The Abdullah File, a free PDF on Neville’s teacher
The Abdullah File is a free 36 page PDF with all 67 passages we could find where Neville Goddard speaks about his teacher. It sets them side by side, then tests them against the record. Enter your email and it downloads now.
Exhibit A
The closest match in the record
Two small notices name G. M. Akhmad Abdoullah, lecturing at 30 West 72d Street. In 1971 Neville gave that same number for his teacher’s house. We have not found a document that connects the two men, and we say so.
In his words
His own accounts do not agree
Year they met | ’29 January 1964 | 1931 October 1967 | 1933 Q&A, 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|
Years together | Five 1948 and 1953 | Over five Q&A, 1964 | Seven March 1964 |
Birthplace | Ethiopia March 1964 | North Africa Q&A, 1964 | Ethiopia, “so I am told” 1971 |
Who brought him | A Catholic priest October 1967 | David March 1964 | A man he did not trust October 1968 |
67 passages by year
Almost half come from 1964
He told this story from memory for 23 years. In 1964 he told it most, and two sessions that year supply 27 of the 67 passages. Each dot is one passage, so pick a year to see its talks.
Inside the PDF
Eleven parts, with every gap marked
- 01First meeting6
- 02His age9
- 03Origin11
- 04What he taught14
- 05His habits17
- 06The drills20
- 07His death22
- 08Where his accounts disagree24
- 09Three theories, for and against27
- 10His three drills32
- 11What we could not verify34
Before you download
Common questions
Who was this teacher?
By his student's account, a very old Black teacher in New York who taught Hebrew and Kabbalah. Almost all we know of the man traces back to those talks.
Does it prove who he was?
No. It tests three theories and the strongest lead stays unproven. The last part lists what we could not verify, so you can weigh it yourself.
Was he really Arnold Josiah Ford?
We rate that unproven. Ford turned 52 in 1929, decades younger than the man in the talks, and he had left for Ethiopia by 1931.
How is the PDF different from the page on this site?
The page is the quick read. The PDF prints all 67 passages by topic, with the talk and date under each, so you can keep it and check them.
Who wrote The Abdullah File?
The 369 Rabbit Hole researched it in 2026. The quoted passages are his, each with its talk and date.
Sources
- Talks and lessons: realneville.com text archive.
- The New York Times, November 3, 1928, church notices.
36 pages, 19 sources
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Prefer a quick read first? Who was Abdullah? is the short version.