: He claimed to diagnose illnesses in people he had never met, sometimes thousands of miles away.
Today, the A.R.E. remains a thriving organization. Its library houses all 14,000 readings on microfilm and digital file. The group sponsors medical research into Cayce’s remedies (many of which show surprising efficacy for psoriasis, digestive disorders, and chronic fatigue), hosts conferences on intuition and spirituality, and leads tours to “Cayce sites” like the Great Pyramid (which he claimed was a temple for initiation, not a tomb). Edgar Cayce
His readings emphasized that illness was rarely isolated to a single organ. Instead, he viewed the body as a complex energy system. He frequently identified poor assimilation and elimination as root causes of disease, arguing that toxicity in the body—whether from diet, environment, or stress—led to illness. : He claimed to diagnose illnesses in people
A typical Cayce "reading" followed a strict protocol: Its library houses all 14,000 readings on microfilm
He left the world with a simple, empowering message: "There is no other force in the life of an individual save that of the self. The help comes from within."