On his first visit to Los Angeles in 1945, Neville was pulled aside minutes before a graduation-day address by Institute of Religious Science dean Ernest Holmes, who objected to Neville's biblical teachings and his $40 fee; Neville broke from the Institute's auspices and went independent.
Place: Institute of Religious Science, Los Angeles, CA
Person: Neville Goddard
Source document 1573 identifies Ernest Holmes as the Institute head in Neville's 1945 Los Angeles confrontation, while treating the identification as research based on quoted Neville accounts and cited institutional records.
Date (happened)
1945
probable
- 1945
- 1945
- 1945
Place
Persons
Told / reported
- 22 November 1971
- 22 November 1971
Sources
Source
- Ernest Holmes And The 25 Paranoia What Drove Neville Goddard And Frederick Bailes Out Of Religious Science ¶2 (When I first came to this city back in 1945... the head of the organization called me aside)
- Ernest Holmes And The 25 Paranoia What Drove Neville Goddard And Frederick Bailes Out Of Religious Science (essay identifies Holmes as the 1945 Los Angeles sponsoring head)