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“Sidney D. Kirkpatrick does an excellent job of giving a complete chronicle of Cayce’s life. He holds us spellbound with an engrossing narrative of this remarkable man.” Sylvia Browne, New York Times bestselling author
“This engaging biography reads like a codex for the New Age…[and] lets the facts of his subject’s life speak for themselves.” New Yorker
“Presents an evenhanded story about the life of this American prophet…What makes this biography especially fresh and lasting is Kirkpatrick’s excellent storytelling skills… Kirkpatrick always stays grounded in documented facts and clear information. Cayce aficionados will enjoy especially the accounts of encounters with George Gershwin, Marilyn Monroe, and even the likelihood that he met with President Woodrow Wilson.” Amazon.com
“Presents what every Cayce fan hungers for: a detailed and complete biography that reveals family secrets that were deemed too sensitive to include in earlier works, as well as the long-suppressed identities of the many famous people, from Woodrow Wilson to Thomas Edison, who benefited from Cayce’s readings.” Booklist
“Unlike Cayce’s other biographers, who were affiliated with the Cayce Foundation, Kirkpatrick steers a middle course; he does not completely believe in or refute the effectiveness of Cayce’s medical reading…[A] fair, fascinating, and well-researched biography of one of twentieth-century America’s most famous psychics.” Library Journal
“There have been several hundred books written about my grandfather, but this definitive biography is in a class by itself. A tour de force, this book carefully documents startling new details of his life and clearly articulates the complex and life-transforming concepts of his psychic readings. For anyone curious about the life and work of Edgar Cayce, this book should be at the top of your reading list.” Charles Thomas Cayce, grandson of Edgar Cayce