What are the Akashic Records?

Edgar Casey’s Legacy

Edgar Cayce, often referred to as the "Sleeping Prophet," utilized the concept of the Akashic Records—an ethereal compendium of all human experiences and knowledge—as a tool for healing. During his trance states, Cayce claimed to access these records to gain insights into individuals' physical, emotional, and spiritual conditions. He believed that by tapping into the Akashic Records, he could identify the root causes of illnesses, often tracing them back to past traumas or unresolved issues. Cayce provided personalized readings that included recommendations for lifestyle changes, dietary adjustments, and holistic healing practices. His approach emphasized the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit, promoting the idea that healing occurs on multiple levels and that understanding one's life path and past experiences is crucial for recovery.

It was around 1900 that the Theosophists began writing about the Akashic Records and coincidentally at about the same time, the mystics and the most devout talked about them. Before that however, only celestial beings had access to the Records. It was only in the twentieth century with the advent of the age of enlightenment that people like you and I became aware of their existence and could share the information provided therein.

This twentieth century mystic, healer, and medium is referred to as the most documented Akashic reader of all time. His talents allowed him to access and describe information from the Akashic Records that he firmly believed was available to everyone. Certain passages included in this synopsis were excerpted from Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records: The Book of Life by Kevin J. Todeschi, ©1998. Used with permission.

Here is how Edgar Cayce describes the Records. The Akashic Records, or “The Book of Life,” can be equated to the Universe’s super-computer system. It is this system that acts as the central storehouse of all information for every individual who has ever lived upon the earth. More than just a reservoir of events, the Akashic Records contain every deed, word, feeling, thought, and intent that has ever occurred at any time in the history of the world. Much more than simply a memory storehouse, however, these Akashic Records are interactive in that they have a tremendous influence upon our everyday lives, our relationships, our feelings and belief systems, and the potential realities we draw toward us. The Akashic Records contain the entire history of every soul since the dawn of Creation. These records connect each one of us to one another.

Edgar Cayce was a master at reading the Akashic Records. He helped thousands of people over forty years using his remarkable intuitive ability. He gave readings using the Akashic Records as his primary resource and his special abilities allowed him to retrieve information to enable a person to discover everything from their purpose in life to the root cause of a long-standing problem.

To describe how this worked, Cayce explained that it was not only possible for individuals to attune to the Akashic Records but that it was something that occurred frequently. Although the Records were not physical in nature, an individual in attunement could “hear,” “read,” and “experience” the information, nonetheless. To illustrate what an individual might perceive while viewing their soul’s journey, Cayce expressed that the Akashic Records of the mental world might be compared to a movie theater of the physical world. This movie could be replayed to understand what had occurred in an individual's experience in any period, at any time, or while in any place in history. Also within this data was a record of lessons learned, opportunities lost, faults acquired, and experiences gained. In addition, although an individual’s actions might be misinterpreted or misconstrued in the physical world, the Akashic Records maintained an objective record of a person’s “real life” because it reported his or her true intent.

In 1934 Cayce tried to define these Records further. Not only did he discuss what the Akashic Records were, but he explained how they were written, and clarified how an individual could gain access to the information. Apparently, any type of endeavor—whether action, thought, desire, or deed—creates a vibration. This vibration produces a mark upon the skein of space and time (cosmic consciousness) and is somehow permanently identified with the individual producing the vibration. Although unseen, it is an etheric energy that is as evident to a sensitive person as the printed word is to a sighted person.

When there is the thought or the activity of the body in any particular environ, this very activity makes for the impressions upon the soul...As to the records made by such an activity, these are written upon what is known as time or space, much in the form or manner as are the messages that are of a familiar nature to the body in its present activity. As the instruments of recording are used, so does the activity of ENERGY expended leave its imprint upon the etheric wave that records between time and space that DESIRED to be put, as to that impelling or producing. Just as the figures or characters make for communications between individuals, so does the soul upon the pages or records of time and space. …Edgar Casey. From The Edgar Casey Readings

Comparatively speaking it is like having a computer system that keeps track of every event, thought, image, or desire that has ever transpired on earth. Imagine that in addition to written data and words, this system contains countless videotapes and pictures, providing the viewer with an eyewitness account of all that has transpired within any historical time frame. Finally, imagine that this enormous database not only keeps track of the information itself but also maintains the perspectives and emotions of every individual involved. As incredible as it may sound, this description gives an accurate representation of the Akashic Records

Going back and retrieving past life information can often help us understand what past energies might be producing a roadblock toward moving forward in this lifetime. This is where clearing energy or incorporating it becomes important. Most often the emotion around an event is most important and not necessarily the event itself. Energetic clearings do not clear what is written in the Records, but instead clear those emotions associated with the event that rise to the surface. The choice can be made to clear the emotion if it is causing a problem or incorporate the energy into this life energy if it is deemed beneficial. This is much like clearing trapped emotion and/or psychic trauma specific to the event.

Reading the Records for Someone Else

The skills necessary to go to the Records and work in them include the ability to go (or be led) into deep meditation, the ability to release unwanted energy as performed by an energy healer, and the ability to receive incoming messages as performed by a medium. An aspect of working with another person involves the setting aside of the reader’s ego in favor of complete selfless receiving. What this means is that the Akashic database may reflect the mental experience and background of the person reading the information so their intent must be totally desirous of being helpful. Hence a scripted prayer that employs selflessness precedes any reading to compensate for bias. The reader’s own belief systems, backgrounds, experiences, and personal motives are therefore negated to allow a clear selfless reading for the recipient being read.

Every experience encountered in an individual’s life could leave a good or a bad impression upon these Akashic Records. Apparently, each occurrence in life has the capacity to be a constructive or a destructive influence, based upon what an individual does with that experience. Different choices will leave very different impressions upon the Records. Clearing past emotions around choices that our soul made in a past life can greatly influence how we move forward in this lifetime.

To further explain the purpose of the Akashic Records, we must look at what they do. The Records are so complete, so accurate, and so individualized, that questions might be asked to inform across lifetimes. Simply put, the Records keep track of and assist with each soul’s personal growth and transformation. In the Akasha, cosmic consciousness, or fourth level of the Astral Plane, however you choose to describe that higher dimension, every thought, idea, and action from the past, present, and future is stored. The Akashic Records are a record of what will happen, is happening, or has happened. Because they are at a higher dimension, the rules of time do not apply so information from two thousand years ago is as accessible as what happened to you yesterday, and what happened to you yesterday is as available as what could happen to you in ten years.

The soul’s journey can be explained by saying that we are not physical bodies with souls but spiritual beings who happen to be having a physical existence. If this is true and we are fundamentally spiritual beings, then we might ask, “So, just what are we doing here?” The answer proposed by the Cayce foundation is that we are essentially gathering experiences. The soul gains firsthand knowledge not only about its own identity but learns how choices made result in certain experiences. In time, soul experiences and acquired knowledge will lead to wisdom. Inevitably, wisdom will lead to compassion and eventually love will be the end result. At this point, the soul will know its individual identity as well as its true relationship with God. The soul will have come to understand that its primary essence and God's are one and the same, and that is love.