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Have you ever imagined laying your head on a book, falling asleep in class, and then suddenly memorizing every single chapter? Seems crazy, right? Well, meet Edgar Case, AKA the Sleeping Prophet. Edgar claims that from a young age he had a special ability, one that allowed him to tap into a cosmic archive that contained the past, the present and the future of every soul. He called it the Akashic Records. From here, he spoke of Atlantis, predicted world wars, diagnosed illnesses doctors couldn't solve, and even revealed the past lives of only his patients, but of Jesus Christ himself. And he did it all while sleeping. To some people, he was a miracle worker. To others, he was a fraud. But no one could ignore the accuracy of some of his predictions. This wasn't a cult leader. This was a quiet man from Kentucky who closed his eyes and claimed to see an entire universe. So if you are interested in paranormal predictions and the occult, this is the episode for you. So sit back, relax, and welcome to camp. What's up, people? And welcome back to camp. My name is Mark Gagnon, and thank you for joining me in my tent, where every single week, we explore the most interesting, fascinating, controversial stories from around the world. From all time, forever. Yes, this is my attempt to figure out all the stuff going on in the world. As always, I'm not alone. I'm here with my good friend Christos. See, now, here you go correcting me again, all right? I'm trying my best to speak your dumb freaking language. And here you go, just chiming in. Cut me off.

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Was the first language.

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But that's your first language.

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Everyone's first language.

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Oh, that's a bar. I like that. Dude, the Greeks. The Greeks think they invented everything, dude. Anyway, guys, today we're not talking about a Greek guy. We're talking about a young man from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. This is a man by the name of Edgar Case. Now, let me just say I don't believe all of Edgar Case's claims, okay? But as a independent researcher, journalist extraordinaire, okay? And also just a guy that likes weird stuff. I'm always fascinated by the stories of people that claim to have extraordinary abilities. And I like to suss it out. I like to go through all the stuff and be like, is there something weird going on? Or is this guy just kind of out to lunch? And I want you to do the same, all right? So I'm going into this with a little bit of skepticism, okay? So just roll with me here, all right? Edgar case was born March 18, 1877, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to kind of just like A standard issue Kentucky family in the 1800s. Right. They're conservative, rural Christian. And he was one of six children, and he grew up on a farm. From a young age, he had something about him that people would say was special. And he wasn't able to, like, play violin or, like, read good. He claimed to be able to see and communicate with his dead grandpa. Yeah. And he would regularly play with what he called his imaginary friends, but claimed that they weren't friends or, like, even imaginary, that they were actually spirits from, quote, the other side. And he also, by all accounts, had a pretty photographic memory, specifically when it came to the Bible. And according to the legend from people that knew him, if he needed to memorize something, he would literally fall asleep on the book. Like, the. The thing we would talk about, like, in class. Like, he'd be like, oh, man, I wish I could sleep on this and just learn everything. He would claim that he could literally do that, and he would claim that the information would then soak in overnight. And he got this nickname as the Sleeping Prophet. Now, the first time this happened, Edgar was struggling with a difficult spelling lesson when he was just a boy. And after hours of failed attempts to memorize all the words, his father, Leslie, had grown frustrated with Edgar's poor performance and, like, pushed him out of his chair. And as he was laying there, he claimed to hear a female voice telling him to simply lay his head on the book and take a nap. When he woke up 20 minutes later, he could suddenly spell every word perfectly. Not just the ones he had been studying, but every word in the entire book. He could even describe the illustrations on pages that he hadn't looked at and recite patches, passages from chapters that his teacher hadn't even assigned him. Now, again, it sounds crazy, but this is what he and the people around him claimed. It was as if, like just everything from the book had just gotten into his head while he was sleeping. Now, Edgar discovered that this worked with any book or any written material. And he would simply place his head on it, put under his pillow, fall asleep even after a light nap, and wake up with a recollection of all that, the contents. He even described the experience as feeling like it was literally soaking in to his head, that he was remembering the actual information, but not really