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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back, Strange travelers of time. Tonight, we're diving headfirst
into the mind of Edgar Casey, the Sleeping Prophet, the
man who turned napping into a full time career. While
most of us dream about being late for work or
forgetting to wear pants in public, Casey dreamt about world wars,
pole shifts, and ancient civilizations with deathrays. That's right, His
(00:24):
subconscious was basically Netflix, but with higher stakes. In this episode,
part one of our two part series, will unravel twelve
of Casey's most famous predictions, the fall and rise of nations,
the return of Atlantis, even weather gone wild. Some sound
eerily accurate, others sound like he stayed up too late
(00:46):
reading pulp magazines. But either way, they'll keep you wide
awake tonight. For those new to the party, Casey was
known as the Sleeping Prophet because he gave his predictions
while lying on a couch with his eyes closed, drifting
into trance. He wasn't exactly Madam Zelda at a carnival.
He didn't use crystal balls or tarot cards. He just
(01:08):
napped and out came visions about everything from world wars
to the lost City of Atlantis. Some of his prophecies
were weirdly accurate. Others, let's just say they aged about
as well as milk left in the sun. But that's
the fun of it, isn't it. Tonight we'll dig into
twelve of Casey's wildest predictions, each one stranger, more colorful,
(01:30):
and occasionally more hilarious than the last. So grab a blanket,
get cozy, and let's go dream diving with Edgar Casey.
Russia as the hope of the world. During the height
of World War Two, Casey shocked his followers by saying
that Russia would one day become the world's great spiritual savior.
(01:50):
Now you've got to imagine the timing here. In nineteen
forty four, Stalin was running the show Gulags, Secret Police,
and Absolute Paranoia. If you told Americans then that Russia
was the hope of the world, they'd probably check your
forehead for fever. But Casey clarified it wasn't the Russia
(02:12):
of tanks and tyrants. He saw it was a future Russia,
one reborn into compassion, justice and spirituality. Instead of exporting communism,
this Russia would export kindness. Did it happen, Well, let's
just say Casey may have been overly optimistic. Some argue
(02:32):
that the spiritual revival happening in underground Russian churches today
might be the seed he saw. Others say this is
proof Casey's trance visions occasionally veered into pure fantasy. Either way,
the Russia prophecy remains one of his most quoted. China
as the cradle of Christianity. Casey once declared that China,
(02:54):
not Rome or Jerusalem, would become the cradle of Christianity
as lived, not just Christianity in name, but in action. Compassion, mercy, charity,
bold words, especially since China at the time was struggling
under warlords, famine, and the looming rise of communism. Christianity
(03:15):
there was more or less a handful of missionaries dodging bandits.
Fast forward to today, and things get interesting. Estimates suggest
tens of millions of Christians now worship in China. Some
even say it could outnumber European congregations. For some believers,
this is Casey's prophecy coming true in slow motion. Of course,
(03:39):
skeptics say Casey just got lucky throwing darts at a globe. Still,
it's pretty compelling to imagine the world's biggest atheist state
quietly becoming home to a vast underground church movement. If
nothing else, it shows Casey had a flare for the unexpected,
a preventable world war. Before World War II, Casey issued
a warning. He said humanity was heading toward a global
(04:02):
conflict unless we changed our ways. He even predicted fighting
in Europe and Asia, battles across the Pacific, and fiery
destruction in cities. Now, you could argue that almost anyone
reading the news in the nineteen thirties might have seen
war coming. But Casey wasn't just predicting war. He was
(04:22):
warning against it, saying it could be avoided if people
shifted their consciousness toward peace. Imagine the what if if
world leaders had listened to a man in Kentucky lying
on a couch, maybe millions of lives could have been
saved instead. The prophecy came true almost to the letter.
It remains one of Casey's eeriest predictions, not because he
(04:45):
foresaw it, but because he practically begged humanity to avoid it,
and humanity shrugged earth changes and sinking coastlines. If you've
ever seen those maps online showing Florida underwater, you might
be seeing case fingerprints. He warned that the Earth would
undergo massive earth changes, a series of natural disasters that
(05:08):
would sink coastlines, raise new lands, and force humanity to
redraw the map. Florida, he said, was toast, parts of
California would break off into the sea, even entire chunks
of Europe would vanish beneath the waves. Followers prepared for
the worst, building bunkers and studying Casey's readings like weather reports.
