A closer look
Clairvoyant Edgar Cayce earned the nickname the Sleeping Prophet because he claimed to access the Akashic Records, a mystical universal database of all human knowledge, simply by taking a nap. While in a self-induced trance state, Cayce would diagnose the complex medical illnesses of people he had never met and prescribe bizarre alternative remedies ranging from potato poultices to drinking beef juice. Despite having no formal medical training, his sleep-talking prescriptions were heavily documented and eventually led him to make wild predictions about the lost civilization of Atlantis being powered by magical crystals. You have to respect a man who managed to convince thousands of desperate patients that his midday snoozes were actually highly classified diplomatic missions to the spiritual realm
