Neville discards his 1946 manuscript and writes The Search in one hour

Returning by sea from five months in Barbados in 1946 with a thick manuscript, he had a vision of a sea of humanity transformed as he passed, threw the manuscript overboard without saving a page, and wrote the whole of The Search in one hour.
Date (happened)
between May 1946 and December 1946
probable
  1. between May 1946 and December 1946 conclusion · probable
    Why dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
    Reasoning All 5 claims agree on 1946-05–1946-12: passage:545691; passage:537045; passage:535182; node:1262; passage:535182.
  2. 1946 stated · preferred
    Source Speaking from Experience ¶42"1946", told in Speaking From Experience (nid 1823)
  3. 1946 stated
    Source God Speaks to Man ¶14"In 1946", told in God Speaks to Man (nid 1320)
  4. before 1967 bound · possible
    Source Election ¶59qualifying source passages 535182; telling lecture nids 1262
    Reasoning Qualifying passage ids [535182] belong to telling lecture nids [1262]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1967 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1967 is the MIN across telling lectures.
  5. before 24 February 1967 bound
    Source Electiontelling lecture nid 1262, certain delivery 1967-02-24
    Why Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1967 to before 1967-02-24.
    Reasoning L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1262 (certain delivery 1967-02-24); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1967`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1967-02-24 on nid 1262 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
  6. between May 1946 and December 1946 estimated · probable
    Source Election ¶59
    Why M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 014)
    Reasoning Passage 535182: 'I went to Barbados for five months, brought back a thick manuscript, and after this experience I tore the whole thing up.' The trip is Jan-May 1946 (arrival 30 Jan 1946, notes; return arranged April, 6841) and the experience is the 1946 ship vision; The Search followed the same year (8051, 17878).
Place
Barbados
Persons
Neville Goddard
Told / reported
  1. 8 May 1964 stated
    Source Speaking from ExperienceSpeaking From Experience (nid 1823), telling 1823-8, told 1964-05-08
  2. 18 January 1968 stated
    Source God Speaks to ManGod Speaks to Man (nid 1320), telling 1320-3, told 1968-01-18
  3. 24 February 1967 stated
    Source ElectionElection (nid 1262), telling 1262-10, told 1967-02-24
Sources

Source

  • Speaking from Experience ¶42 (I know in my own case, I brought back a manuscript that thick from Barbados, 1946, and while at sea this vision happened.)
  • God Speaks to Man ¶14 (In 1946 I wrote a little booklet called The Search. I ended it on this note: “The universe which we study with such care is a dream and we the dreamers, dreaming non-eternal dreams.)
  • Election ¶59 (I took my script I had written, I went to Barbados for five months, and I brought back a lovely thick manuscript, and after this experience, I tore the whole thing up and printed this.)