Mae St. Clair Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 22
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Mae St. Clair's extended family correspondence as well as her collected research on the Edgar Cayce Readings over the course of her professional life with the Association for Research and Enlightenment.
Dates
- 1852 - 2003
Creator
- St. Clair, Mae Gimbert (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Mae Gimbert St. Clair was born in Oceana, Virginia to Benjamin Gimbert and Eliza Evelyn Reader Gimbert on December 2, 1908. She married three times: Ralph Emerson Crusoe on October 31, 1926 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, John Crane Verhoeven on June 4, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Edward St. Clair on November 10, 1975 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Mae first heard of Edgar Cayce's work in 1929, but did not seek a reading on her health, relationships, and purpose in life. She followed the advice of her health reading and its success fueled her interest in the Cayce work; she became close friends with the Cayce family.
She and her family received a series of life readings that she adapted into a lecture series entitled "The Tangled Family Affair." During her years at A.R.E., she attended a study group with Edgar and Gertrude Cayce and Gladys Davis Turner. She served as the A.R.E. receptionist from 1960-1970, as a volunteer, and as a member of the A.R.E. Board of Trustees. She also established the Readings Research Department and worked as its director.
Mae developed the "Blue Books" extracts from the non-medical readings, compiled two books in the Library Series (Life and Death; The Early Christian Epoch) and compiled a 21-volume readings reference to the Book of John. She lectured on past lives and health topics. She also participated in the readings microfilming project for the Edgar Cayce Foundation.
Mae St. Clair died on March 21, 2003 at the age of 94.
Mae first heard of Edgar Cayce's work in 1929, but did not seek a reading on her health, relationships, and purpose in life. She followed the advice of her health reading and its success fueled her interest in the Cayce work; she became close friends with the Cayce family.
She and her family received a series of life readings that she adapted into a lecture series entitled "The Tangled Family Affair." During her years at A.R.E., she attended a study group with Edgar and Gertrude Cayce and Gladys Davis Turner. She served as the A.R.E. receptionist from 1960-1970, as a volunteer, and as a member of the A.R.E. Board of Trustees. She also established the Readings Research Department and worked as its director.
Mae developed the "Blue Books" extracts from the non-medical readings, compiled two books in the Library Series (Life and Death; The Early Christian Epoch) and compiled a 21-volume readings reference to the Book of John. She lectured on past lives and health topics. She also participated in the readings microfilming project for the Edgar Cayce Foundation.
Mae St. Clair died on March 21, 2003 at the age of 94.
Extent
5.6 Linear Feet (8 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by material type.
Creator
- St. Clair, Mae Gimbert (Person)
- Title
- Mae St. Clair Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jessica Newell
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Edgar Cayce Foundation Repository