The annual Cayce Days, a seminar that focuses on the work of clairvoyant Edgar Cayce, is planned Friday, March 21, through Sunday, March 23, in downtown Hopkinsville.
The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Visit Hopkinsville and Milkweed Health & Harmony Emporium sponsor Cayce Days.
Cayce was born March 18, 1877, at the Beverly community in southern Christian County. Known as the “Sleeping Prophet,” he was credited with helping hundreds of individuals by recommending treatments — after going into a self-induced trance and appearing to be asleep — for people suffering with a range of illnesses and conditions that traditional medicine often failed to resolve.
He was an “early force in holistic medicine and in the New Age movement,” Cayce Days organizers said in a press release from the museum.
Two special presenters slated to speak are Jessica Newell, an archivist, historian and writer and serves as director of the Edgar Cayce Foundation and the Library of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Mallory Key, a professional astrologer accredited with the American Federation for Astrologers who “brings insight into the astral influences that affect our daily lives.”
The schedule includes:
Friday, March 21
- 5 to 6 p.m. — Opening Reception
- 6 p.m. — Alissa Keller & Grace Abernethy, Welcome and Grounding in Hopkinsville
- 6:30 p.m. — Jessica Newell, “How to Build a Psychic Hospital: Carrie House and the Edgar Cayce Readings”
Saturday, March 22
- 8:30 a.m. — Morning Setting Up Exercises
- 9 to 10:30 a.m. — Jessica Newell, “Tracing the Threads: Edgar Cayce on World Events 1938-1944”
- 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Mallory Key, Astrology
- 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. — Group Lunch
- 1:30 to 5 p.m. — Free Form: Downtown Walking Tour, Labyrinth, Tour of Riverside Cemetery, Edgar Cayce Cell Phone Tour, Hands-on Activity, Tea Tasting, Chakra Check Point, Pit Tournament, Bus Tour to Schoolhouse, Meditation centers, Museum’s Cayce Artifacts
- 5 to 7 p.m. — Dinner on Own
- 7 p.m. — To Be Announced
Sunday, March 23
- 10 a.m. — Panel Discussion with Jessica, Mallory, and Hoptown speakers
- 11:30 a.m. — Farewells
Registration for the full weekend is $75 ($65 for Museum Members) or for individual sessions for $20 each ($15 for Museum Members) online or by calling the museum at 270-887-4270.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
