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Edgar Cayce

1877 - 1945

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Edgar Cayce (; March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American clairvoyant who claimed to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep. During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce would answer questions on a variety of subjects such as healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events. Cayce described himself as a devout Christian and denied being a Spiritualist or communicating with spirits. Cayce is regarded as a founder and a principal source of many characteristic beliefs of the New Age movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Cayce is the 13th most popular occultist, the 788th most popular biography from United States (up from 939th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Occultist.

Edgar Cayce was a psychic who, in the 1920s and 1930s, claimed to be able to diagnose illnesses and predict future events.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Edgar Cayce ranks 13 out of 41. Before him are Helena Blavatsky, Count of St. Germain, Éliphas Lévi, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Allan Kardec. After him are Joachim of Fiore, A. E. Waite, Manly P. Hall, Tituba, Edward Kelley, and Gérard Encausse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Edgar Cayce ranks 13. Before him are Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Frick, Joan Gamper, Heinrich Otto Wieland, James Jeans, and Frank Marshall. After him are Raoul Dufy, Gabriele Münter, Louis Renault, G. H. Hardy, Kees van Dongen, and Kārlis Ulmanis. Among people deceased in 1945, Edgar Cayce ranks 51. Before him are Hans Geiger, Giovanni Agnelli, Odilo Globočnik, Karl Hanke, Yun Chi-ho, and Robert Ritter von Greim. After him are Theodore Dreiser, Franz Werfel, Robert H. Goddard, Karl-Otto Koch, Wilhelm Burgdorf, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Cayce ranks 788 out of 20,380. Before him are Rod Steiger (1925), Howard Hawks (1896), James Ivory (1928), Keith Jarrett (1945), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), and William Alfred Fowler (1911). After him are Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), Paul D. Boyer (1918), David Lee (1931), James Woods (1947), and Theodore Dreiser (1871).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United States

Among occultists born in United States, Edgar Cayce ranks 2. Before him are Anton LaVey (1930). After him are A. E. Waite (1857).

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