before 1968 (possible)
He came to America unknown, uneducated, with no one to receive him and feeling the world against him; after he began having and applying his visions he was never barred from any club, and was invited
before 1968 (possible)
He recounts entering the kingdom by way of the ascended spine, and the storm and earthquake he himself caused in a tremendous effort to get out again.
before 1968 (possible)
In his own experience the child was presented to him; he held it, looked into its face and called it "How's my sweetheart?", whereupon the whole scene suddenly vanished - an event he says took place i
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells how his own earthly brothers were the witnesses, in spirit, to his awakening, and how they and a doctor friend received the story when he first told it — the brothers smiled indulgently
before 1968 (possible)
Neville teases his brother Lawrence, a doctor who has been unwell, telling him he was the one who found the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and that he cannot go first because Neville must go and pr
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says that wherever he lectures — San Francisco, New York — he is met with the same objection that God cannot have neglected the hundreds of millions of other faiths, and he answers that there
before 1968 (possible)
Neville describes discussing with priests, rabbis and Protestant ministers as he travels the country, and finding that they cannot see that Jesus Christ is God the Father.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville recounts a vision of a beautiful city of wide sidewalks and grand pianos where, seated at a piano, a young woman sat on his lap to make a favoured young pianist envious; he gave up the piano,
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says he keeps at home an unprinted scholarly rearrangement of the gospel of John which he considers marvellous.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells of a long weekend spent at the Long Island home of his artist friend Tom, where the Filipino butler-cook, sent by Father Divine and renamed 'Real Gladness' — which he reversed to 'Gladne
before 1968 (possible)
Neville states that what he teaches came to him by revelation unfolding within him, not from any book or from any man's lips.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says he is departing and his time is short, and hopes his friend will be the one chosen to tell it.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville describes his own repeated experience of moving into other spheres, where men appear as trees walking in an animated garden, and says members of his audience tell him night after night that th
Woman dreams of Neville's mansion and proxy brides
Description
A woman wrote to Neville describing a vision in which she saw him and a lady leave a glorious mansion in a white car, and then a second dream of brides in a department store buying brides' Bibles and being married by proxy, one saying she was going to Paris while the dreamer said she was getting married next month.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 3 May 1968
Told
3 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Natural Effects Have Spiritual Causes ¶9 (Now, another lady wrote, saying: “I found myself in a glorious mansion surrounded by beautifully kept grounds. Looking out of the window I saw you, Neville, and a lady, leave in a white car; yet I knew you were going to return.)
Woman dreams of a white dog returning to clear water
Description
Another woman wrote of a vision in which she took her son to see a new pond holding a small shaggy white dog, took the dog out and dried it, then found it had returned to the water and knew to leave it there; Neville reads the dog as faith and the water as the psychological meaning of scripture.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 3 May 1968
Told
3 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Natural Effects Have Spiritual Causes ¶11 (Another lady wrote, saying: “I took my son into the back yard to show him our new pond, which contained about twelve inches of clear water and a small shaggy white dog.)
Strangers send fraudulent claims after Neville's father-in-law dies
Description
Neville recalls that after his prominent New York father-in-law died, his widow received hundreds of letters from strangers claiming he had ordered goods and promised payment — many misspelling his name — and her lawyer told her to ignore them because people made a living that way.
Location
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 3 May 1968
Told
3 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Natural Effects Have Spiritual Causes ¶38 (My father-in-law was a very prominent man in New York City when he died. Shortly after his death, his wife received hundreds of letters from people claiming he had ordered something from them and had promised to pay, and many of the writers had misspelle…)
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says of himself that he has no wish for fabulous wealth and does not want the responsibility it brings, believing the fabulously wealthy have no time for spiritual awareness.
Man dreams Neville shoots four golden arrows into him
Description
Neville reads out a dream sent to him by a man who saw Neville on the platform shooting four golden arrows into him - resurrection, David, ascension, and a white dove - followed by a second dream in which a stranger promised to come for him on the seventeenth; Neville later calls this man his friend.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
5 April 1968
Sources
  • Source: Eschatological Visions ¶1 (Now, I have a few perfectly marvelous eschatological dreams to share with you. Here is an experience of one who heard and believes.)
