Events involving this person
c. 1950
(probable)
Neville sailed (and elsewhere says flew) to Barbados with his wife and daughter for a few months after giving Sam the instruction, and on returning to New York the family gathered the first night for
1951
Neville and his wife sailed to Barbados for about three months, leaving about two weeks after Sam's visit and returning to a family dinner on their first day back.
Sam leaves Rockefeller employment for a brokerage partnership
Description
Sam held the Rockefeller post eight years until his boss quit and the new boss brought his own personnel; Sam then took a junior partnership in a brokerage house, and Neville notes Sam is exactly his own age, born the same month of the same year.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
c. 1951
(probable)
Told
6 January 1969
Sources
- Source: The Mystery of Imagination ¶15 (So now he’s a partner in a brokerage house doing remarkably well…a man my age, in fact, the same month in the same year.)
Sam recognizes his story in The Power of Awareness
Description
A year later, in 1952, Neville wrote Sam's story into a book (The Power of Awareness) without Sam's knowledge, signing it with his initials; Sam recognised it, hid the book, and put all of Neville's books away, refusing to discuss the principle since.
Persons
Location
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
1952
Told
6 January 1969
Sources
- Source: The Mystery of Imagination ¶11 (I wrote a book a year later 1952 in which I told this story. I did it without Sam’s consent or knowledge. Knowing the story I wrote the story myself and simply signed his initials.)
before 1968
(possible)
Neville wrote Sam's story into his book The Power of Awareness and, as is his custom with each new book, sent copies to his family in Barbados and in New York, including one to Sam - who never mention
before 1968
(possible)
When Neville visits Sam and Sissy in New York they never mention the principle at all; Sam always asks Neville to say grace at table, which Neville never does at home but will say for them.
Neville's daughter is baptized at a Fifth Avenue church
Description
Neville's daughter was baptized in the same old Fifth Avenue church in New York City where Sam was married, his children baptized, and where Sam ushers during the three-hour Good Friday service.
Persons
Location
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- before 1968 (possible)
- before 1 April 1968
Told
1 April 1968
Sources
- Source: Whom Do Seek 4 1 68 ¶26 (He was married in that church, the children were baptized in that church; my little girl was baptized in that church, and it’s all part of the family life.)
c. January 1969
(probable)
A friend named Helen, now dead, offered to put Neville's daughter Vicki into the New York social register and he declined, saying Vicki should decide when she was old enough; a month later he asked He