Neville Goddard (1905-1972) was born to an English family in Barbados and moved to New York City at the age of seventeen to study theater. In 1932, he abandoned his work as a dancer and actor to fully devote himself to his career as a metaphysical writer and lecturer. Using the penname Neville, he became one of the twentieth century's most original and charismatic purveyors of the philosophy generally called New Thought, and his impact is still felt today.
