Neville Goddard

Confirmed NOT the same as

Neville Goddard's father-in-law (the father-in-law is mentioned inside a longer sentence about Neville himself)
Joseph Neville Goddard (his son; the two names differ only by the suffix)

Other names

Neville Lancelot Goddard

Birth date

Sun, 19 Feb 1905 - 12:00

Death date

Sun, 1 Oct 1972 - 12:00

Spouse

Catherine Willa Van Schmus

Mildred Mary Hughes

Children

Victoria Goddard

Joseph Neville Goddard

Relatives

Daphne Batterson (Neville's sister)

Joseph "Joe" Goddard (Neville's father)

Wilhelmina Goddard

Wikidata QID

Q343517

Wikipedia URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Goddard

Summary

Barbadian writer (1905–1972)

Events involving this person

1958

certain

Neville's wife dreams Death takes and releases her hand

El Camino, Beverly Hills

with Catherine Willa Van Schmus

1 source

between 1958 and 1 October 1972

unresolved

Barry recalls Neville teaching that imaginal work is 'all a matter of intensity,' with his characteristic example contrasting the vehemence of hatred with the flatness of praise.

with Freedom Barry

1 source

c. 1969

unresolved

Neville's nightly visions of Old Testament prophecy

Los Angeles possible

1 source

c. 1958

probable

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

Vespers Avenue

with Freedom Barry

1 source

c. 1958

probable

Phoning Neville's publisher G.&J. (Grace and Jack Weeks), Barry learned Neville had left New York, was living in Los Angeles, and was lecturing twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays, at the Wilshire.

Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

between 1958 and 1959

unresolved

Neville meets a man dressed as Christ at a Sunset office

Sunset Boulevard

1 source

c. 1958

unresolved

Neville describes nightly fiery arrows beyond dreams

1 source

between 1958 and 1963

unresolved

Neville receives Clare's letter in the week of December 28, 1967

Los Angeles

1 source

before 1958

unresolved

An eight-year-old boy wins the collie puppy he imagined through an essay contest

Los Angeles

1 source

21 January 1958

unresolved

Los Angeles friend sees Neville risen in a vision

Los Angeles

1 source

22 February 1958

unresolved

Kentucky oilman listens to the earth and finds oil

Ventura County

with Catherine Willa Van Schmus

1 source

24 February 1958

unresolved

His Name

Los Angeles

1 source

c. March 1958

probable

Margaret Runyan's reported bilocation sighting of Neville Goddard

South La Brea Avenue

1 source

between March 1958 and June 1958

probable

For weeks Barry went to Neville's lecture venue, heard his voice over the loudspeaker but deliberately would not go in, buying one book per visit until he owned and had critically read them all — unable to catch Neville contradicting himself — before

Fine Arts Auditorium, Wilshire, Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

3 October 1969

unresolved

Neville has dream of Fred and Philip at the Plaza

Plaza Hotel

5 sources

3 March 1958

unresolved

The Great Possession

Los Angeles

1 source

3 October 1969

unresolved

Neville recalls Fred and Philip's estranged father-son relationship

Los Angeles possible

1 source

No date

How to Use Your Imagination

Los Angeles possible

1 source

31 March 1958

unresolved

Seeing Christ Through the Eyes of Paul

Los Angeles

1 source

between June 1958 and July 1959

probable

Barry heard Neville five or six times before his annual two-week San Francisco engagement; on Neville's return Barry gave him two written case histories of the teaching applied, and Neville was delighted — Barry then never missed a lecture for a year

Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

between June 1958 and 1963

unresolved

A woman in the audience asked Neville point-blank whether he drank; he answered 'Do I drink?! Of course, I drink... I do nothing in moderation,' adding that his father finished a fifth of gin every morning before ten o'clock — Barry was present that

Fine Arts Auditorium, Wilshire, Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

c. June 1958

unresolved

Freedom Barry begins attending Neville's Wilshire lectures

Fine Arts Auditorium, Wilshire, Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

c. June 1958

probable

After Barry's first lecture he asked Neville whether he taught privately; Neville answered with a flat 'No,' telling him 'You are the operant Power' and that he no longer took individual students.

Fine Arts Auditorium, Wilshire, Los Angeles

with Freedom Barry

1 source

No date

The Pattern Man

Los Angeles possible

1 source

20 October 1958

certain

The Mystery of the Name of God

Ebell Theatre

1 source