Neville Goddard Manifestation Techniques Download the Selfpause Affirmation App To begin, let me say that Neville Goddard is one of the twentieth century’s most prominent and influential spiritual teachers. Goddard was born in Barbados in 1905, according to Wikipedia. He was a New Thought philosophical movement instructor who was completely committed to the study of spirituality. Goddard’s interest in metaphysics, especially the power of the human mind, grew after he was taught to spiritual law by an Ethiopian Rabbi called Abdallah. Goddard was a fantastic presenter who taught people all about inner dialogue, visualization, and manifestation, mostly via the application of the law of assumption, earning a large following in California, where he had resided since 1950. Goddard influenced Rhonda Byrne and Wayne Dyer, among others.