Lady dreams of Neville's lecture group and seekers
Description
A lady's dream, related to Neville, in which she walked with members of his lecture group and met successive groups of people - mournful Catholics, stern fundamentalists, and friendly seekers - and told the seekers that God is found by pointing to one's own forehead.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
5 April 1968
Sources
  • Source: Eschatological Visions ¶9 (Here is another dream: This lady found herself walking with members of the group who attend these lectures.)
Lady dreams of a tiny crowned head inside a skull
Description
A lady writes to Neville of a dream in which she fed a houseful of people, found a shovel, pitchfork and rake at her door, and watched a dead friend's husband in uniform lead a white horse into her house; then a white dog she tucked in like a baby; then, after waking at six and sleeping again, a man who opened the top of his head to show a tiny crowned head growing inside his skull.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
5 April 1968
Sources
  • Source: Eschatological Visions ¶16 (Now here is another dream. This lady writes: “In my dream I am at a neighbour’s house which is filled with numerous people.)
Lady dreams of a child by running water and asks can a man bear a child
Description
Another lady writes of a dream in which she watched a child by a cavern of running water while Neville stood high above them, and heard the words 'Can a man bear a child?' - words Neville identifies as Jeremiah 30.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
  • 5 April 1968
  • 5 April 1968
Sources
  • Source: Eschatological Visions ¶23 (Another lady writes, saying: “I was looking at a deep cavern in the earth, watching water running into it as though from a long trough.)
Lady sees a torn human carcass and feels infinite freedom
Description
A lady's vision, related to Neville, of standing in a huge corral with half a human carcass hanging on the open gatepost, which filled her with a feeling of infinite freedom; Neville reads it as the torn curtain of the temple.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
5 April 1968
Sources
  • Source: Eschatological Visions ¶25 (Here is another one. This lady finds herself in a huge corral with an awareness of being the center of unlimited expanse.)
Lady dreams she is a sail on a rudderless boat
Description
A lady wrote to Neville that she dozed off for a moment and found herself naked in a rudderless boat on a turbulent sea, climbing the mast to spread her arms on the crossbar and use her body as the sail; Neville tells her she is in labour, and remarks on his thrill at receiving such letters.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 5 April 1968
Told
5 April 1968
Sources
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells of visiting his aunt, now in her nineties, who was born and raised in the sect called 'The Brothers'; when he said the Bible teaches Jesus had brothers she almost slapped him, and even w
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says he has himself gone into other terrestrial worlds like this one, where the dreams of modern man look like children's toys.
Bob sees a world where wishes provide food
Description
Neville relates what his friend Bob told him: Bob found himself in another world where at lunch hour people took a small card from their pocket, wrote on it what they wanted to eat, replaced it, and then showed heavenly expressions as they enjoyed invisible food.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 8 February 1968
Told
8 February 1968
Sources
  • Source: The Last Days ¶19 (My friend Bob, who has had all of the experiences, found himself in a fantastic world where at the lunch hour people stopped what they were doing and took a little card from their pocket, made notes on it as to what they wanted to eat, and replaced the c…)
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells of watching people repeat the same actions over and over, and of one night telling a group crossing a bridge that he had watched them cross it unnumbered times, though they would not bel
before 1968 (possible)
Neville states in the first person that having found David he anointed him with holy oil and David called him My Father, my God and the Rock of my salvation.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says he has experienced a series of four mystical events, that his visions parallel those recorded in Luke, that he has told them in chronological order as they happened to him, and that peopl
Audience members report the birth experience
Description
Neville reports that two people present in his audience have had the birth experience — one with no witness, and a lady with three witnesses: two brothers and a friend she thinks of as a brother.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 20 May 1968
Told
20 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Creation and Faith ¶19 (Two people here have had that birth. In one case there was no witness; therefore his witness is scripture. In the other case, the lady had three witnesses: two brothers and a friend she thinks of as a brother.)
