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Cayce, Hugh Lynn

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1907 - 1982

Hugh Lynn Cayce was the oldest son of Edgar Cayce and a leading thinker, author, and spokesperson for psychological and paranormal subjects. He was born in Kentucky on March 16, 1907. In 1930 he graduated from Washington and Lee University, where he met his father's future biographer Thomas Sugrue. After graduation he worked briefly as the librarian for Atlantic University in Virginia Beach and volunteered as a Boy Scout Leader.

Hugh Lynn married Sally Taylor on October 20, 1941. They had two sons - Gregory and Charles Thomas Cayce. Hugh Lynn acted as liaison between the City of Virginia Beach and the United Service Organization during the early 1940s. From 1943 to 1945, he served in the 30th Special Service Unit of the United States Army, where he arranged recreation activities for service members and co-edited the Sunday Punch newspaper.

After he returned from the war, he served the Association for Research and Enlightenment as manager and later as chairman of the board of trustees. He was also author of the book Venture Inward, an examination of safe and unsafe methods of exploring personal psychic experiences. He received the National Life Achievement Award for 1980 from the Illinois Society for Psychic Research in Oak Park, Illinois. 

Hugh Lynn Cayce died on July 4, 1982.

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

A Search for God Book Two: read by Hugh Lynn Cayce at Asilomar

 File
Identifier: Folder 43:9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1931 - 2015

announcements, 1935

 File
Identifier: Folder 10:9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1935

announcements, 1937

 File
Identifier: Folder 10:18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1937

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1932

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: Other: 1932

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1933

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1933

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1934

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1934

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1935

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1935

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1936

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1936

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1937

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1937

A.R.E. Bulletin, 1938

 File
Identifier: Folder 1:7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1938