John van auken biography

John Van Auken is a director at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E., and is one of the organization’s most popular speakers, traveling throughout the U.S. and abroad to address audiences on the body-mind-spirit topics found in the Edgar Cayce readings. He is an acknowledged expert on the Cayce readings, the Bible, ancient prophecies, world religions, meditation, and ancient Egypt. He writes Venture Inward's Ancient Mysteries column and is the author of several books, including Edgar Cayce on the Spiritual Forces Within You, From Karma to Grace, and Angels, Fairies, Demons & the Elementals. He is co-author with Ruben Miller, Ph.D. of the recent book Edgar Cayce on the Mysterious Essenes: Lessons from Our Sacred Past. To view John's upcoming schedule of events, visit our events search page for "John Van Auken."

Posts by John Van Auken:

Edgar Cayce, often called the “Sleeping Prophet” was to give insight and guidance on many topics pertaining to body, mind, and soul. He also was asked to comment on Thanksgiving. Here is his helpful r…

We are of Divine origin and, despite our present physical condition, we remain connected to our Creator through an unseen portion of our being that is angelic: “through yourself that is the angel.”

The wisdom and understanding that is expected of us is much more than earthly stuff. Since we are beings from the heavens, conceived in the image of the Creator, we also need to understand the univers…

Our Creator has the greater view from which to advise us in times of trouble. The challenge for us is to find our way to the Creator – a journey within. It’s easy to say, “go within,” but it’s difficu…

From Cayce files we know we have an outer self, a personality, a physical body with genes (hereditary influences), and a history covering our present life. However, it was common for Edgar Cayce to sp…

From spiritual teachings we learn that true life and the true self is within us. As most of us understand, the real and the true is within us, not out here or in our personalities. Our personalities a…

Cayce is trying to warn us not to let the spirit of hatred, revenge, and self-aggrandizement insidiously infect our thoughts and feelings, and thereby weaken our Light and Life. He wants us to keep ou…

As seekers we should have soul-developing practices. These practices are often referred to as "spiritual practices." In addition to daily hygiene, wearing fresh clothes, exercising, and eating nourish…