remembering the process of absorbing it. And when word of this weird little study method spread around a small school, Edgar went from being one of the worst students to the smartest. And his teachers were even amazed by his transformation. They were like, how is this possible? Like, they. They Thought that maybe he was, like, cheating. And even some of his classmates saw him with, like, some suspicion. And that added to his reputation as like, the weirdo kid that was able to, like, see spirits and stu stuff. And Edgar himself didn't try to explain how it worked. All he knew is that if you need to learn something, he would sleep on it, literally. And it was better than actually studying the book. Now, his mom, Carrie, was by all accounts, pretty supportive of this. You know, his father was not less, you know, he was much less stoked on it, right? This is like a traditional, like, religious Christian family. And he was like, oh, this is a little bit weird, right? Like, their household growing up was extremely religious. So as a result, he would spend hours alone reading the scripture, and this ultimately would shape his WorldView. So at 13, while reading the Bible in the woods, he claimed to have had a vision of a winged woman, probably similar to the other woman that he claims that told him to sleep on the books. And this winged woman in the woods told him, your prayers have been heard. What you desire will be given to you. Work with the sick and the afflicted. And he saw this as some type of divine mission, though he didn't fully understand why at the time. He told very few people about it because he thought that he would get made fun of even further or mocked or they just wouldn't believe him. So as he grew older, his family couldn't afford higher education. So when he began the ninth grade, he left school and just began working odd jobs, mostly on his family farm, and then later as like, you know, a bookstore clerk. But eventually he learned about this new science that was coming out called photography, and this became his new passion and it was his main source of income. So at this point in his life, he had no indication that he would be anything other than just like a humble small town photographer doing portraits for rich families. Right. He was engaged to Gertrude Evans, who is his childhood sweetheart. He worked a regular job and seemed destined for just kind of like a regular sort of life. And then everything changes. When he's in his early 20s, he develops a severe case of laryngitis that lasted for basically like a year. His voice became like, really raspy, and then it just eventually disappeared and he was no longer able to speak. And he saw multiple doctors, but none of them could help medically. His condition was diagnosed as post diphtheric laryngitis, believed to have been triggered by an earlier bout of diphtheria and then aggravated by stress. And this was devastating for Young Edgar, because his job as a photographer would require some communication. He'd have to tell people what to do, even just to sell his services. He'd have to talk to people. And now he can't really work properly. But the loss of his voice wasn't just like a job setback. It was emotionally crushing. You see, Edgar had just gotten engaged. His fiance Gertrude, stood by him. But the uncertainty of whether he would be able to speak again or even work again was weighing really heavily on him. And he tried every remedy he would do. Throat sprays and tonics and rest cures and electrical treatments, anything that he could do, and nothing was working. So he communicated through, like, writing and then, like, faint whispers when his throat was feeling good enough. And, you know, he was doing whatever he could. But his chance at, like, any type of normal life was kind of just slipping away. And his family was really worried that he would just be, like, permanently disabled and he'd be mute for the rest of his life and unable to support a wife or kids or anything like that. And then he had a breakthrough. In 1901, there was a traveling hypnotist named Hart who visited Hopkinsville and offered to hypnotize Case as, like, a part of a stage act, like, just like a fun show for people. And under hypnosis, Case spoke normally for the first time ever, like, since he actually was diagnosed with this laryngitis. So in over a year, he hadn't spoken, and now he's able to speak perfectly fine. He tried to basically repeat the treatment privately, but Case's voice always vanished whenever he woke up. Later, a local hypnotist and osteopath named Al Lane proposed a, like, a more controlled version of this experiment. He put Case under hypnosis and asked him to describe what was wrong with his throat. And while he was in, like, this trance, Case actually diagnosed himself, saying that the cause was a psychological paralysis of his vocal cords due to poor blood circulation. And then he gave instructions for how to fix it. Basically, if you're dealing with poor circulation, your vocal cords, you need blood flow, and you need to increase the circulation through suggestion. So Lane followed his instructions during the trance, and with a few sessions, Case's voice returned completely, a recovery that doctors couldn't explain. And