Lady friend's four-men dream
Description
Neville recounts a dream told him by a lady friend in which her mother's husband, who was also her father, was missing; she and her mother were entertained by four little men one foot high, one of whom she recognised as her father, and she awoke sobbing knowing he was not free to identify himself — which Neville interprets as Ezekiel's four-faced man.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 20 May 1968
Told
20 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Creation and Faith ¶25 (In this lady’s dream she encounters her mother, yet knows she is herself. Her husband, yet her father, was missing, and her mother said: “Listen, I can hear his voice.”)
Person abandons and resumes astrological reasoning
Description
Neville recalls someone telling him they had given up all belief in numerology and astrology, and then immediately reasoning from the moon passing Venus in their second house.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 20 May 1968
Told
20 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Creation and Faith ¶27 (is like what someone once said to me: “I have given up all belief in numerology and astrology, but the moon is passing Venus tonight and because he is in my second house I know what to expect tomorrow.”)
Lady's symbolic salvation dream
Description
Neville describes a letter from a lady recounting a long dream full of scriptural symbols — rising crystal-clear water, logs carried vertically, a dog with a human face, a rope becoming a serpent — which he interprets as the mystery of salvation.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 20 May 1968
Told
20 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Creation and Faith ¶30 (Another lady wrote, sharing a very long dream filled with scriptural symbology. The crystal clear water rising. Logs cut to the height of men who were carrying them vertically. A dog with a human face. A piece of rope becoming animated and acting like a …)
Lady hears that knowing God requires expansion
Description
Neville reports a letter from another lady who woke laughing after hearing words telling her that knowing you are God only requires expansion, which he connects to Blake's Jerusalem.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 20 May 1968
Told
20 May 1968
Sources
  • Source: Creation and Faith ¶32 (Another lady wrote, saying: “I woke laughing, hearing these words, ‘It’s so easy to know you are God. All you need to do is to expand.’”)
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells of the maid who comes to his home every Monday and is always given the household's used candles, two of which were given her that afternoon to take to her church.
before 1968 (possible)
He testifies from his own experience that in that body one needs no wings, being omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient.
before 1968 (possible)
He says he was born and raised in a Christian family and knew nothing outside Christianity until he awoke to see that Christianity is only the fulfillment of Judaism.
before 1968 (possible)
He describes his own experience of an explosion in his brain after which David of biblical fame stood before him and called him 'my Father'.
before 1968 (possible)
In vision David appeared to reveal Neville's fatherhood, with homosexuals standing nearby looking concupiscently at David; Neville then told them the story of how David brought down the giant Goliath.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville reports that in his own case he has found no priest, rabbi, Christian Science teacher, Unity or any minister willing to accept his revelation of David as the son of the Lord Christ Jesus.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville tells of the thrill of reading letters he is receiving from people who attend his lectures, telling him of their own awakening.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says his sister and brothers at home, though raised in the same family and environment, do not believe in the same Christ he does, calling themselves Christians who believe in a man who lived
before 1968 (possible)
Neville states that after his resurrection and return into unity, David called him Father.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville recalls buying his first suit for thirty dollars and walking down Fifth Avenue convinced everyone he passed knew it was new, though nobody noticed him.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville states that he has had the vision, and on that authority declares that man has no body distinct from his soul.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville remarks that he and his wife often think the same thoughts, yet even that intimacy is nothing to what awaits when the garments are removed.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville claims he has already awakened and knows that when this body is laid off he will not return to this world of death.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville says he meets people who have left this time/space and do not know they have died.
before 1968 (possible)
Neville describes repeatedly leaving his body while lying on his bed, entering a terrestrial world as real as this one where he talked with clothed, real people, and returning by remembering where his
Neville's male friend dreams of mental movement and being chosen
Description
A friend told Neville a dream: his birthday party with two large cakes, a cake and all the guests vanishing, then a beach where a friend pointed to people on a rock out to sea and said they got there "Mentally", after which he mentally moved a frightened child onto the big rock; the dream ended in a lecture hall where Neville came down a stairway, took his hands and greeted him as "chosen one".
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1968 (possible)
  • before 18 January 1968
Told
18 January 1968
Sources
  • Source: God Speaks to Man ¶6 (Now the dream changes and my friend finds himself in a lecture hall with a stairway in the center of the stage. Coming down the stairs, I place his hands in mine and say: “I’m glad you have made it, chosen one.” Then he awoke.)