There are a number of comments in the Edgar Cayce readings that indicate that we are closer to the New Age than we may realize and our daily news may indicate.

The first of these is Cayce’s insistence that end-time prophecy is over, that we are in a period of transition, a time of “resets.” The prophecy of time to the end was first given to the prophet Daniel by the angel Gabriel (Daniel 12:7) and again to the disciple John by the “Spirit” in Revelation (12:14). Gabriel told Daniel that the remaining time was “a time, two times, and a time and a half,” and the Spirit told John that it was “a time, times, and a time and a half.” The Cayce readings say:

“Time and times and half times are coming to an end, and that’s where those periods for readjustments begin.” (294-185)

“(Q) What does ‘the day of the Lord is near’ mean?

“(A) That as promised through the prophets and sages of old – time and half of time – has been and is being fulfilled in this day and generation [given in 1933], and that he will soon appear again on earth through whom many will be called to meet those who are preparing the way or His day on earth. The Lord, then, will come, ‘as you have seen him go’.

“(Q) How soon?

“(A) When those who are His have made the way clear, passable, for Him to come.” (262-49)

“Time and times and a half will pass, and then man will come to know that in the temple, in the tabernacle of his own temple he will meet his God face to face!” (2572-1)

As these readings indicate, the end times, times, and half time begin a new age of enlightenment on earth, and this age will last “a thousand years.” It will be an era in which evil will not exist. The Apocalypse says: “Satan will be bound” during this golden age. The Cayce readings convey it this way:

“(Q) What is the significance of a thousand years that Satan is bound?

“(A) It is banished. That… the prayer of ten righteous should save a city, the deeds, the prayers of the faithful will allow for that period when the incarnation of those only who are in the Lord will rule the earth, and the period it’s like a thousand years.

“So Satan is bound, so Satan is banished from the earth. The desire to do evil is his alone. And when there are… those whose only desire and purpose of their heart is to glorify the Father, these will be periods when this will happen.

“Be all determined within your minds, your hearts, your purposes, to be of that number!” (281-37)

According to Cayce’s readings, the Second Coming will be part of this thousand-year era.

“(Q) Please explain what ‘He will walk and talk with men of all climates’ means. Does this mean that he will appear to many at once or will appear to several people over a long period?

“(A) As has been given, for a thousand years he will walk and talk with men of all climates. Then in groups, in masses, and then they will reign from the first resurrection for a thousand years; because this will be when the changes come materially” . (364-8)

Note the comment about material changes. In reading 288-29, Cayce said, “the Earth will be changed again,” this time not by flood but by fire. It will be a cleaning of a superior degree.

The cleansing by fire may be connected to another prophecy in Cayce’s speeches, that of the Earth’s pole shift.

“(Q) What great change or the beginning of what change, if any, will take place on earth in the year 2000 to 2001 AD?

“(A) When there is a pole shift. Or a new cycle begins.” (826-8)

This shift of the Earth’s poles is associated with the rupture of the Van Allen radiation belt. This “belt” is an enveloping shield of energetically charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth’s magnetic field. Protect our planet from solar radiation. We see the effects of this protective belt in the Northern and Southern Lights, which indicate the direction of solar radiation towards the poles of our planet, away from densely populated areas. If the belt were to open during the shift of the magnetic poles of our planet, then solar radiation would reach populated areas. This would be a cleansing by “fire”, as the prophecy says.

In 2004, NOVA hosted a show on PBS called “Magnetic Storm,” which revealed that scientists have discovered that our planet’s magnetic poles have begun to shift. The program also revealed how solar radiation will reach the planet’s surface in populated areas.

An interesting note on this comes from the radiation disaster on the Soviet nuclear planet at Chernobyl. The release of radiation into the atmosphere caused terrible damage to the surrounding areas. Scientists predicted that all life in the area would die. But after many years, the field mice were still thriving. When examined, these mice were found to have mutated their chromosome structure, allowing them to live in high radiation. Perhaps the prophecy that “we will all be changed in the twinkling of an eye” relates to this dramatic change in our genes as a result of increased radiation in the atmosphere, the “fire” cleansing.

Also associated with the end of time is a massive war like no other. However, in Cayce’s readings, he sees this war quite differently than normal wars. He sees it as a battle for dominance of the incarnation! Which souls will get a dominant embodied presence on the planet, the good ones or the bad ones? The battle is being fought out of sight in the spiritual realms that surround the planet. There is a fight for the bellies of the Earth. As bodies die and new ones are created, what souls will these bodies get? Of course, we know that the prophecy is that the souls of those who love God and their fellow men as brothers and sisters will once again win the majority. In this way the planet is emptied of evil and filled with goodness for a thousand years.

“(Q) If Armageddon is foretold in the Great Pyramid, please give a description and the date of its beginning and end.

“(A) Not in what is left there. It will be like a thousand years, with the fight in the air… between those who return and those who leave the earth.” (5748-6)

As these good souls gain majority presence, the vibrations of the planet will change, preparing the way or, as Cayce said, “making the road passable” for Their return.

The combination of radiation cleansing and an increasing number of incarnating good souls ushers the planet into a new era of enlightenment and goodness.

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear the music of the coming of the Lord from this vineyard, and be ready to give an account of what you have done with your opportunity on earth as Children of God, as heirs and joint heirs of glory. with the Son? Then straighten your paths, for an answer must come for what you have done with your Lord! one born, but as one returning to his own, for he will walk and talk with men of all weather, and those who are faithful and just in his account will be caught up with him to rule and do judgment for a thousand years!” ( 364-7)

These are exciting prophecies, but very difficult to grasp in the midst of everyday material life. However, we must prepare ourselves by living as He wants us to love one another, helping one another.