what's crazy is that Case, while unconscious, was using medical terminology that he had never studied. He was never a trained doctor. I mean, there's like, a farm kid that never finished high school. He described the physiological mechanisms of his condition with precision that baffled the hypnotist and even was more surprising to the doctors that knew what he was actually talking about. But the crazy part is that when Case woke up, according to the reports, he had no memory of what he had said. This was the moment Case realized that in a trance, he could basically access information that he didn't consciously know. And he called this just his subconscious mind. And at times, he would even call it his universal mind. Basically, the question is, is this coming from inside of him on a subconscious level? Maybe you heard these words from people talking at the doctor when he was a kid. Or is this coming from outside of him? Maybe he's channeling the universe in some type of cosmic, you know, like, esoteric way that's giving him this information. And initially, he only used this gift basically as, like, a thing that he would do for his family and friends. And, you know, he saw this, you know, as something that he could do to try to help people. But he didn't take it much farther. And Lane himself was the first patient, the hypnotist. He suffered from a chronic stomach issue that medicine couldn't help. And under hypnosis, Case diagnosed the problem and prescribed a treatment plan. Lane followed it, and he improved dramatically. So imagine that you go into a hypnotist because you're having an issue with your throat. You cure yourself. And then the hypnotist is like, well, let me hypnotize you again and tell me what's wrong with me. And then he cures the hypnotist. Word then began to spread around, and people were now really conflicted about whether this was like, a gift from God or a weird medical anomaly or a hoax or maybe even something more sinister. And so by 1910, things got a lot more mystical, if you will. Case began giving medical readings for strangers using only their name and their location. So Lane would basically hypnotize them. And Edgar Case, while in this trance, would describe the person's body as if it was directly in front of him. And it was almost like a remote viewing, if you're familiar with that term. And the process was basically the same thing. He would lie down, fold his hands across his chest, close his eyes and enter this, you know, induced trance. And then Lane, or later his wife Gertrude, would give him the person's name and location, sometimes hundreds of miles away. And within moments, he would then begin speaking in this calm, almost like detached kind of voice and describing internal organs and treatments and conditions for people he had never met before. And the readings were then recorded by a stenographer and it kind of created this permanent record that then could be verified later. He emphasized this quote. He says, we are guided by the subconscious mind, which is in touch with all other subconscious minds or by the universal mind of God. So his readings often recommended some type of natural homeopathic remedy. So like castor oil for inflammation, spinal adjustments, dietary regimens like stop eating starches and proteins together or fried foods, drinking water, stuff like that. And what set Case apart from, you know, the traditional, like, traveling faith healer, you know, like, con man, is that he didn't give vague advice or like, universal panaceas. You know, he gave specific instructions, like which vertebrae needed to be adjusted or, like, which temperature the castor. Castor oil pack should be or how many days to continue a treatment. And many of his recommendations involved therapies that were considered, like, sort of fringe at the time, but have, like, since been validated in the modern era. So things like gut health or like, mind body connections, things that people kind of talk about now that at the time were seen as, like, weird, holistic, you know, kind of bunk science stuff. Another thing that set him apart from other, you know, fraudulent con men that would come through is that Case never charged expensive fees. His readings were basically free or just donation based. Just he would send the readings, be like, hey, you know, you can pay me if this works. And By March of 1910, the New York Times published a front page article titled, illiterate Man Becomes a Doctor when Hypnotized. And this literally thrust him into, like, the national spotlight overnight. And in an instant, he went from this, like, local curiosity, you know, like, dude in your town that was doing this, like, crazy little trick to a national phenomenon. And as a result, letters were pouring in from desperate people begging for these types of, you know, prescriptions or a reading or anything. Doctors begin traveling to Kentucky to just watch him while he was working. And some of them were really impressed. And others claimed that he was playing tricks with, you know, the subconscious mind all at the same time. Case himself was overwhelmed during this period. He stayed firmly focused on health and really tried to, you know, avoid any type of spiritual or, like, occult woo woo topic