Neville Goddard In 1957 Lecture Titles Newspaper Clippings Can You Help Fill The Gaps
30 Sep Neville Goddard in 1957: Lecture Titles, Newspaper Clippings – Can You Help Fill the Gaps?
This index and collection of clippings covers Neville Goddard’s lecture circuit in 1957. Some of the titles and dates are documented, the actual recordings and transcripts for many of these talks remain lost.
If you have tapes, notes, or transcripts of Neville’s 1957 lectures or know someone who does, please get in touch. Preserving these materials is invaluable for students, researchers, and future generations.
Neville Goddard Lecture Circuit (1957)
May 13–24 – Wilshire-Ebell Theater (10-lecture series):
May 13 – The Creative Power of Love
May 14 – From Darkness to Light
May 15 – Journey Within
May 16 – Open Your Doors of Perception
May 17 – Bridge Into the Future
May 20 – Imagination—The Source
May 21 – The Bible—Your Passport to Success
May 22 – The Great Secret
May 23 – Your Birthright
May 24 – Life Is a Game
1957 Highlights
- West Coast Expansion: Neville shifted from New York to Hollywood and San Francisco.
- Wilshire-Ebell Theater was his anchor venue in Los Angeles.
- Lecture Titles: The Creative Power of Love, The Great Secret, Life Is a Game, His Angel.
- Media Coverage: Strong emphasis on his Abdullah training, case histories, and plans for a new KTTV TV program.
- Audience Growth: Overflow crowds, celebrity students
- Book Work: Compiling case histories for his upcoming book.
| Date | City | Venue | Lecture Title(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1957 | Hollywood | — | Announcement | First notices of upcoming lecture series. |
| Apr 29, 1957 | Hollywood | — | — | Arrives from New York to prepare. |
| May 4, 1957 | Hollywood | — | Sunday Lecture | Publicity before Wilshire-Ebell launch. |
| May 5, 1957 | Hollywood | Grauman’s Chinese Theatre | Public talk | One-time Sunday event. |
| May 11, 1957 | Los Angeles | Breakfast Club | — | Guest speaker before major series. |
| May 13–24, 1957 | Los Angeles | Wilshire-Ebell Theater | The Creative Power of Love (May 13); From Darkness to Light (May 14); Journey Within (May 15); Open Your Doors of Perception (May 16); Bridge Into the Future (May 17); Imagination—The Source (May 20); The Bible—Your Passport to Success (May 21); The Great Secret (May 22); Your Birthright (May 23); Life Is a Game (May 24) | Ten-lecture series, widely advertised. |
| June 2, 1957 | San Francisco | Scottish Rite Auditorium, 1320 Van Ness | From the Dust to the Heights of Heaven (11 a.m.) | Opening of SF series, Rev. Elizabeth Cook sponsor. |
| June 2–14, 1957 | San Francisco | Scottish Rite Auditorium | Nightly lectures, Mon–Fri 7:30 p.m. | “All new material”; continued for 2 weeks. |
| June 9, 1957 | San Francisco | Scottish Rite Auditorium | His Angel | Special Sunday lecture, 11 a.m. |
| Aug 16, 1957 | Panorama City | Phil Ahn’s Moongate Restaurant | Dinner party | Neville honored at social event. |
| Aug 23, 1957 | Los Angeles | — | — | Press mentions his study with Abdullah (1931–36). |
| Aug 30, 1957 | Los Angeles | — | — | More Abdullah references; previews his fall lecture return. |
| Sept 2, 1957 | Los Angeles | KTTV | — | Announcement Neville will return to TV with new show, based on case histories. |
| Sept 6, 1957 | Los Angeles | — | — | Reports Neville moving headquarters from NY to LA. |
| Sept 9, 1957 → ongoing | Los Angeles | Wilshire-Ebell (Fine Arts Theater) | Imagination as Creative Power (general theme) | Twice-weekly series (Mon & Thurs, 8 p.m.), indefinite extension. |
| Oct 10, 1957 | Los Angeles | Wilshire-Ebell (Fine Arts) | — | “Pupils flocking” from all over Southern California. |