(05:31):
Now did Miami sink? Not yet? But rising seas, hurricanes,
and earthquakes have kept Casey's Earth changes prophecy alive in
modern disaster culture. Whether you think he was right or
just really dramatic, his apocalyptic weather forecast remains one of
his spookiest the Sudden Pole Shift. Casey didn't stop at
(05:53):
sinking coastlines. He went further, predicting a sudden pole shift.
He described it as the Earth tipping on its axis,
causing instant chaos, earthquakes, floods, and storms everywhere. Imagine waking
up one day to find that your compass points to
Brazil instead of the North Pole. Scientists actually admit poles
(06:16):
do shift, but slowly over thousands of years. Casey's version
was a one night horror show. His followers braced for
the sudden flip, while geologists rolled their eyes. And yet
every time the news reports the magnetic poles drifting faster
than expected, people whisper, was Casey right? It's the prophecy
(06:39):
that refuses to die. Half science, half sci fi thriller,
Atlantis Rising again. Casey was obsessed with Atlantis. He insisted
it wasn't a myth, but a real civilization destroyed by
its own greed and misuse of power. And here's the kicker,
He said, parts of Atlantis would rise again in the
nineteen sixty Right near the Bahamas. In nineteen sixty eight,
(07:03):
scuba divers near Bimini found what looked like a giant
underwater stone. Road headlines blared Atlantis discovered. Casey's believers erupted
in triumph. For them, it was undeniable proof the prophet
had nailed it. Of course, geologists later said, calm down,
it's just natural limestone. But try telling that to someone
(07:25):
who's been waiting for a lost continent to reemerge. To
this day, Atlantis and Casey's name are practically inseparable, and
divers still flock to Bimini, hoping to swim down main
Street Atlantis the Atlantean deathrays. But Casey didn't stop at
Atlantis Rising. He described Atlantean technology in wild detail, energy
(07:46):
crystals that could power flying machines, heal the sick, or
shoot death rays across the ocean. Basically, Atlantis was ancient Wakanda,
but with worse luck. In his telling, the Atlanteans, it
became so greedy with their tech that they blew themselves
sky high, sinking their empire forever. It's the ultimate warning tale.
(08:08):
Don't mess with energy you don't understand. Fans of Casey
have linked these visions to everything from UFO sidings to
Nikola Tesla's experiments. Skeptics say he was just dreaming up
science fiction decades before it hit movie screens. Either way,
his Atlantean prophecies are some of his most vivid and beloved.
(08:29):
California Dreaming of disaster, Casey singled out California, warning that
parts of the state, especially Los Angeles and San Francisco,
would one day fall into the sea. Now, Californians already
live with earthquakes as a fact of life, so hearing
that your whole city might one day slip off into
(08:50):
the Pacific wasn't exactly comforting. His vision fueled endless Big
one theories. Hollywood picked up the idea too. How many
disaster movies have we seen where California is swallowed by
the ocean. Casey may not have been the first to
imagine it, but he stamped it into prophecy lore. So far,
(09:10):
California is still holding on, But every major quake, from
San Francisco in nineteen eighty nine to Ridgecrest in twenty
nineteen gets people whispering. Was Casey right? Is this the
beginning Japan's fate? Japan too got a special mention in
Casey's readings. He said it would one day disappear into
(09:31):
the sea. For an island nation sitting on one of
the most active seismic zones on Earth, this was more
than a little unsettling. Casey's vision gained eerie resonance after
the twenty eleven to Hoku earthquake and tsunami, which devastated
Japan and killed thousands. The images of entire towns swept
away by water were hauntingly similar to Casey's warnings. Did
(09:55):
he mean total destruction or just partial devastation. Believers the
ate it endlessly. Skeptics argue it's a broad obvious guess.
Earthquakes in Japan aren't exactly rare. Still, Casey's Japanese prophecy
refuses to fade, especially after modern disasters gave it terrifying weight.
The Return of Christ, one of Casey's boldest claims was
(10:18):
that Christ would return, not necessarily in clouds and trumpets,
but in a more subtle, spiritual way. He described it
as a new age of Christ's consciousness spreading across the world,
changing how people lived and treated each other. To Casey,
it wasn't about one dramatic moment. It was about a
shift in humanity's soul, a turning toward compassion and love.
(10:42):
In his trance, he even suggested that this shift would
begin in the late twentieth century. Believers point to the
rise of global spiritual movements, new age practices, and interfaith
dialogue as signs that Casey was right. Skeptics point out
that world events since the nineteen eighty haven't exactly been
overflowing with Christ like behavior, but Casey's softer, less literal
(11:06):
vision of the Second Coming remains one of his most
poetic prophecies the Great Economic Crash. Casey also foresaw economic
disaster in the nineteen twenties. He warned of financial instability
and a coming collapse if greed and speculation weren't curbed.