because he felt like maybe it would discredit him. And he continued working as a photographer to just support his family and gave readings in the spare time while he, you know, could just like, fit them in. And he was also struggling with the attention. Remember, he is a devout Christian. He's still worried about whether this ability is coming from God or from the devil or, like, what is going on. And this is something that a lot of people don't know is that he often prayed before each reading, asking God to allow him to be a channel for the good. And so by the 1920s, Case had given thousands of readings, and mostly all of them have been recorded and verified in some way by physicians at the time. And it proved some authentic authenticity that what he was doing was, you know, at least, you know, verifiable, that he was actually giving treatments to these people. But still, he remained really humble and kind of conflicted and never fully comfortable with the spotlight that these abilities were bringing to him. And then this changed in 1923 when a reading unexpectedly referenced a patient's past life. Now Case was giving advice to a man suffering from chronic digestive problems when in the middle of the trance, his language shifted. Instead of talking about diet or, you know, spinal adjustments or whatever else he would prescribe, he began describing the man's life as a colonial settler in America in the 1700s. He claimed that the man was working as, like, a landowner, maybe like a farmer that was struggling with, like, food scarcity and, you know, improper food preservation, which supposedly created, like, digestive weakness that he claims carried over into his current life. Now, this sounds crazy, I know, but to Case, he was also freaked out. This is the first time this had happened to him, and he was terrified. I mean, he was, like, now, as a Christian, dealing with this idea of, like, reincarnation. He was like, what is going on? And this was a concept associated with, obviously, like, Eastern religions and Hinduism and often in a lot of, like, occult circles, ideas that his Christian community and his Christian values did not align with. It said that after he consulted with ministers and theologians and he was kind of wrestling with whether or not he should continue, he ultimately did. But instead of a, you know, medical diagnostic, he began giving, like, life readings that described past incarnations in, like, you know, ancient civilizations and karmic debts and soul groups, basically, people reincarnating together to work through some type of shared spiritual lesson. And these life readings were different from the medical ones, obviously. Right? They focused on the soul's journey rather than the body's physical ailments in, you know, this world. And Case would then describe how a person's fears or their talents or their struggles stemmed from unresolved experiences in their past life. 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The people around him start to start to feel that he was doing something really special and that this was beyond just like, you know, a sideshow trick or, you know, even like some guy that read a bunch of medical books that was like, you know, hoaxing people. He had ardent supporters that started making study groups that would later be known as the are this is the association for Research and Enlightenment. And the ARE was officially founded in 1931 with the mission of studying and preserving all of his readings for future generations. And then in 1925, Edgar Case moved to Virginia beach, claiming to basically get a fresh start away from any type of controversy or attention that he was getting in Kentucky. And he also claimed that there was something spiritually significant in the land that made the perfect place for this type of spiritual work. But if Virginia he wasn't just seeing individual past lives anymore. He was now tapping into the history of entire civilizations that a lot of people in mainstream science said never existed. And this is where we get Edgar Case going to Atlantis. Yes, he began describing the lost civilization that he claimed to be Atlantis. He said that Atlantis was a real thing. It was located in the Atlantic, and its, you know, center was near what's now like the Bahamas. And the civilization had advanced crystal technology that he called firestones, or, like, two eye stones. And it was capable of, like, powering cities and destroying them. And it existed in different periods. Again, this is just what Edgar Case claims. He says that the last period ended around 10,000 BC with. Which kind of aligns with Plato's timeline, if you're familiar with, like, Plato's initial sort of telling of the Atlanta story. And he also claimed that Atlantean refugees migrated to Egypt and then to the Yucatan and. And then gave those cultures this knowledge of civilization, so to speak, and, you know, taught them how to, you know, build pyramids, you know, ostensibly, things like that. But Casus Atlantis wasn't the mystical utopia that people talk about today. Much like Plato, it was a cautionary tale. According to his readings that people wrote down, Atlantis was technologically superior to modern civilization, but it was morally corrupt. And the