Returning from San Francisco where he had the 'Birth from Above' experience, Neville told the story in shockingly literal terms — being born through the skull of his head as a womb opens — to a full 300-seat hall, and the audience collapsed to thirty

Returning from San Francisco where he had the 'Birth from Above' experience, Neville told the story in shockingly literal terms — being born through the skull of his head as a womb opens — to a full 300-seat hall, and the audience collapsed to thirty, then twelve, within a week; he kept telling it. [Date evidence: 1959 — after Neville's San Francisco fortnight; the vision itself is dated 7-16-59 in Neville's Bible margin per Barry] [Place: Fine Arts Auditorium at the Wilshire, Los Angeles]

Date (happened)
between 20 July 1959 and 27 July 1959
unresolved
  1. between 20 July 1959 and 27 July 1959 estimated · probable · preferred
    Source Freedom Barry Neville GoddardBarry first-hand source dates the vision 1959-07-16 and describes the following Monday, Thursday, and Monday audiences.
    Reasoning The stated 1959-07-16 Thursday vision and explicit weekday succession resolve the audience sequence to July 20, 23, and 27; the event spans the first through last dates.
Place
Fine Arts Auditorium, Wilshire, Los Angeles
Persons
Neville Goddard
Freedom Barry
Verbatim (witness's words)

he went to San Francisco, and that was where he had this “Birth from Above,” which changed the entire direction of his teaching. And that hall was full when he opened. It held three hundred people there in the Fine Arts Auditorium at the Wilshire in Los Angeles. That hall was full, and he told this shocking story in the most literal terms of being born through the skull of his head as a womb opens. And the next night, that was on Monday, the next Thursday, there were thirty people. The next Monday, there were twelve. He kept telling it

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