A former Christian Science patient lent Barry a jacketless library copy of a Neville book (Your Faith Is Your Fortune), dismissing it as 'manipulation and hypnotism'; Barry read it through the night and by 4 a.m. was walking his dog in Van Nuys seein

A former Christian Science patient lent Barry a jacketless library copy of a Neville book (Your Faith Is Your Fortune), dismissing it as 'manipulation and hypnotism'; Barry read it through the night and by 4 a.m. was walking his dog in Van Nuys seeing everything as transparent. [Date evidence: c. spring 1958 — weeks before Barry began attending in June; Barry then attended a full year before Neville's 1959 San Francisco trip and the 'Birth from Above'] [Place: Van Nuys, Los Angeles (Vespers Avenue)]

Barry identifies the book as Your Faith Is Your Fortune and places the resulting 4 a.m. walk specifically on Vespers Avenue in Van Nuys.

Date (happened)
c. 1958
unresolved
  1. c. 1958 estimated · probable · preferred
    Source Freedom Barry Neville GoddardFreedom Barry first-hand source document node 1575; narrative sequence places the reading weeks before he began attending Neville in June, followed by a full year before Neville's 1959 San Francisco trip.
    Why At 4 a.m. Barry walked his dog on Vespers Avenue in Van Nuys after reading Your Faith Is Your Fortune through the night.
    Reasoning The source does not state a calendar date. Its internal chronology places the overnight reading in approximately spring 1958, so only year precision and probable confidence are warranted.
Place
Vespers Avenue
Persons
Neville Goddard
Freedom Barry
Verbatim (witness's words)

one of my erst-patients from Christian Science days got me a library copy of by one called Neville, and said “I know you read everything now, and this is nothing but manipulation and hypnotism, but I wonder what you think of it. [...] I spent the night reading it, and at 4:00 o’clock in the morning, I was walking my cocker spaniel up and down Vespers Avenue in Van Nuys, looking through buildings, looking through trees. Everything was so transparent, I could see it all. And I thought, where have I been?

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