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Akashic Records 044:
By Willie Gaffer:
June 12, 2006:
I ran across this phrase, "Akashic Records," while I was struggling through the super redundant and boring book, "Here and Hereafter," by Ruth Montgomery. She referred to these records several times while discussing Edgar Cayce, (1877–1945) the 20th century American psychic. The problem was, Montgomery had her own points to make and she never really spelled out what this phrase means. Well, you know me. If there is a mystery, I'm going to find out about it. So I looked up Cayce on the internet. Even though he kicked off in 1945, a cult of faithful followers have kept his memory and his achievements alive. If you want to follow up, here is the address. http://www.edgarcayce.org/
I discovered more than I wanted to know. It seems in the final forty-three years of his life, this guy was able to put himself into some kind of self-induced trance. Compared to some of the nonsense expounded by many of the psychics and mystics I have encountered and read, Cayce's technique was a paradigm of simplicity. He would just lay down on a couch, close his eyes, and fold his hands over his stomach. It was kind of what I do when I want to take a quick nap.
Anyway, while in this state of whatever, he was able to make mental contact with all time and space if you want to believe it. I can accept the idea as a working hypothesis. I know it sounds weird, but not unbelievable considering what we are learning about our universe recently. Our Newtonian Euclidian concepts of reality are being seriously challenged by our scientific community. The facts are, we just don't know crap about how our perceived reality is structured. Hence we cannot write this Cayce guy off out of hand.
So let's go along for a while. It seems, while in this self induced trance, Cayce could hear and answer questions. That's not the really strange part. The really strange part is he seemed to have knowledge he could not possibly have acquired. Cayce, you see, was a rather simple minded fellow who lead a rather simple life until he acquired his special psychic abilities. In his trance he was almost like God in his knowledge and wisdom. These trance activities came to be known as readings.
Apparently he made a considerable number of accurate medical diagnosis by which people were treated and cured. By their sheer number the evidence for these miracles is unimpeachable. Whatever it is, it is more that lucky guesses or coincidence. Cayce demonstrated the knowledge of a skilled medical practitioner and the wisdom of a sage while in this trance state.
It was during this psychic time of his life that Cayce expounded on this idea of Akashic records. Now, Cayce did not invent this phrase. It is a term often used by the occult community. Akashic records literally means the entire collection of all records and memories of all events that came down since the big bang or beginning of time. That's one heck of a lot of information. Another name for this mess of crap is "The Book of Life." The claim is, these record are imprinted on something called Akasha or astral light.
This astral light is a fluid ether that exists outside the range of human senses. However, these records are accessible, according to the occult folks, to a select group of individuals. These are the spiritualists and psychics. Edgar Cayce, of course, qualifies as one of these. This fluid, whatever else it is, is a transmitter and a reservoir of occult power and the huge collection of all unconscious. According to the occult folks, we are all linked to this astral light and that is what makes psychic events possible. Okay!
When I think about it, this description does not sound altogether unfamiliar. In his research and writings, Carl Jung describes a very similar reservoir of information. He called it the "Collective Unconscious," and his findings indicate it is the entire record of all human events past, present, and future. So this idea is not unprecedented. It has some solid scientific support in the psychological community.
When I began looking into these ideas of consciousness, I chose to call this mess of stuff the super-conscious. A lot of this material is discussed in the series of essays in our archives called "A Place to Stand." The disciples of Cayce liken this reservoir to a huge super-computer which acts as the storage system for all of mankind's activities. They also see this storage as an interactive medium. This begins to approach the Christian concept of an ever present, interested, meddling God.
I think calling it God or giving it a persona of any kind is
taking it a bit far, but, given the evidence, it is almost impossible
to write this phenomena off. There is something there. Whether
it is interactive may be in question, but the facts of psychic
happenings cannot be in question for any thoughtful person. I
think the obvious thing to do is to continue trying to understand
how our reality is structured and to open our minds to any possibilities.
That will allow us to absorb and begin to understand whatever
we find. We need an open mind, not preconceive conclusions based
on partial evidence.
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