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The Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), also known as Edgar Cayce's A.R.E., was founded by Edgar Cayce (1877–1945) in 1931 to research and explore subjects such as holistic health, ancient mysteries, personal spirituality, dreams and dream interpretation, intuition, philosophy and reincarnation. A.R.E.'s stated mission is to help people change their lives for the better through the ideas and information found in the Edgar Cayce readings. Its international headquarters are in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with a regional office in Houston, Texas. It claims to have Edgar Cayce Centers in 37 countries, and individual members in more than 70 countries. A.R.E. runs conferences, retreats and other educational activities, and publishes books relating to Edgar Cayce and his teachings under the imprints of A.R.E. Press and 4th Dimension Press. The A.R.E. also publishes a quarterly member magazine ''Venture Inward''. It maintains an affiliation with Atlantic University, and runs a Health Center & Day Spa at its Virginia Beach headquarters along with the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage. == History == A.R.E. claims to be the heir to a previous Cayce-related organization, the Association of National Investigators (A.N.I.). Dependent on the financial support of a few major donors, the ANI emphasized major institution-building projects such as the original Atlantic University and the Cayce Hospital for Research and Enlightenment, a hospital staffed with medical personnel willing to apply Cayce-recommended treatments. The name of the hospital would later inspire the name of the ARE. The ANI and its various projects folded with the onset of the Great Depression. In 1931, Cayce called a meeting of his supporters in Virginia Beach, asking them directly whether they felt that "the work" ought to continue. The result was the creation of the A.R.E. as a successor organization to the A.N.I. This was also the beginning of a tradition of annual meetings (the A.R.E. refers to as "Congress") at its Virginia Beach headquarters and featuring talks on spiritual subjects. Prior to Cayce's death in 1945, people seeking a reading from Cayce were asked to join the A.R.E. This helped insulate Cayce from charges of fortune-telling, which was illegal in some U.S. states, as he was not directly charging a "fee" for his services but receiving a salary from the member-supported A.R.E. Apart from supporting Cayce and his staff, a major emphasis of the early A.R.E. was the encouragement of small groups devoted to spiritual study, prayer, and meditation. When Cayce died he left many requests for readings unanswered. His son, Hugh Lynn Cayce, returned from the Army later that year and took charge of the A.R.E. Under Hugh Lynn Cayce's leadership, the A.R.E. arrived at the basic cluster of activities and interests which it follows today. A major boost came with the rise of the 1960s counterculture and then the New Age Movement, which coincided with a plethora of popular books on Cayce. After Hugh Lynn's death in 1982 the A.R.E. was led by his son, Charles Thomas Cayce (interspersed with some periods of shared control). Charles Thomas retired in 2006. The A.R.E.'s current CEO and executive director is Kevin J. Todeschi, previously the editor of the A.R.E. membership magazine ''Venture Inward'', and a long-time staffer at the A.R.E. During the last few decades, the A.R.E. has focused its efforts on globalizing its activities and on attracting attention from mass media, typically cable programs from the "unsolved mysteries" genre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Association for Research and Enlightenment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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