Cayce, Hugh Lynn
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 1982
Hugh Lynn Cayce was the oldest son of Edgar Cayce and a leading author and speaker on his father’s work and metaphysical subjects. He was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1907. In 1930 he graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. 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 (1905-1997) in 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. On his return from Europe, he served the Association for Research and Enlightenment as manager and later as chairman of the board of trustees. He wrote the book Venture Inward, an examination of safe and unsafe methods of exploring personal psychic experiences. He was named First Citizen of Virginia Beach in 1964 and received the National Life Achievement Award from the Illinois Society for Psychic Research in Oak Park, Illinois in 1980. Hugh Lynn Cayce died on July 4, 1982.
Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:
God's Other Door and the Continuity of Life: A Study of the Edgar Cayce Readings on Life After Death and his lecture on The Continuity of Life, 1958
Item
Identifier: Item 47:22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1958
Guidelines on Prayer and Meditation for Health and Healing, 2007
Item
Identifier: Item 51:64
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
2007
Health Home Remedies Corporation Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 10
Scope and Contents
This collection includes incorporation documentation, correspondence, minutes, reports and stock certificates generated by the Health Home Remedies Corporation, based in New York, NY and Norfolk, VA.
Dates:
1934 - 1976
Hugh Lynn Cayce on Meditation: An Interview, 1976
Item
Identifier: Item 49:42
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1976
interview transcripts, 1964
File
Identifier: Folder 1:2-1:4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection includes writings by David E. Kahn about his friendship with Edgar Cayce and transcripts of oral interviews conducted in preparation for author Will Oursler to write David E. Kahn's biography, published in 1970.
Dates:
1964
membership letters, 1932
File
Identifier: Folder 10:4
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:
1932
membership letters, 1936
File
Identifier: Folder 10:17
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
membership letters, 1937
File
Identifier: Folder 10:21
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
membership letters, 1940
File
Identifier: Folder 11:8
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:
1940
membership letters, 1947
File
Identifier: Folder 13:10
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:
1947