Atlanteans had harnessed the power of these crystals to then create energy and heal disease and, you know, communicate over distances. And these stones were described as being housed in, like, central power stations where they amplified the Earth's natural energy. However, as the civilization grew more powerful, there was then two factions that emerged. One was the son of the law of one who used technology for spiritual advancement. And then there were the sons of Belial who exploited it for selfish gain and control. And according to Edgar Case and his records, that there was a conflict between these two groups that led to a catastrophic misuse of these stones, which ultimately triggered volcanic eruptions and earthquakes and eventually sinking the entire continent into three major cataclysms. The final destruction occurred right around this 10,000 BC time, and it scattered all the survivors across the globe. Case then claimed that many souls alive today had incarnated during Atlantis and carried these subconscious memories. Now, I know it sounds pretty crazy, but again, Case suggested that this explained humanity's dual nature. Our capacity for innovation, but then also destruction. Right. You can think of, like, nuclear power being able to be this efficient way to create energy, but also this way to create the most dangerous bomb that we have known to mankind. So one of the most famous claims was the existence of this hall of records, which is buried beneath the Sphinx's paw in Egypt. According to Case, the hall of records was like a time capsule created by the Atlantean survivors who fled to Egypt around the time that Atlantis was allegedly destroyed. And it supposedly contained a bunch of records about technology and spiritual teachings and the history of human civilization dating back, like, hundreds of thousands of years. He also had a specific location for it. It was beneath the right paw of the Sphinx, and it was accessible through a hidden chamber connected by underground passageways to the Great Pyramid. I know this is a lot, but again, this is Edgar Case and what he claimed to have seen. He said that the records were preserved in this, like, indestructible material and would only be discovered when humanity was ready to use the knowledge responsibly and when humans reached a spiritually mature stage. But Case also believed that parts of Atlantis would be discovered near a place called Bimini between 1968 and 1969. While giving a reading, he claimed that Poseidia will be among the first portions of Atlantis to rise again, expected in 68, 69. Not so far away. Now, here's what's interesting. In 1968, researchers discovered the underwater Bimini road formation. If you're familiar with Graham Hancock or his Netflix show, this is something that he's discussed. And this is basically submerged stones, basically off the coast of Bimini in the Bahamas that look like a road formation. It looks like you have these cut up giant stones that are forming this road thing. And it looks like maybe like a road or like a wall. And the formation consists of, like, these giant limestone blocks that are arranged in this, like, linear pattern extending for roughly half of a mile. And geologists debate whether it's a natural formation or if it's man made. But for Cases followers, the timing was too perfect to just be a coincidence. And you can actually see a picture of the stones here. I mean, it looks pretty remarkable, and maybe it's naturally occurring, but, I mean, it's pretty wild, right? But Case isn't finished with his controversial claims. While he was describing lost civilizations and ancient technologies, he was also diving deep into religious territory that would disturb even his most devoted Christian followers. His readings about Atlantis were pretty crazy, specifically for the time. But what he said about Jesus Christ, the centerpiece of his own faith, of the entire Christian faith, would prove even more disturbing. And yet, in case his mind, these weren't contradictions to Christianity. To him, they were just, you know, hidden truth basically getting revealed. So this is basically what he said in the 1930s about Jesus and Jesus's past lives. Case's readings during this time went deep. He claimed that the soul that incarnated Jesus had been reincarnated multiple times before. And these are the people. Adam, who fell from grace, obviously in the Garden of Eden. Enoch, from the book of Enoch, as you know, who walked with God. Melchizedek, the mysterious priest. King Joshua, who led the Israelites, and then finally Jesus of Nazareth, the perfected soul. Now, this was his, maybe his most controversial idea. He wasn't claiming that Jesus was just another human or just another human soul. He maintained that Jesus was unique, but it was the only soul to achieve perfect unity with God. Now, according to the reading, that perfection came through this long journey of incarnations, each one bringing the soul closer to a, you know, completed, like, spiritual fulfillment. He claimed that the soul that would ultimately become Jesus had volunteered at the beginning of human history to be the Savior and put aside his own wants and needs, incarnating repeatedly to guide humanity back to God. Now, Case described