As a boy Neville had visions and knew from them that the priests and ministers his mother revered were talking nonsense

As a boy Neville had visions and knew from them that the priests and ministers his mother revered were talking nonsense, but he could never say so to his mother, for whom a priest was the wisest man in the world.
Date (happened)
between 1905 and 1923
unresolved
  1. between 1905 and 1923 stated · probable · preferred
    Source Simon Lifts the Cross ¶22"from the time I was a boy", told in Simon Lifts Cross (nid 1830)
Place
Barbados
Persons
Wilhelmina Goddard
Neville Goddard
Told / reported
  1. 17 March 1969 estimated · probable
    Source Simon Lifts the Crossdelivery claim d1 on lecture nid 1830 'Simon Lifts the Cross', stated/exact/probable, dateline 3/17/69
    Reasoning The passage recounting his childhood visions and his mother's view of priests is spoken within lecture 1830; its stated delivery date is 1969-03-17, itself only probable (the earlier 1966-based lower bound was refuted by L7 adjudication), so the telling inherits that same ceiling.
Sources

Source

  • Simon Lifts the Cross ¶22 (My mother used to say to me, “But after all, Neville”…a priest to her was the wisest man in the world…“and you can’t contradict him.” Well, I wouldn’t contradict my mother and I wouldn’t argue with my mother.)