Edgar Cayce was born the son of a Kentucky farmer on March 18, 1877.
He studied at grammer school and planned to follow a carreer in photography.
As a child he had visions and was able to prescribe remedies for illnesses.
Cayce was able to place himself in a mild trance where he could also diagnose illnesses.
In 1903 he married Gertrude Evans.
Cayce met with much opposition from the medical profession.
Because of his success in healing Cayce established an organization to help with his healing.
The Associatiobn for Research and Enlightment was created to keep records of Cayces work.
Cayce worked for free for the poor and offset this by charging the rich.
In 43 years of healing he amassed records of over 14,000 cases.
He was able to recall past lives of both himself and his patients.
He had the ability to percieve the aura and had clairvoyant abilities.
He died in 1945 after dedicating his life to healing the sick.
He was well known as the "Sleeping Prophet".