Less than a decade later, the Great Depression hit. For
(11:28):
Casey's followers, this was proof positive that the man could
see the future. His timing, they argued, was eerily perfect.
Skeptics counter that plenty of economists were sounding the same
alarms at the time. But let's face it, economist warns
of crash doesn't stick in the imagination the same way
as sleeping profit predicts doom. And what's fascinating is that
(11:52):
Casey's warnings didn't end with the depression. He hinted at
future crashes tied to corruption and imbalances in the global economy.
Every time Wall Street wobbles, people dust off Casey's words
and wonder if the old napper saw it all coming.
Medical miracles from the couch, not all of Casey's visions
(12:13):
were apocalyptic. In fact, his bread and butter was diagnosing
people's health problems in trance without ever meeting them. He'd
rattle off treatments involving natural remedies, diet changes, and spiritual balance.
Some of his prescriptions sounded downright wacky, castor oil packs
for everything, weird poultices, and strict avoidance of fried foods.
(12:38):
But here's the kicker. Many people swore they got better
after following his advice. To this day, the Casey Foundation
promotes holistic health based on his readings. Modern Medicine gives
him mixed reviews. Some of his advice was solid eat
more veggies, while other treatments had zero scientific backing. But
(12:59):
the fact that he could reel off medical details while
napping made him a phenomenon, and it remains one of
the strangest parts of his story. And there you have it,
the first twelve prophecies from Edgar Casey's dream Diary. We've
surfed pole shifts, dodged sinking coastlines, and tiptoed through Atlantis
like tourists with snorkels. Whether you believe Casey was divinely
(13:22):
inspired or just really really good at daydreaming, his predictions
remind us how much we love to peer into the future,
even if that future involves Florida going for a permanent swim.
But don't nap, just yet, dear listeners, because in Part
two we'll explore Casey's predictions about reincarnation, Armageddon, UFOs, and
(13:43):
the dawning of a new Golden Age. So grab your
sleeping mask, keep one foot on dry land, and join
me for the next round of the strange, the mystical,
and the maybe true. Until then, stay strange.
Welcome back, Strange travelers of time. Tonight, we're diving headfirst
into the mind of Edgar Casey, the Sleeping Prophet, the
man who turned napping into a full time career. While
most of us dream about being late for work or
forgetting to wear pants in public, Casey dreamt about world wars,
pole shifts, and ancient civilizations with deathrays. That's right, His
(00:24):
subconscious was basically Netflix, but with higher stakes. In this episode,
part one of our two part series, will unravel twelve
of Casey's most famous predictions, the fall and rise of nations,
the return of Atlantis, even weather gone wild. Some sound
eerily accurate, others sound like he stayed up too late
(00:46):
reading pulp magazines. But either way, they'll keep you wide
awake tonight. For those new to the party, Casey was
known as the Sleeping Prophet because he gave his predictions
while lying on a couch with his eyes closed, drifting
into trance. He wasn't exactly Madam Zelda at a carnival.
He didn't use crystal balls or tarot cards. He just
(01:08):
napped and out came visions about everything from world wars
to the lost City of Atlantis. Some of his prophecies
were weirdly accurate. Others, let's just say they aged about
as well as milk left in the sun. But that's
the fun of it, isn't it. Tonight we'll dig into
twelve of Casey's wildest predictions, each one stranger, more colorful,
(01:30):
and occasionally more hilarious than the last. So grab a blanket,
get cozy, and let's go dream diving with Edgar Casey.
Russia as the hope of the world. During the height
of World War Two, Casey shocked his followers by saying
that Russia would one day become the world's great spiritual savior.
(01:50):
Now you've got to imagine the timing here. In nineteen
forty four, Stalin was running the show Gulags, Secret Police,
and Absolute Paranoia. If you told Americans then that Russia
was the hope of the world, they'd probably check your
forehead for fever. But Casey clarified it wasn't the Russia
(02:12):
of tanks and tyrants. He saw it was a future Russia,
one reborn into compassion, justice and spirituality. Instead of exporting communism,
this Russia would export kindness. Did it happen, Well, let's
just say Casey may have been overly optimistic. Some argue
(02:32):
that the spiritual revival happening in underground Russian churches today
might be the seed he saw. Others say this is
proof Casey's trance visions occasionally veered into pure fantasy. Either way,
the Russia prophecy remains one of his most quoted. China
as the cradle of Christianity. Casey once declared that China,
(02:54):
not Rome or Jerusalem, would become the cradle of Christianity
as lived, not just Christianity in name, but in action. Compassion, mercy, charity,
bold words, especially since China at the time was struggling
under warlords, famine, and the looming rise of communism. Christianity
(03:15):
there was more or less a handful of missionaries dodging bandits.