this journey in detail. Adam represented the soul's first experience with free will and the consequences of choosing separation from God. Enoch achieved so much spiritual purity that he transcended physical death. Melchizedek appeared as a priest king without a father or a mother, which represented a higher dimensional manifestation. Joshua led God's people towards the promised land, which then, you know, obviously symbolizes spiritual leadership and each incarnation built on the previous one until the soul was ready for its final mission as Jesus of Nazareth. He also gives details about Jesus's like, lost years. If you're familiar with the gospels, there's not really much that's known about Jesus in his childhood or really anytime up until he's about, like 30 years old when, you know, his ministry actually starts, that's more or less when the gospel starts. So, you know, there's one story of Jesus as a kid at the temple, but from the ages of like 12 to 30, we don't really know anything. But according to Cayce, Jesus didn't simply disappear from the biblical record during those 18 years. He was preparing for his ministry by studying the world's spiritual traditions. Now, Case's readings describe Jesus traveled to India, where he studied with masters. He learned meditation and healing, the nature of consciousness. He then spent time in Egypt at the ancient Egyptian mystery schools, understanding the esoteric teachings preserved from the Atlantean times. And he even studied in Persia and learned from the Zoroastrian tradition, the first truly, like, monotheistic religion. This wasn't to suggest that Jesus needed to learn spiritual truth elsewhere. Rather, Case kind of reconciled this by saying that it was Jesus understanding the universal spiritual principles that all of these traditions were pointing towards so that he could basically communicate with a diverse amount of people when his ministry began. Unlike other occultists during, you know, times such as, like, Alistair Crowley or Aleister Crowley. Sorry. Or Jack Parsons, which, by the way, definitely you should check out our episodes on both of them, Case remained overtly Christian. And he saw these readings as completing the Christian story, not rejecting it. Instead, he interpreted as like a forgotten part of early Christian teaching. So to support this, he pointed to biblical passages that he believed hinted at reincarnation. And this is Jesus identifying John the Baptist as Elijah returned. In Matthew 11, verse 14, Jesus asking his disciples, who do people say that I am? And their answer is referencing past figures and the disciples asking Jesus about the man born blind, saying this, who sinned? This man or his parents, that he was born blind, which was found in the book of John and implies a belief that a man could have sinned before birth who sinned? This man or his parents, that he was born blind. So from Case's perspective, these were traces of reincarnation and, you know, kind of biblical doctrine that the early Christians had abandoned or just missed, and that his readings were actually restoring this lost knowledge. So as time went on, Cases readings began shifting from looking backwards in ancient history to actually looking forward into the future. And the world that he was looking into was changing rapidly. I mean, economic collapse, the rise of fascism, tensions building across Europe and Asia. People started asking him not just about their health, their past lives. They wanted to know what was coming next. And what came through those readings was both really specific but unsettling. So in 1928, Case made a bold prediction. He warned that the stock market was dangerously inflated and that a major correction was going to happen. And he advised people to be cautious with investments and to prepare for financial hardship. And just a few months later, October 1929, the Great Depression hits. And those people who had followed his advice were actually somewhat protected. And this prediction gave Case a ton of credibility as someone who could foresee not just medical conditions or spiritual stuff, but actually world events. And, you know, maybe he just got lucky. Maybe he had a couple friends in finance that were like, hey, this thing is, you know, this thing is destined to go at any point, but to predict it a few months later, it's like, oh, it's pretty good. And then just a few Years later, in 1935, he warned that unless there was, quote, brotherly love. A global conflict would engulf the world, starting with Austria, Germany, and Japan. Now, this was years before World War II, like, officially began. Obviously, Hitler was on the rise in Germany, but, you know, the war hadn't officially started, and it'd be, you know, maybe six years before America actually got involved in the war. So this is a time when a lot of people were focusing on recovering from the great oppression. Now, his readings described the rise of totalitarian regimes and warned that humanity's failure to embrace unity and compassion would lead to unprecedented destruction. The wild thing is that he specifically mentions the role of Austria in Germany. And just three years after that, Hitler annexed Austria, Germany invaded Poland, and Japan expanded aggressively