Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet

Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877-January 3, 1945), commonly known as “the sleeping prophet,” was a simple Kentucky farm boy with an eighth-grade education and a set of extraordinary abilities.

Namely, Cayce was known for entering deep states of hypnotic trance from which he could preview the future, diagnose illness, witness past events, and so much more.

He would simply lie down on a couch, fold his hands over his stomach, drift off to sleep, and answer all the questions that were put to him.

Best of all, he was hardly ever proven wrong.

Over his long career, Cayce saved hundreds of people from horrible diseases and crippling injuries, helped stockbrokers and oilmen become millionaires, solve murders, and even locate buried treasures.

The remarkable thing is that Cayce never promoted himself nor gained any profit from giving trance counsel. He did it to help others.

Cayce never spoke in ambiguous terms, instead, he used scientific and medical terms that were well beyond his education.

Harry Houdini, who devoted himself to exposing fraudulent mediums and spiritualists, failed to explain Cayce’s feats, as did many scientists of the time.

Thousands of people sought Cayce’s advice, including famous individuals like George Gershwin, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Woodrow Wilson.

While in a hypnotic trance, Cayce had no conscious memory of what was said. That is why he needed someone (most commonly his wife Gertrude) to guide him through the trance and ask him questions.

The best way to showcase how extraordinary Cayce was is to tell the stories of those whose lives he had impacted, and more often than not, saved.