Fast forward to today, and things get interesting. Estimates suggest
tens of millions of Christians now worship in China. Some
even say it could outnumber European congregations. For some believers,
this is Casey's prophecy coming true in slow motion. Of course,
(03:39):
skeptics say Casey just got lucky throwing darts at a globe. Still,
it's pretty compelling to imagine the world's biggest atheist state
quietly becoming home to a vast underground church movement. If
nothing else, it shows Casey had a flare for the unexpected,
a preventable world war. Before World War II, Casey issued
a warning. He said humanity was heading toward a global
(04:02):
conflict unless we changed our ways. He even predicted fighting
in Europe and Asia, battles across the Pacific, and fiery
destruction in cities. Now, you could argue that almost anyone
reading the news in the nineteen thirties might have seen
war coming. But Casey wasn't just predicting war. He was
(04:22):
warning against it, saying it could be avoided if people
shifted their consciousness toward peace. Imagine the what if if
world leaders had listened to a man in Kentucky lying
on a couch, maybe millions of lives could have been
saved instead. The prophecy came true almost to the letter.
It remains one of Casey's eeriest predictions, not because he
(04:45):
foresaw it, but because he practically begged humanity to avoid it,
and humanity shrugged earth changes and sinking coastlines. If you've
ever seen those maps online showing Florida underwater, you might
be seeing case fingerprints. He warned that the Earth would
undergo massive earth changes, a series of natural disasters that
(05:08):
would sink coastlines, raise new lands, and force humanity to
redraw the map. Florida, he said, was toast, parts of
California would break off into the sea, even entire chunks
of Europe would vanish beneath the waves. Followers prepared for
the worst, building bunkers and studying Casey's readings like weather reports.
(05:31):
Now did Miami sink? Not yet? But rising seas, hurricanes,
and earthquakes have kept Casey's Earth changes prophecy alive in
modern disaster culture. Whether you think he was right or
just really dramatic, his apocalyptic weather forecast remains one of
his spookiest the Sudden Pole Shift. Casey didn't stop at
(05:53):
sinking coastlines. He went further, predicting a sudden pole shift.
He described it as the Earth tipping on its axis,
causing instant chaos, earthquakes, floods, and storms everywhere. Imagine waking
up one day to find that your compass points to
Brazil instead of the North Pole. Scientists actually admit poles
(06:16):
do shift, but slowly over thousands of years. Casey's version
was a one night horror show. His followers braced for
the sudden flip, while geologists rolled their eyes. And yet
every time the news reports the magnetic poles drifting faster
than expected, people whisper, was Casey right? It's the prophecy
(06:39):
that refuses to die. Half science, half sci fi thriller,
Atlantis Rising again. Casey was obsessed with Atlantis. He insisted
it wasn't a myth, but a real civilization destroyed by
its own greed and misuse of power. And here's the kicker,
He said, parts of Atlantis would rise again in the
nineteen sixty Right near the Bahamas. In nineteen sixty eight,
(07:03):
scuba divers near Bimini found what looked like a giant
underwater stone. Road headlines blared Atlantis discovered. Casey's believers erupted
in triumph. For them, it was undeniable proof the prophet
had nailed it. Of course, geologists later said, calm down,
it's just natural limestone. But try telling that to someone
(07:25):
who's been waiting for a lost continent to reemerge. To
this day, Atlantis and Casey's name are practically inseparable, and
divers still flock to Bimini, hoping to swim down main
Street Atlantis the Atlantean deathrays. But Casey didn't stop at
Atlantis Rising. He described Atlantean technology in wild detail, energy
(07:46):
crystals that could power flying machines, heal the sick, or
shoot death rays across the ocean. Basically, Atlantis was ancient Wakanda,
but with worse luck. In his telling, the Atlanteans, it
became so greedy with their tech that they blew themselves
sky high, sinking their empire forever. It's the ultimate warning tale.
(08:08):
Don't mess with energy you don't understand. Fans of Casey
have linked these visions to everything from UFO sidings to
Nikola Tesla's experiments. Skeptics say he was just dreaming up
science fiction decades before it hit movie screens. Either way,
his Atlantean prophecies are some of his most vivid and beloved.