into the Pacific, all aligning with Case's warnings. Now, he also made some major geological predictions and geological shifts in the latter half of the 20th century. He predicted that between 58 and 1998, the earth would experience dramatic physical change. He claimed that portions of the east coast would break apart, that California would slide into the ocean, land would appear in the Atlantic and the Pacific, and that climate would shift dramatically due to pole reversal. He described these changes as both literal geological events and metaphors for spiritual transformation. Some followers claim that the increased seismic activity and climate change and coastal erosion proves that this prophecy is actually coming to light. But others acknowledge that the catastrophic change that he described hasn't occurred, or at least hasn't occurred just yet. He also said that there would be a spiritual awakening toward the end of the 20th century with China becoming the cradle of Christianity. Now, this was one of his strangest prophecies, given that in the 30s and 40s, China showed no signs of Christian conversion at all. However, Case suggested that China would embrace a form of Christianity blended with its own spiritual traditions, creating, like, a new religious movement that's, like, kind of hybridized. And some interpret this as referring to China's growing underground Christian population, while others see it as just, like, unfulfilled or maybe symbolic of, like, a broader spiritual shift in Eastern consciousness. Now, what's interesting is that there's actually a whole sect of Chinese Christians that believe Jesus traveled and died in China. They even have a tomb dedicated to him. Another fun fact about some of these Chinese Christians is that some of them claim that there is an emperor named Hong Jiquan who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus. Case is basically giving these wild predictions about the future of the planet. His own future was actually coming to an end because the work that had defined his life was now taking a toll on his Health. So by the early 40s, despite his worsening health, he was giving up to eight readings a day. And doctors were telling him, like, hey, you gotta rest. You gotta chill out. But he believed that his work was, like, divinely mandated. Remember the woman with wings that told him to, you know, care for the. The sick and the afflicted? So During World War II, thousands of families were writing to him, begging for readings about their sons or their husbands fighting overseas. Were they going to survive the war? Should they send them care packages, like, all this stuff? And Case was deeply compassionate and unable to turn his back on these people. So he basically pushed himself far beyond his limits. And he had always said that he should do not more than two readings per day to avoid depleting his energy. But the flood of these desperate requests from, you know, these destitute mothers or wives made him just ignore his own advice. And as a result, his health deteriorated rapidly. He developed these severe headaches and exhaustion and insomnia. His blood pressure was spiking. Family and friends were just telling him, like, hey, just stop. Like, you don't have to do this. But he felt morally obligated to do it. So, you know, he would even say, how can I refuse when people are suffering? Then in the summer of 1944, he gave himself a reading and heard his own conscious voice warn him that unless he rested immediately that he would die. And he tried to slow down, but at that point, the damage was done. After this reading, he helped formally establish the are, ensuring that his readings would be archived. And over 14,000 documented readings are still in existence today. And they cover health, reincarnation, Atlantis, biblical history, future prophecies, everything. Each reading had been carefully transcribed by a stenographer, creating a. I mean, one of the most extensive records of, like, psychic phenomena in history, if that's what you want to call it. Case's wife Gertrude, and his secretary, Gladys Davis, worked tirelessly to actually preserve these documents and, you know, try to show what was written down because they knew that it'd be valuable for researchers in the future. And then in September 1944, Case suffered a stroke and became partially paralyzed. His final reading instructed him to take a long rest, and he died four months later on January 3, 1945, at the age of 67. When Case died, his wife, Gertrude, was devastated, and she passed away just four months later on Easter Sunday. Many people believe that she couldn't just. She simply was just heartbroken and died of, you know, being separated from him. But just as Case himself had taught, death is not the end of the story. And although he was gone, his readings remained intact. And in the decades that followed, those readings would take on a life of their own. And they would influence movements and shape beliefs of people around the world that Case never would have lived to have seen. So, for example, his hall of Records predictions, the giant sort of time capsule under the Sphinx, inspired real searches under the SPHINX. In the 1990s, teams of researchers were using ground penetrating