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You're listening to episode 224 of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World,

where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Profit.

I'm Tom Betanelli, and joining me today is Jimmy Akin. Hey Jimmy, howdy, Tom.

In 1945, as World War II was grinding to its close, a man named Edgar Cayce died.

He was famous throughout the land for the thousands of psychic readings he had given in

hypnotic trances. People referred to him as the Sleeping Profit. His influence on alternative

medicine was so great that he's been referred to as the father of holistic medicine.

He's also considered one of the fathers of the New Age movement.

The extensive transcripts of his psychic readings make him the most documented psychic of the 20th

century, and he's arguably the most famous psychic of the 20th century, with hundreds of books

having been written about him. Who was Edgar Cayce? What did his psychic readings say,

and what should we make of them? That's what we'll be talking about on this episode

of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World. So Jimmy, this is a patron episode.

Yes, this patron episode was requested by Paul Leone, and Paul will be getting an extra episode

for his support. Edgar Cayce is a major figure in the history of the paranormal, so there's a lot

to say about him. He's got a very interesting life story, and he made a lot of claims in his

readings. As a result, this will be a two-parter. Today we'll tell you the story of Edgar Cayce's

life, and next week we'll go into analysis mode and evaluate what he said in his readings.

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