Neville was telephoned to appear in a New York federal court where his first wife, from whom he had been separated almost fourteen years, had been arrested for shoplifting; he took the stand, pleaded
Seated in his living room in 1936, eyes shut but awake, he saw a quartz rock fragment and be reassembled by an unseen force into a man in the lotus posture bearing his own face perfected, which then g
In a vision about thirty years ago Neville found himself in an infinite field of sunflowers whose every flower was a perfect human face moving as one chorus, and he knew that though less beautiful he
An artist friend, a member of the New York Library, took him there and projected forty-six different pictures of Jesus, no two alike — American, Germanic, Italian, French — each the painter's own pers
A biographical note states that Flood, after coming to metaphysics in 1937 through Emmett Fox and taking all Unity courses, came under the tutelage of Neville Goddard ('formerly of Barbados and now in California'), and that her next teacher after Nev
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A biographical note states that Flood, after coming to metaphysics in 1937 through Emmett Fox and taking all Unity courses, came under the tutelage of Neville Goddard ('formerly of Barbados and now in California'), and that her next teacher after Neville was 'the great mystic Abdullah, from Africa.' [Date evidence: Tutelage under Neville falls after 1937 (post-Fox, post-Unity courses) and before the book's completion; the book is dated 'Begun Jan. 26, 1945—Finished July 26, 1952', and Neville is described as 'formerly of Barbados and now in California' as of the 1952 publication.]
Verbatim (witness's words)
FLOOD first became interested in divine metaphysics in 1937, through the efforts of Dr. Emmett Fox. She knew Charles Fillmore, founder of Unity School of Christianity, and took all Unity courses offered. After that Dr. Flood came under the tutelage of Neville, Neville Goddard formerly of Barbados and now in California. Her next teacher was the great mystic Abdullah, from Africa. These studies were climaxed by degrees earned from the College of Divine Metaphysics in Indianapolis.
Date (happened)
between 1937 and 26 July 1952
(possible)
Following her Unity studies, Flood came under the tutelage of Neville Goddard, described as formerly of Barbados and then living in California.
Place: California
between 1931 and 1936
(probable)
After studying under Neville, Flood's next teacher was the mystic Abdullah, described in the source as being from Africa.
Person: Winifred Maccardell Flood
Neville says he felt unqualified when sent, having had no formal education, and that in his early platform years his uneasiness invited all kinds of strange criticism, which stopped after the birth fr
between 1938 and 1971
(probable)
He speaks of his years of lecturing to this same audience and hopes he has succeeded in taking their historical Jesus away from them.
between 1938 and 10 June 1968
(probable)
Neville says he taught only the law for thirty years, knowing nothing of the promise until he experienced it, after which he spoke from experience rather than theory.
When he first started his work, Neville stood beside two women looking at his books and picture in a bookshop window and heard one call him "the mad mystic of Thirty-Eighth Street" who is mad but not
In almost thirty years on the platform he has never asked an audience for money, and he returned a 'seeming' gift when conditions were tied to it.
between 1938 and 1968
(probable)
For thirty years he taught only the law and not the Promise, because he did not yet know it.
Neville's mother came to America when his son was two and a half, was shocked to learn the boy had not been baptised, and insisted; Neville took the boy to an Episcopal minister who wet his head, whic
Neville began his own teaching and lecturing career in 1938 per the Wikipedia chronology.
Person: Neville Goddard
between 1938 and 28 June 1968
(probable)
Neville describes his thirty years on the platform, in which he has repeatedly argued with clergymen who can only give the literal meaning of scripture and tell questioners not to ask questions; they
Student Margaret Ruth Broome recounted that Neville studied many subjects and taught astrology before he began public lecturing in 1938.
Person: Neville Goddard
At his very first meeting he sent out fifty penny postal cards to his theatrical friends and only six came, out of sympathy; too shy to charge, he passed a basket and each gave a dollar, which paid th
Neville's first independent lecture at Steinway Hall charged a low $0.25 admission for local students.
Place: Steinway Hall, New York
Person: Neville Goddard
He notes that a woman sitting in tonight's audience, along with his wife, attended his very first meeting and can vouch for the truth of what he is describing.
He states that he has been speaking publicly since 1938.
In thirty years on the lecture platform, and repeatedly on TV and radio with clergymen, he has challenged them to say whether they have experienced Christ or been called Father, and they call it blasp
Six months after starting, a speaker in the same building with a 600-person audience invited Neville onto his platform (paying twenty-five dollars) hoping nerves would ruin him; instead 200 of that au
Before he began teaching in 1938 he worked many jobs in the world of Caesar — dancer, elevator operator for Macy's, filling bins for J. C. Penney.
between 1938 and 1968
(probable)
Neville notes that he has been asked whether he believes in a Jesus born of Mary throughout his years of teaching.