There is a River

The Story of Edgar Cayce

Thomas Sugrue (Thomas Sugrue)

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Tarcher/Putnam,US
03 March 2015

Psychic powers & psychic phenomena

"""...a classic and a must for all those who desire to expand and honor their heart.""

Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear

""...amazing story...the facts are incontrovertible."" Boston Herald

Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) is known to millions today as the grandfather of the New Age. A medical clairvoyant, psychic, and Christian mystic, Cayce provided medical, psychological, and spiritual advice to thousands of people who swore by the effectiveness of his trance-based ""readings."" Cayce's body of work established key tenets of alternative healing, and popularized reincarnation, channeling, numerology, and astrology. More than any other figure of the twentieth century, Cayce shaped the culture of alternative spirituality.

But Cayce was not always a household name. When a young, skeptical journalist named Thomas Sugrue first met Cayce in 1927

at the urging of Cayce's son, who was Sugrue' s college roommate

the world had not yet heard of ""the sleeping prophet."" Determined to debunk Cayce, Sugrue instead became a convert.

Sugrue went on to become a prominent journalist, writing for publications including the New York Herald Tribune and The American Magazine

but his and Cayce's paths remained intertwined. Struck with a chronic joint disease in the late 1930s, Sugrue sought help through Cayce's medical readings, and resided with the Cayce family in Virginia Beach from 1939 to 1941. During these years of unique access, Sugrue completed his landmark biography of Cayce, There is a River. On its publication in 1942, the book brought national attention to Cayce and stands as the sole biography written during his lifetime.

More than an invaluable record of Cayce's life and work, There Is a River became a founding document of New Age spirituality. In exploring Cayce's work, Sugrue highlighted the key themes of New Age spirituality, such as past-life experiences, channeling, alternative healing, the existence of Atlantis and other ""lost"" civilizations, karma, reincarnation, and the centrality of the individual search for meaning.

There Is a River shows how Cayce

a committed Christian, a Sunday school teacher, and, by his own reckoning, an ordinary man

became the prophet of Aquarian Age spirituality.

A new introduction by Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America, highlights the enduring power of Cayce's message and places this classic work in context for today's readers.

A new edition of the landmark, worldwide bestseller on the life of the famed medical clairvoyant and founding father of the New Age- Edgar Cayce.

Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) is known to millions today as the grandfather of the New Age. A medical clairvoyant, psychic, and Christian mystic, Cayce provided medical, psychological, and spiritual advice to thousands of people who swore by the effectiveness of his trance-based readings.

But Cayce was not always a household name. When a young, skeptical journalist named Thomas Sugrue first met Cayce in 1927 the world had not yet heard of the ""sleeping prophet."" During years of unique access, Sugrue completed his landmark biography, which on its publication in 1942 brought national attention to Cayce and stands as the sole record written during the seer's lifetime.

This edition includes a new introduction by historian Mitch Horowitz that highlights the enduring significance of Cayce's message and the role this book played in its dissemination."

By: Thomas Sugrue (Thomas Sugrue)
Imprint: Tarcher/Putnam,US
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780399172663
ISBN 10: 0399172661
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Sugrue (1907-1953) was a widely respected and world-travelled journalist who wrote for many of the nation's leading newspapers and magazines. Sugrue sought medical help through Edgar Cayce's channeled readings, and went on to become both Cayce's biographer and a lifelong supporter.

Reviews for There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce

A classic and a must for all those who desire to expand and honor their heart. Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear An amazing story the facts as he records them are incontrovertible. Boston Herald No fiction could be stranger To read There Is a River cannot help being an adventure. Mary Ross, New York Herald Tribune An irreplaceable record of Cayce s development as a spiritual messenger a formative document of New Age spirituality. from the introduction by Mitch Horowitz