According to the readings, they did meet and work together in launching this world-changing new religion. In the past life readings for Edgar Cayce, he learned that as Lucius he was not only an early bishop of the fledgling faith but he helped write the Gospel that is attributed to Luke.

In reading St. Paul’s epistles, it’s impossible not to recognize the similarity of his teachings with the Cayce readings, especially about the importance and transcendence of love—for God, but especially, for one’s fellow man. Here’s Paul’s inspirational, soaring First letter to the Corinthians:

If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.

Cayce’s readings on love are captured in the A Search for God Book I, the Chapter on Love:

“The Power of Love,” …Love allows no place for hate and recognizes no even, but sees all things working together for good. The power of love is unlimited.” Cayce also addresses the APPLICATION of love, going beyond experiencing it for people who are lovable:

The Test of Love,” “He that does not love his worst enemy has not even begun to develop…To fulfill the law of love is more than to simply love those who love you, for by so doing we have not reached the faintest conception of divine love. Love is giving out the best that is within us. Then, where slights, slurs, or even suspicions have been allowed to affect us, love cannot mean all that it should in our experience.”

This spring, a group of spiritual seekers and travelers will journey together to explore the wonders of Greece, following in the footsteps of St. Paul. Edgar Cayce was alive as Lucius during that period in early Christianity, when Paul was traveling the known world and preaching the Gospel. We’ll be exploring more similarities between St. Paul and Edgar Cayce on this upcoming excursion into the ancient world, March 18 – April 1. Read more here and consider joining us!