions that hint at extreme antiquity.

THE HALL OF RECORDS

Perhaps Cayce's most tantalizing claim was the existence of a "Hall of Records" — a repository of Atlantean knowledge sealed in a chamber beneath the Great Sphinx of Giza. Cayce predicted this chamber would be discovered, stating: "A record of Atlantis from the beginning of those periods when the Spirit took form, or began the encasements in that land; and the developments of the peoples throughout their sojourn; together with the record of the first destruction, and the changes that took place in the land."