Edgar Cayce and abortion

Some people believe that Edgar Cayce was not against abortion because he said that the soul did not necessarily enter the body at conception.

During a reading, when asked if the soul entered the child at conception or birth or in between, he replied: “It may at the first moment of breath; it may some hours before birth; it may many hours after birth. That depends upon that condition, that environ surrounding the circumstance.”

This does not mean Cayce thought it unnecessary to care for the body before the soul entered it permanently. For in the very same reading, Cayce answered a question on whether one’s thoughts and impressions during pregnancy had an effect on the child. “To be sure,” he said. “Thus, if surrounded with beauty, the more beauty there may be.” Taken in the context of all Cayce’s teachings on karma,these statements on the soul proves that Cayce was against abortion.

 Cayce readings say that abortion should be avoided because it limits the opportunities for souls to reincarnate and work out their issues.

Source: Vol. 41 No. 55 – Elizabeth Clare Prophet – December 31, 1998

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