(08:29):
California Dreaming of disaster, Casey singled out California, warning that
parts of the state, especially Los Angeles and San Francisco,
would one day fall into the sea. Now, Californians already
live with earthquakes as a fact of life, so hearing
that your whole city might one day slip off into
(08:50):
the Pacific wasn't exactly comforting. His vision fueled endless Big
one theories. Hollywood picked up the idea too. How many
disaster movies have we seen where California is swallowed by
the ocean. Casey may not have been the first to
imagine it, but he stamped it into prophecy lore. So far,
(09:10):
California is still holding on, But every major quake, from
San Francisco in nineteen eighty nine to Ridgecrest in twenty
nineteen gets people whispering. Was Casey right? Is this the
beginning Japan's fate? Japan too got a special mention in
Casey's readings. He said it would one day disappear into
(09:31):
the sea. For an island nation sitting on one of
the most active seismic zones on Earth, this was more
than a little unsettling. Casey's vision gained eerie resonance after
the twenty eleven to Hoku earthquake and tsunami, which devastated
Japan and killed thousands. The images of entire towns swept
away by water were hauntingly similar to Casey's warnings. Did
(09:55):
he mean total destruction or just partial devastation. Believers the
ate it endlessly. Skeptics argue it's a broad obvious guess.
Earthquakes in Japan aren't exactly rare. Still, Casey's Japanese prophecy
refuses to fade, especially after modern disasters gave it terrifying weight.
The Return of Christ, one of Casey's boldest claims was
(10:18):
that Christ would return, not necessarily in clouds and trumpets,
but in a more subtle, spiritual way. He described it
as a new age of Christ's consciousness spreading across the world,
changing how people lived and treated each other. To Casey,
it wasn't about one dramatic moment. It was about a
shift in humanity's soul, a turning toward compassion and love.
(10:42):
In his trance, he even suggested that this shift would
begin in the late twentieth century. Believers point to the
rise of global spiritual movements, new age practices, and interfaith
dialogue as signs that Casey was right. Skeptics point out
that world events since the nineteen eighty haven't exactly been
overflowing with Christ like behavior, but Casey's softer, less literal
(11:06):
vision of the Second Coming remains one of his most
poetic prophecies the Great Economic Crash. Casey also foresaw economic
disaster in the nineteen twenties. He warned of financial instability
and a coming collapse if greed and speculation weren't curbed.
Less than a decade later, the Great Depression hit. For
(11:28):
Casey's followers, this was proof positive that the man could
see the future. His timing, they argued, was eerily perfect.
Skeptics counter that plenty of economists were sounding the same
alarms at the time. But let's face it, economist warns
of crash doesn't stick in the imagination the same way
as sleeping profit predicts doom. And what's fascinating is that
(11:52):
Casey's warnings didn't end with the depression. He hinted at
future crashes tied to corruption and imbalances in the global economy.
Every time Wall Street wobbles, people dust off Casey's words
and wonder if the old napper saw it all coming.
Medical miracles from the couch, not all of Casey's visions
(12:13):
were apocalyptic. In fact, his bread and butter was diagnosing
people's health problems in trance without ever meeting them. He'd
rattle off treatments involving natural remedies, diet changes, and spiritual balance.
Some of his prescriptions sounded downright wacky, castor oil packs
for everything, weird poultices, and strict avoidance of fried foods.
(12:38):
But here's the kicker. Many people swore they got better
after following his advice. To this day, the Casey Foundation
promotes holistic health based on his readings. Modern Medicine gives
him mixed reviews. Some of his advice was solid eat
more veggies, while other treatments had zero scientific backing. But
(12:59):
the fact that he could reel off medical details while
napping made him a phenomenon, and it remains one of
the strangest parts of his story. And there you have it,
the first twelve prophecies from Edgar Casey's dream Diary. We've
surfed pole shifts, dodged sinking coastlines, and tiptoed through Atlantis
like tourists with snorkels. Whether you believe Casey was divinely
(13:22):
inspired or just really really good at daydreaming, his predictions
remind us how much we love to peer into the future,
even if that future involves Florida going for a permanent swim.
But don't nap, just yet, dear listeners, because in Part
two we'll explore Casey's predictions about reincarnation, Armageddon, UFOs, and
(13:43):
the dawning of a new Golden Age. So grab your
sleeping mask, keep one foot on dry land, and join
me for the next round of the strange, the mystical,
and the maybe true. Until then, stay strange.
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