Edgar Cayce’s more than fourteen thousand readings contain several that prophesy great physical changes to our planet. And many of these were not the suspicious Halaliel readings that some believe may be inaccurate, because they were given around the time that Cayce lost his core, during the Great Depression, and his state of mind was not the best.

Among these so-called earth change readings are predictions of temperature changes in the deep waters of our planet that will change weather patterns. Now we call them El Niño and La Niña, and in fact they have caused serious changes in the winds and seas of the Earth, serious changes in the climate. These readings also contain a prophesied earthquake under the sea in the Indian Ocean, likely the one we witnessed as the worst tsunami on record, killing coastal people from Indonesia to Africa.

Japanese researcher Masaru Emoto, author of The Hidden Messages in Water, spoke at an ARE conference recently and revealed how his research with water crystals shows the positive and negative influence of human words and thoughts on water. He said that he believes that the world’s waters are reacting to human energy patterns, causing many of these disasters. Cayce would agree; Readings from him affirm that sunspots, which affect many of our communication systems, are caused more by human attitudes and emotions than by cosmic forces.

Since Edgar Cayce stopped giving readings (August 1944) and passed on to the other realms of life (January 3, 1945), many significant Earth-changing events have occurred, as he predicted. Let’s take an updated look at recent disasters.

As of this writing, the latest major disaster is the earthquake in the densely populated Chinese city of Chengdu, the capital of Wenchan County, a high-tech, wealthy and educated region. 90 million people live in this area, 9 million in the city. The intense earthquake was so powerful that it was felt as far away as Beijing, 943 miles to the northeast, and Thai, the capital of Bangkok, 1,118 miles to the south! It registered 7.8 on the Richter scale, which is the strongest earthquake to hit China in thirty years. Deaths are estimated in the tens of thousands. A school, with 900 young students, collapsed, killing almost everyone inside. Five nearby schools also collapsed, but reports were not available at the time of writing.

More than 300 aftershocks were recorded after the quake, and a Chinese seismologist warned residents of quake-hit areas in southwestern China of more tremors, which could be just as devastating. “Wenchuan is prone to earthquakes as it lies on a major fault line, the south-north fault line that runs from Yunnan to Ningxia,” said Zhang Guomin, a researcher with the China Seismological Bureau.

Another recent disaster is the cyclone of May 6, 2008. The US charge d’affaires in Yangon (a city in former Burma), Shari Villarosa, said in a conference call: “The information we are receiving indicates more 100,000 deaths” from the cyclone. . Devastated the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Prior to this cyclone, there was a tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004, killing an estimated 283,000 people. Burma only lost 61 people in that tsunami. Indonesia lost the most people: 230,261. Sri Lanka lost 30,957 and India lost third place – 16,413. Even the east coast of Africa lost 286 people to this huge tidal wave.

The US Geological Survey said the quake that triggered the tsunami measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, making it the world’s largest quake in four decades.

On May 7, 2008, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the Japanese coast struck the city of Tokyo. A second quake struck the same area about half an hour later with a magnitude of 5.3. Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, although Tokyo hasn’t seen a major quake since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which killed 140,000 people. Japan sits at the junction of five tectonic plates and 80 active volcanoes!

Property damage caused by the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan reached $150 billion.

On October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan killed 40,000 people.

The most devastating earthquake after Cayce’s death was the magnitude 8 Tangshan event in 1976 in China, the death toll of which ranges from the official 255,000 to the more likely 655,000.

Of course, the earthquake that devastated the Chinese city of Shaanzi in 1556 was the deadliest in known history. No magnitudes were captured in those days, and of course no recordings exist, but it is said to have taken the lives of 830,000 people!

An earthquake was responsible for the deadliest landslide of this century, which caused between 40,000 and 50,000 deaths in western Iran on June 20, 1990.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Mount Huascarán, Peru, on May 21, 1970, triggered an avalanche of rocks and snow that buried the cities of Yungay and Ranrahirca, killing perhaps as many as 20,000 people.

The costliest landslide in US history was a relatively slow event at Thistle, Utah, in the spring of 1983. The landslide was caused by the wet El Niño winter of 1982-83. Total losses exceeded $400 million.

The largest earthquake of this century was a magnitude 9.5 event that struck Chile on May 22, 1960. More than 2,000 people died in Chile, Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines from this earthquake and the deadly tsunami it created. .

The most powerful earthquake in the US, and the second largest in the world this century, was a 9.2 temblor in Alaska, the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. The ensuing tsunami claimed 125 lives and caused about $310 million in property losses. The resulting tsunami swept away an entire town in faraway Hawaii.

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, on June 15, 1991, spewed about 1 cubic mile of ash and rock into the atmosphere. Avalanches of hot ash, gas, and pumice fragments roared down the mountainside, filling valleys with up to 600 feet of volcanic debris! The reservoirs will retain much of their heat for decades; even 5 years later they were measured at 900°F. Close cooperation between the USGS and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology allowed the eruption to be forecast accurately, saving at least 5000 lives.

The volcanic eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia in 1985 killed 25,000 people, most trapped in a huge mudflow that spilled down the affected mountain and flooded the town of Armero. By comparison, the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 shattered the peak and sent ash airborne for hundreds of miles, but had few fatalities.

Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast in August 2005; Damage estimates from insurance costs alone were $30 billion! It was the costliest disaster in US history, dwarfing Andrew’s in 1992, whose property damage was $25 billion.

The Great Midwest Flood of 1993 was the costliest flood in United States history, with estimated damage of $20 billion; however, only around 50 lives were lost.

Bangladesh and China have been repeatedly devastated by floods: Bangladesh lost 300,000 people in November 1970 and more than 130,000 in April 1991 to cyclone-induced flooding, and the massive Yangtze River flood in China in 1931 caused more of 3 million deaths due to flooding. and subsequent starvation.

Our planet is actively changing. In a reading, Cayce stated that none of the physical devastation he predicted has to come. The stability of the planet is in the collective hands of humanity. Cayce also confirmed the Biblical axiom that 10 good people can save an entire city. This brings to mind an old story told by the editor of Guideposts magazine. He received letters from two different women in a small town in California. They each told how they were awakened in the dark hours before dawn and powerfully led by the Spirit to go out into the streets of their small town and pray. They both did. Around 5 am, a powerful earthquake struck the city of him, destroying the entire downtown area, but no one was killed or injured. These two ladies did not know each other, they lived in opposite corners of the city. In this case the prayers of two save a town.

Instead of fretting over the world situation and criticizing political leaders, prayer is a powerful service that we can perform for our fellow inhabitants of the planet. Our prayers ascend to the Collective Consciousness and subliminally affect all human consciousness and the sensitive vibrations of Nature.

Prayer time is also a wonderful sanctuary from the weight of the world. In this inner space of contacting God with love and concern for others, we can find a refuge for our often weary hearts and minds.

Cayce advises, “Why worry when you can pray? He [God] is the All, you are apart. Coordinate your abilities with the Whole.” (2528-2)