The town’s most famous son, clairvoyant Edgar Cayce, will be in the house (in spirit, of course) for the next History on Tap at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
“Edgar Cayce 101” is the topic of Alissa Keller’s program, set for 6:30 p.m. April 25. Keller is executive director of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County.
“We have all heard of Edgar Cayce, but many of us do not know much about the phenomenal life that he led,” Keller wrote in a news release.
“The most well-documented psychic of the 20th century, the father of holistic medicine, a medical clairvoyant, the sleeping prophet: these terms have all been used to describe this Christian County native. But what does it all mean?”
Keller will discuss Cayce’s roots in Hopkinsville and Christian County and what we can learn more about his contributions to humanity.
Cayce was born at Beverly, in South Christian, 1877. His parents were farmers, and he had five siblings. A biographer called him the Sleeping Prophet because he appeared to be in a trance when he prescribed healing treatments for people who came to him for help. He also spoke of reincarnation, faith, wars, Atlantis and other topics in his trance state.
Cayce was a photographer, among several jobs he had to support himself and his family. He died in 1945 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery.
The local museum organizes History on Tap on the fourth Thursday of every month. The brewery, on Fifth Street between Main and Virginia, is family-friendly. Children may attend, and food can be carried in or ordered for delivery to the brewery.
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.
