between 1905 and 1920
(probable)
As a child in Barbados he ran school obstacle races - crawling under a tightly pegged tarpaulin, through barrels, over an obstruction, up a greased pole and finally chasing a greased pig - which he ta
Neville tells how he got his name: when he was three weeks old his mother heard a voice say 'Call him Neville', and fifteen minutes later his uncle told her the same thing, though the name had never b
between 1905 and 1923
(probable)
Neville recalls that as a boy nothing angered his father more than animals left unfed or unwatered — he would fire a man on the spot — though he kept a slaughterhouse; and he remembers the old mule wo
He remarks that he was born in the 20th century and could not believe anything written before his birth — beyond what was said of his earthly father, mother and grandparents — had anything to do with
As a boy in Barbados in a family of ten children with his grandmother at the table, his mother would have the cook coop up three ducks a week before Sunday and stuff them with corn and sour milk, beca
between 1905 and 1912
(probable)
Neville describes his Christian childhood: born and raised in a Christian home, baptized in the Episcopal Church (the Church of England where he was born), taught the story of Christ by his mother, gi
between 1905 and 1915
(probable)
As a boy, before refrigeration, fish were caught in such quantity that any not sold by three in the afternoon had to be cleaned and salted to keep, or else used for bait or dung.
Neville states his age in passing, saying he has awakened in this world morning after morning in his fifty-nine years.
Neville states that he himself is the father of David, though David lived a thousand years before Christ and Neville was born in the twentieth century.
Neville, taught Christianity as a child and born in 1905, describes his astonishment at discovering that the supernatural birth took place in him and that he is the father of David, who lived 1,000 B.
between 1905 and 1923
(probable)
Neville recalls hearing the Gospel story as a child, taught by his mother and repeated at school, accepting it as his faith until it actually happened in him and he had to reinterpret Scripture from h
between 1905 and 1912
(probable)
As small children in Barbados, when the Goddard name meant nothing, his mother corrected them by asking 'Have you forgotten that you are a Goddard?' — and the family became the biggest business people
between 1905 and 1923
(probable)
Neville describes his own appearance - brown or olive skinned, never blond, though his hair was white as a child - and contrasts it with the ghastly pale face he saw when he came out of himself.
between 1905 and 1923
(probable)
As a boy Neville had visions and knew from them that the priests and ministers his mother revered were talking nonsense, but he could never say so to his mother, for whom a priest was the wisest man i
As a boy in the West Indies Neville kept a pile of rocks and threw rock after rock at the bats that came out at dusk, and never once hit one because of their sonar.
between 1905 and 1922
(probable)
Neville recalls that as a boy his family had little money but a little position, so they owned a church pew where his mother brought her brood every Sunday morning.
As a child he was raised in a Christian environment and taught that Jesus was a man outside of himself, so the scriptural passages about being united with Christ meant nothing to him.
Neville admits that as a child he pulled the wings off butterflies and flies, doing it when his father or mother was not around to stop him.
Neville Goddard was born on Sunday, February 19, 1905, at 9:15 at night, on the island of Barbados -- the fourth of nine boys (and one girl) born to the Goddard family.
In passing, Neville remarks he has never had hair as close to his skull as David's shaved head, possibly not since he was born.
Broome recounts the voice that named the newborn Neville
Description
Broome's narration of a story Neville told: in March 1905 his uncle, climbing the stairs of a wooden frame house in Barbados to see his sister's newborn son, heard a voice say "His name is Neville", and the mother said she already knew.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
between 1908 and 1909
(probable)
Autobiographical memory recalled by Neville in his lectures. Year derived: age 3 + birth 1905 = 1908. Told 1 time (1969). Judged his own (not a retold third-party story) by the whose_age adjudication.
Neville states he is twice born and recounts awakening, after fifty-odd years of walking the earth believing himself alive, inside the tomb of his own skull, and afterwards recognising Golgotha as the
Autobiographical memory recalled by Neville in his lectures. Year derived: age 4 + birth 1905 = 1909. Told 2 times (1967).