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Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet

Profiles in Right Hemispherism

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Eric Scheske
Jun 05, 2025
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Edgar Cayce, the “Sleeping Prophet” (1877-1945), was a peculiar figure, a lanky Kentuckian who slipped into some kind of trance-like stupor and spouted answers to life’s mysteries like a backwoods oracle.

Over 14,000 of his mutterings were scribbled down by diligent stenographers, responses to questions from 6,000 souls scattered from across the map, so…

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