Which Edgar Cayce reading numbers mention the Great Pyramid’s Hall of Records and what do those readings actually say?
Executive summary
Edgar Cayce’s corpus explicitly ties a subterranean “Hall (or Pyramid) of Records” near the Sphinx and Giza to several numbered readings—most frequently 5748-6, but also readings referenced as 993-1 (#23), 341-1, 341-8 and others such as 2067-11—each supplying overlapping details about location, contents, and timing for its opening [1] [2] [3]. Cayce’s accounts describe a record-vault containing Atlantean/Egyptian records accessible via a passage under the Sphinx’s right forepaw and guarded until a future epoch; however mainstream archaeological work has not confirmed the existence of such a chamber as described [4] [1] [5].
1. Which readings name the Hall of Records and their primary citations
The reading most commonly cited as describing the Hall is Reading 5748-6 (July 1, 1932), which names a “storehouse, or record house” connected by a passage from the Sphinx’s right forepaw and frames the chamber as containing records to be uncovered in a future period [1] [6]. A reading catalogued as 993-1, specifically section #23, is invoked by the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) to argue for an earlier pyramid chronology and to support the claim of records tied to a pre‑Ra‑Ta pyramid tradition [2]. Readings 341-1 and 341-8 are cited as locating the entombed entity Araaraart in corners or chambers associated with the second/first pyramids, details that A.R.E. interprets as linked to the Hall/record complex [2]. Other indexed readings, including 2067-11, are quoted by Cayce interpreters to place biblical and initiatory figures within pyramid rituals and to link duplicate records buried with the Sphinx [3] [7].
2. What the readings actually say about the Hall’s contents, shape and entrance
Cayce’s trance statements describe the Hall as a repository of human history “from the beginning,” holding tablets or archives in Atlantean and Egyptian scripts; later readings imply the hall may itself be pyramid-shaped and that duplicate records were buried with the Sphinx [4] [5]. 5748-6 explicitly mentions a passage from the Sphinx’s right forepaw leading to the record chamber and warns it “may not be entered without an understanding,” linking access to cyclic regenerative conditions or future root‑race developments [1]. Some readings place thirty‑two tablets hidden in a small pyramid between the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid and describe the hall as part of a broader subterranean complex of pyramidal chambers and shrines [8] [9].
3. Timing, prophecy and interpretive variances within the readings
Cayce tied the Hall’s discovery to epochs of “great changes,” at times connecting the opening to prophetic windows (for example, an era of upheaval Cayce’s followers associated with 1958–1998) and to the maturation of human understanding so the records would not be “perverted” [5] [10]. Interpretations vary: A.R.E. publications emphasize the Sphinx‑paw entrance and a literal buried archive [4] [11], while some secondary authors and researchers reframe Cayce’s imagery symbolically or astronomically, proposing multiple subterranean vaults or even astral/metaphorical readings [9] [12].
4. What external investigation and mainstream archaeology report
Scholarly and archaeological consensus does not corroborate Cayce’s descriptions: modern archaeological work has not discovered the Hall as Cayce described, and explorations (including 20th‑century soundings and late‑1990s shafts) have not produced the cache of Atlantean/Egyptian tablets or a distinct pyramidical vault under the Sphinx matching Cayce’s account [5] [4]. The Wikipedia overview summarizes how Cayce originated the Hall concept and notes that nothing fitting his description has been found despite public attention and targeted searches [5].
Conclusion: what can be said definitively from the readings and the record
The primary Cayce readings that mention a Hall of Records include 5748-6 and entries referenced as 993-1 (#23), with supporting citations drawn from other readings such as 341-1, 341-8 and 2067-11; together they portray a buried record‑vault beneath or between the Sphinx and pyramids, accessible via the Sphinx’s right forepaw and containing Atlantean/Egyptian records whose opening is reserved for a future epoch [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. These claims remain matters of belief and interpretation within Cayce’s community and among alternative‑history authors; they are not substantiated by mainstream archaeological findings as summarized in the available sources [5] [4]. The reporting consulted reproduces Cayce’s text and A.R.E. interpretations but does not provide independent physical evidence confirming the Hall’s existence.