radar and seismic equipment to basically scan beneath the Sphinx. And some even claim that they found evidence of some type of chamber. But the Egyptian authorities restricted access, and no definitive proof has actually been presented to the public. His Akashic records teaching became a cornerstone of New Age spirituality. And today, countless books and courses and workshops teach people how to access the Akashic records for themselves, building directly on Cayce's framework. And even his health remedies are still practiced in some alternative like health circles. So castor oil packs, dietary recommendations, holistic approaches to wellness are all things that Case was really bringing to a brand new audience. And his prophecies continue to influence doomsday predictions and spiritual movements to this day. I mean, a lot of geological events, political shifts, cultural changes, are examined by Case's followers and basically scrutinized to see if they are fulfillments of his prophecies. I mean, he's one of the most studied psychics ever. And his legacy continues to inspire and confuse people even decades after his death. And that, my friends, is the life legacy and the insane predictions of one of the most studied psychics in history, Mr. Edgar Case. I don't know, man. I mean, it's pretty. It's pretty interesting. I would love to, like, go through all of his. All of his, like, predictions, all of his readings. Like, I would love to know what the, like, what, like, skeptics would say about it. I mean, he had some other predictions that we actually didn't bring up just yet. I mean, one that's really interesting is that he made multiple readings, 171reads about a group called the Essenes who basically hid their ancient records. And he described the Essenes as a brotherhood of men and women who preserved records and lived in a certain way. And he didn't document the exact date or full contents of what was in these records. He had this theme of ancient records from the Essians. And then a few years later, they discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were hidden by the Essian Jews that were then found, like, I think, like five or six years later after he predicted it. They were actually Found after his death. So he said like, oh yeah, there's these people that hid this ancient knowledge and it's going to be discovered. And then it was discovered. And then one of his readings, he said that man should live longer than he had been ordinarily given and will according to human lifespan and advances in health. And today we are seeing increased, you know, human lifespans and you know, emphasis on preventative health. Another thing that he talked about was some readings attributed to him discuss how varied channels of communication working in a more cooperative and structured manner. And some people are like, oh, this is interconnected global communications, stuff like that. Some critics would say that like, oh, so he had many predictions that didn't come true, like California going off into the ocean. Or he would talk about great disturbances or vague, some things will change which are kind of like not very accurate. I mean he made thousands of readings. And some people say like, okay, he made 14,000 documented readings, some of them are going to be true. But even, even some of these, I'm like, the Dead Ski scrolls, like that's pretty crazy. Like he like talked about the SC and Jews, like, who's talking about the SC and Jews in like the 40s and like the Dead Sea Scrolls. The way that was discovered was like, I think a dude just like threw a rock into a cave and then heard a glass break and then went in there and was like, what is this? It's not like people were like searching for the SC and scrolls. It's like they accidentally just discovered these Dead Sea Scrolls. Pretty wild. I mean, I don't know, I don't really know what to make of it. I would like, I'm, I'm curious what like occultists or like even Christians say about this guy because like I knew vaguely of him just from like doing my own weirdo research. But like, I didn't know all the details about his predictions. And he seems like a pretty well meaning dude, you know what I mean? Like, I don't know if he's like, I don't. He doesn't seem like a bad, like evil guy. He doesn't seem like a grifter necessarily. Or at least he wasn't trying to be. Maybe the people around him were like making him grift and being like, hey, just do this. But like, it doesn't seem like he like personally was trying to get super rich off these readings considering that he wasn't charging for them. You know, I don't know, it's all, it's all very strange to me. I mean I kind of read. I hope someone has a good book on him, because now I want to, like, dive into the whole book. So some people point to some of his inaccurate predictions. According to Wikipedia, he said in the 30s that he predicted that North America would experience existential chaos. Well, technically he's right. Los Angeles, San Francisco will be among those that will be destroyed before New York. And he also predicted the second coming of Christ would happen in 1998. Well. Well, who knows? Maybe the second coming of Christ was born in 1998 and he's just turning 20, you know, pretty recently.