Toward a Deeper Meditation
John Van Auken is an author and a speaker on reincarnation, karma, and higher consciousness.  His extensive knowledge of the readings of American psychic Edgar Cayce, the Bible, world religions, and ancient Egypt is combined with years of practical application of these truths in his own life.  He is a gifted speaker and has traveled extensively, conducting seminars throughout the United States and abroad.  John resides  in Virginia Beach, Virginia.    Edgar Cayce was born in 1877 and lived until 1945. For more than forty years of his life, he gave what are called psychic readings. As a young man, he discovered that he had an unusual ability to put himself into an altered state of consciousness. He seemed to have access to virtually all knowledge.  He was called  the sleeping prophet" and is the most documented psychic of our time. The book  There is a River documents this fascinating man s life and has sold more than one million copies.