Plans have been made for a day of activities to celebrate psychic Edgar Cayce’s roots in the community and his far-reaching impact that continues today.
Cayce Day — organized by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Visit Hopkinsville and Milkweed Health & Harmony Emporium — will be Saturday, March 26, in downtown Hopkinsville.
“Cayce is credited as being an early force in holistic medicine and in the New Age movement,” Alissa Keller, executive director of the museums, said in a press release. “His lifetime work continues to provide healthy living goals, spiritual ideals, and life lessons today.”
Born on March 18, 1877, in South Christian County, Cayce became known as The Sleeping Prophet for his apparent ability to prescribe medical remedies and provide other advice and predictions while in a self-induced trance. He gave thousands of psychic readings, many of which are maintained today as transcriptions at the Association for Research and Enlightenment at Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Cayce, who died on Jan. 3, 1945, is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville.
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“Special guests Sidney and Nancy Kirkpatrick, Cayce biographers, and other celebrity Cayce scholars will join us virtually to share an in-depth video tour of Christian County sites connected to the Cayce story that had a profound effect on his work,” Keller said. “The video will play in the Pennyroyal Area Museum all day.”
Attendees can tour the Pennyroyal Area Museum, 217 E. Ninth St., which has a permanent Cayce exhibit, get Cayce-inspired snacks and pick up fairy garden kits.
Visit Hopkinsville will sponsor a healing stone display at the museum with a Chakra Rock Bar.
Milkweed, at Ninth and Virginia streets, will offer tea tastings with a special Cayce blend, short Reiki sessions with Michelle Rodriguez Cook, and other healing experiences from noon until 6 p.m.
In addition to the all-day programming, the following activities are planned:
Cayce Day schedule
10 a.m.
Morning Setting Up Exercises
11 a.m.
Make-Your-Own Salve with Janet Bravard
Noon
Plant Healing Herbs with Christian County Master Gardeners
1 p.m.
All About Cayce Downtown Walking Tour with Alissa Keller
2 p.m.
Learn to play Pit, a popular card game invented by Cayce, with Brett Pritchett
3:45 p.m.
Guided Group Meditation at the Pennyroyal Area Museum
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
