In The Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian Literature
A Reconstruction


Appendix



Appendix 1

Discrepancies between this Moses/Sesostris III identification and some of the Cayce readings addressed:

This effort to find Moses is almost entirely based on the clues from one Edgar Cayce reading: 355-1. This reading was given June 13, 1922 to a twenty-year-old female who was told that she was Moses' sister named Sidiptu. In this reading their mother is called Hatherpsut which may be a mistake for Hatshepsut.

Another Cayce reading, (444-1, for a female age 43, on 11/16/33), calls the queen Hatshepsut, during the Exodus period.

A third reading, (2550-1, female 38, on 4/28/41) for a sister of a Bithiah, who is said to have reared Moses, says their father was the pharaoh Rameses II.

Another reading (470-22) gives 5500BC as the date for the Exodus.

Cayce gave no readings for Jocabed, Amram, Miriam, Aaron, Moses or Joshua, the main characters considered here. He gave readings for many people who were related to these main characters. In the readings some details may be helpful or not. Cayce's main purpose always remained helping the questioner to solve soul and/or body problems. Sometimes he gave previous life situations as reasons or causes for the current life situation. He may have revealed explanatory karma. Cayce repeatedly said, “Self meeting self.” Or as you “mete” it to others, it will be “meted” to you. Sort of the golden rule reversed. Cayce did not usually provide gratuitous explanatory history. He did give a few details here and there, but no one seems to have asked the questions I would have liked to ask him. So I zeroed in on the Sidiptu reading, and used the meager details as the basis for the Twelfth Dynasty reconstruction.

The famous Egyptians mentioned by Cayce, Hatshepsut and Rameses II, were not even in the same dynasty: Hathshepsut (1473-1458BC) was from the 18th Dynasty, while Ramses II (1279-1213BC), was from the 19th, with a time span difference of about 200 years between their dates (using conventional dating). Of course the Hatshepsut may have been a lesser queen, or an additional name not listed in the historic record. Or there could have been parallel kingdoms at the time unrelated to each other.

However, I did not use the readings that mention Hatshepsut (Hatherpsut?) or Rameses II because there no Egyptian evidence supported those rulers as being the Exodus rulers. (That is NO EVIDENCE that I ACCEPTED.) Initially this selectivity was inadvertent. I found the Sidiptu reading first and then used the Egyptian literature next. Then I went back to Cayce to double check. Then I realized that those two readings contradict the elaborate reconstruction presented here.

Several possibilities emerge:

  1. This elaborate reconstruction is wrong.

  2. The Cayce readings on Exodus (or some of them) are wrong.

  3. There are other factors not known here, such as the Egyptian names possibly being titles used for certain occasions. Or perhaps some of the Egyptians in one dynasty have been “cut and pasted” erroneously by some ancient historians into other dynasties, which would certainly be chaotic.

  4. The minds of the Cayce questioners influenced his readings, and these minds may have had wrong information. (This could be likened to a librarian giving an outdated or erroneous book to a patron because he asked for it. The particular akashic record being read by Cayce may have contained incorrect information, but it was the information that the questioner wanted.)

  5. Possibly Cayce referred to the more famous names (Hatherpsut and Rameses II) of the entities who had lived in previous lifetimes also in the Twelfth Dynasty. That is they were the same entities, but also reincarnated more times. In other words Rameses II was Amenemhet II in a previous lifetime. Joseph came back about 400 years later as Joshua. Maybe the entire ‘group’ reincarnated together. This line of reasoning just cannot be supported without referring to the akashic records, which are not yet online.
Because I think this Sidiptu-based reconstruction rings true, I ignored the contradictory readings. There are just too many coincidences, too much evidence, overwhelming evidence, that support the reconstruction. I wish I had just six coincident numbers needed to win the lottery. Here much more than six matches between Moses' life and these Twelfth Dynasty stories provide an amazing proof that Moses was Sesostris III (among others).

Edgar Cayce's son and grandson wrote a book, “Outer limits of Edgar Cayce's power.” In it they detail the readings in which Cayce was apparently wrong. They question the sources that Cayce used in providing the information given in the readings. In this book they examined three readings given to individuals who had just died. Cayce ignored the deaths and gave the readings anyway, to the confusion of the questioners. The authors speculated on possible reasons for these situations.

Cayce also gave readings for a few treasure hunters. These hunters failed to retrieve the treasures for whatever reasons, and decided that Cayce's readings were wrong or at least unclear. Cayce himself always stressed the motives of the seekers. Selfish motives are obstacles.

Edgar Cayce himself said (from “The Story of Jesus” by Jeffrey Furst p351) about his psychic work:

"Readings devoted to questions regarding the study and presentation of this information have stressed certain ideas that should be considered carefully by anyone interested in this work. These may be expressed briefly as follows:

  1. Make sufficient study of the readings and experiences of others to determine if the information is in keeping with your highest ideals. Does the application of the information make individuals better husbands, wives, sons, daughters, citizens, friends? Deeds, thoughts, standards that build toward a better life, mental and spiritual enlightenment and understanding, are measuring signs. Do the principles expressed in the readings bear the stamp of Divine approval in the light of His standards?

  2. Do not seek a reading to satisfy some emotional whim of idle curiosity. To be of real value the information must strike a vibrant chord within your inner being, ringing true to your spiritual desire.

  3. Determine that you will follow the suggestions given in the readings without being moved by the criticisms or scorn of others who cannot understand your point of view.

  4. That which an individual seeks, that he will find. Those that seek only that which is of the earth earthy may only find such; they that seek to bring a whole, well-rounded life, may find it.
Under the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Incorporated, we are attempting to make a careful study of the phenomena of the readings and at the same time ever pass on to others that which is proved helpful in each member's experiences. I give myself to these studies and experiments knowing that many have been helped, and hoping that I may be a 'Channel of blessing' to each individual who comes with some physical, mental or spiritual burden. This is my life." Edgar Cayce

I think these standards given by Cayce are pretty good for any one doing any thing. I have tried to follow them.

I knew my overriding interest in the bible would help me find the Egyptian historic confirmation. I knew parts of the bible involved poetry, symbolism, stories and history. I also knew the creationists seem to childishly cling to the story of the earth being created in seven days. Those “seven days” really bothered me. I knew Moses was not exactly making it up either. It also really bothered me that the Egyptian literature did not obviously confirm the biblical exodus stories. I knew the exodus was true. I knew it was not a minor unnoticed incident to the Egyptians. I just wanted to know more.

So I looked. (I must confess that I also prayed that God either explain it to me or else give me a different hobby! This quest seemed so stupid and hopeless. But each time I prayed and wanted to hang it up, another big fat clue got dropped on my head.) I think I found what I was looking for (or it was given to me).

As for the spiritual aspect, never once did I doubt the existence of God, or His son, Jesus, always being there. I just don't know whether finding this exodus reconstruction makes me a better, more spiritual person. I hope that it does. I also hope that others who read the reconstruction will be inspired to reread the bible.

However, I agree with Cayce when he says the whole point of the bible, the whole message is "Love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart,... and love thy neighbor as thyself." And 'as for me, I will serve a LIVING God.'



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