What did Edgar Cayce predict about global climate and natural disasters for 2025–2026?
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Executive summary
Edgar Cayce is widely cited as predicting major "earth changes" — earthquakes, rising seas, extreme weather and even pole shifts — that some interpreters tie to 2025–2026 (examples citing widespread geological and climatic shifts and specific warnings for 2025–2026) [1] [2]. Mainstream summaries trace the phrase “Earth Changes” to Cayce and list broad cataclysmic scenarios; contemporary articles and books interpret or republish those readings as forecasting a climatic and geophysical crisis around 2025–2026 [3] [4].
1. Origins: “Earth Changes” and where these ideas come from
Edgar Cayce coined the phrase “Earth Changes” in the 1930s to describe a sequence of cataclysmic natural events — earthquakes, pole shifts, land disappearing beneath oceans and other major alterations to human life — and that label has been adopted by New Age authors and map-makers ever since [3]. Modern collections and repackagings of Cayce’s material present those same themes as a coherent prophecy set, often framed as relevant to the 21st century [4] [5].
2. What the sources say about 2025 specifically
Contemporary writers who link Cayce to the year 2025 emphasize “widespread geological and climatic shifts,” rising sea levels, severe storms and a heightened awareness of climate issues — framing Cayce’s warnings as either literal forecasts of disasters or moral warnings to change human behavior [1] [6]. Promotional and interpretive books and e‑books published since 2024–2025 recast Cayce’s readings as speaking directly to the climate upheavals and technology-driven social shifts of 2025 and beyond [4] [7] [8].
3. Claims about 2026: catastrophe or turning point?
Some online pieces explicitly assign 2026 as a pivotal year in Cayce’s vision, describing it as a year of earthquakes, tsunamis, climate disasters, famine, war and magnetic pole movement — language used by websites that interpret or sensationalize Cayce’s trances [2] [9]. Other commentators treating Cayce more sympathetically argue 2026 marks both physical disruptions and a spiritual transformation, not simply an apocalyptic finale [10].
4. How much of this is direct Cayce text versus later interpretation?
Available sources show a pattern: Wikipedia and historical summaries document Cayce’s broad early- to mid‑20th‑century readings about pole shifts, rising seas and a suggested period of “earth changes” between 1958 and 1998; the explicit pinpointing of 2025–2026 mostly appears in later books, websites and commentators who interpret or repackage the readings for a modern audience [3] [1] [4]. That means many 2025–2026 specifics come from secondary writers, not necessarily verbatim Cayce transcripts [3] [1].
5. Competing viewpoints in the sources
Sources diverge. Encyclopedic summaries present Cayce’s claims as historical material adopted by New Age movements [3]. Interpretive authors and recent books treat the readings as timely warnings and practical spiritual guidance [4] [5]. Sensational websites and videos emphasize imminent, dramatic catastrophe for 2025–2026, while other essays frame the physical predictions as symbolic or tied to spiritual change rather than literal, inevitable doom [2] [10].
6. What the sources do not settle
Available sources do not provide direct, universally accepted Cayce quotations that state “these exact events will happen in 2025” or “in 2026” as an unambiguous timeline; instead, contemporary books and websites map Cayce’s older readings onto those years [3] [1]. The sources also do not include independent scientific verification that Cayce’s geophysical claims (pole shift causing global flood, etc.) are occurring on the schedule some interpreters suggest; those links appear in interpretive pieces rather than scientific reporting [9].
7. Why this matters and how to read these claims
Readers should treat modern 2025–2026 associations as interpretive overlays: Cayce’s original catalogue of “earth changes” is clear in historical summaries, but the assignment of precise modern calendar dates and the dramatic specifics are propagated mainly by later authors, books and websites that either market prophecies or seek to draw spiritual lessons from them [3] [4] [1]. That mix of primary prophetic material and secondary framing creates both followings that expect literal catastrophe and commentators who read the material more metaphorically [10] [6].
Sources cited: historical and encyclopedic overview of “Earth Changes” [3]; contemporary interpretive articles and promotional books linking Cayce to 2025 [4] [1] [5] [7] [8] [6]; online videos and sites assigning dramatic 2026 significance [2] [9]; a reflective essay arguing spiritual framing rather than literal apocalypse [10].