between 1917 and 1926
(probable)
He tells how the film stars of his boyhood mean nothing to his daughter — he mentioned Wallace Reed to her and she said 'What?'
After his separation from his first wife their son went back and forth between them; his mother, anxious for the boy's Christian upbringing, persuaded the wife to let her take him to Barbados for a co
Lying on his bed in his New York apartment, Neville assumed he was in Barbados in his parents' bedroom, occupying the body of his nephew Billie who was dying of cancer, in order to comfort his sister
Neville's dancing partner repeatedly kisses a Jesus picture
Description
In his vaudeville days his dancing partner kept a picture she called Jesus, kissing it three or four times a day through thick grease paint for good luck, and replacing it with an identical one when the face wore away.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Sources
- Source: God's Plan of Redemption 1 ¶35 (In my vaudeville days, my dancing partner had a picture she called Jesus. Wearing very thick grease paint, she would kiss that picture three or four times a day for good luck. And when she could no longer see the face she would tear the picture up and ge…)
A young dancer relies on a Holy Mother figurine for stage success
Description
In his dancing years a pretty young dancer kept a figurine of the Holy Mother on her dressing table, smothered it with kisses before every performance and believed it gave her success on stage.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
between 1920 and 1930
(probable)
Told
2 January 1972
(doubtful)
Sources
- Source: Feel After Him ¶24 (I can see it now when I was a young man in the dancing world, there was a young girl, a pretty young girl, and she had a little figurine of what she called the Holy Mother. And before she took the stage, she would kiss it.)
between 1920 and 1929
(probable)
As a young dancer in New York City, a taxi driver accused Neville of breaking the cab's glass, a policeman came to his hotel, and in night court the case was dismissed when the driver could only say '
Soon after arriving in New York, Neville took a job as an elevator operator for J.C. Penney at $15 a week before being let go.
Place: New York, NY
Person: Neville Goddard
After losing the Penney job, Neville worked Macy's shipping dock for $13 a week, then quit and resolved never to work for another again.
Place: New York, NY
Broome recounts Neville's early New York jobs and resolve for independence
Description
Broome's narration of Neville leaving Barbados at seventeen for New York in 1921, working as an elevator operator for J.C. Penney at $15 a week until let go, then on Macy's shipping dock at $13 a week, until he resolved never to work for another again.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
At age seventeen, Neville came to the United States aboard the S.S. Vasari to study drama, later becoming a dancer.
Autobiographical memory recalled by Neville in his lectures. Year derived: age 18 + birth 1905 = 1923. Told 2 times (1965-1971).
Autobiographical memory recalled by Neville in his lectures. Year derived: age 17 + birth 1905 = 1922. Told 1 time (1964).
between 1922 and 1932
(probable)
Autobiographical memory recalled by Neville in his lectures. Year derived: age 17 + birth 1905 = 1922. Told 1 time (1969).
between 1922 and 1963
(probable)
When Neville lived in New York he gave half-hour personal interviews five days a week from one until five thirty, sitting with each visitor in the Silence and hearing their voice tell him their desire
As a boy in Barbados he dreamed only of America, and at seventeen his parents put him on a boat with $600 expecting him to spend it and come home; he went in 1922 and never returned to live there.
Neville tells of returning to New York every year and finding the hotels and restaurants he knew for years all gone, replaced by new buildings and unknown staff.
between 1922 and 1955
(probable)
Neville went to his tailor Louie, of thirty-odd years, asked to see suit lengths, and picked out three that Louie then imagined and made up; he adds that his dentist likewise sees what ought to be in
At seventeen and a half he left the island for America uneducated, was turned down for a wire-stringing job with the telephone company for lacking educational background, and ended up working at J.
Neville tells of the Goddard family's just-celebrated fiftieth anniversary in business, begun on borrowed money and sustained by the brothers dwelling in unity; he left home at seventeen for America,
Neville worked as a clerk at J.C. Penney for $22/week after arriving in NYC.
As an unschooled boy in Barbados he dreamed of America; at seventeen his parents put him on a boat with $600, expecting him to return when the money ran out, but he stayed.