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THE LAW & THE PROMISE
Testimony that "creative visualization gives birth to reality" revealing how people have used imagining to realize their desires. An explanation of the Law they used and how it can be used by anyone.
156 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Neville Goddard
1,413 books1,689 followersNeville Goddard was a writer, speaker and mystic. He taught various self-help methods for testing his own claim that the human imagination is omnificent, therefore God. He achieved popularity by reinterpreting the Bible and the poetry of William Blake.
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October 12, 2018
As many of my other reviews on Neville’s work mention, he’s the best Law of Attraction and metaphysical teacher I have come across. His teachings on changing your reality, the methods and philosophies, all clearly aim at helping you, the listener/reader, instead of tagging you along for the next best-kept secret. His books brim with information he thinks is really required, instead of placeholders for meeting a page-count.
I expected The Law and the Promise, being his last published book, to be a special work due to it being a culmination of all his years of experience as a teacher and practitioner of reality-bending. I was half right.
This book does contain focus on the ‘next step’ after getting your material world in order through the power of imagination and faith—being born again from above. Neville dedicates the last chapter, ‘The Promise’, to this concept and boldly proclaims it, without fear of alienating his typical audience/reader. It shows the conviction of the man in preaching what he believes to be the truth, further solidifying him as someone who’s there to primarily help you!
However, the bulk of the book, before the last chapter, is a collection of success stories, with the manifestation teachings sprinkled among them randomly, bordering on . For many, these stories might be of great value, adding to their hope and encouraging them to keep up with the methods that Neville teachers.
For other, it might get tiresome to read one success story after another simply because they are using the same methods, regardless of the different ends they accomplish. You may not want to know, after a point, all the good things that happen to other, when it isn’t happening to you yet. You want continuous encouragement and a clear-cut plan of action to put these teachings into practice in your own life. That is something I see lacking in this book, thus the one star less.
This book is a telling of what happens when you follow the Law, rather than an explanation of the Law. And rightly so—no fault of Neville’s—since he has explained the Law a thousand times before in his lectures and books. This review is just a warning for those who, like me, may look to this book as a primer on Neville’s teachings or may choose it as the first Neville book they read.
Go ahead and read this book if you want a collection of some of the most interesting stories of manifestation successes from Neville’s students (of all ages and professions).
I expected The Law and the Promise, being his last published book, to be a special work due to it being a culmination of all his years of experience as a teacher and practitioner of reality-bending. I was half right.
This book does contain focus on the ‘next step’ after getting your material world in order through the power of imagination and faith—being born again from above. Neville dedicates the last chapter, ‘The Promise’, to this concept and boldly proclaims it, without fear of alienating his typical audience/reader. It shows the conviction of the man in preaching what he believes to be the truth, further solidifying him as someone who’s there to primarily help you!
However, the bulk of the book, before the last chapter, is a collection of success stories, with the manifestation teachings sprinkled among them randomly, bordering on . For many, these stories might be of great value, adding to their hope and encouraging them to keep up with the methods that Neville teachers.
For other, it might get tiresome to read one success story after another simply because they are using the same methods, regardless of the different ends they accomplish. You may not want to know, after a point, all the good things that happen to other, when it isn’t happening to you yet. You want continuous encouragement and a clear-cut plan of action to put these teachings into practice in your own life. That is something I see lacking in this book, thus the one star less.
This book is a telling of what happens when you follow the Law, rather than an explanation of the Law. And rightly so—no fault of Neville’s—since he has explained the Law a thousand times before in his lectures and books. This review is just a warning for those who, like me, may look to this book as a primer on Neville’s teachings or may choose it as the first Neville book they read.
Go ahead and read this book if you want a collection of some of the most interesting stories of manifestation successes from Neville’s students (of all ages and professions).
July 25, 2009
Short and powerful book teaching yet again the power we have to create the life we want.
October 29, 2019
One of the readers of my books recommended Neville Goddard to me as an author she thought I'd enjoy, and this was the first book I picked up. Mr Goddard and I share some of the same beliefs, and the various stories in this book of how to use your imagination to create reality was a great reminder of things I've half-forgotten. I look forward to reading more of his books.
February 5, 2018
constantly rereading. Pick it up, read a random section. Remember the lesson. Do it again next time I need to. Constant reminders of the Possibilities WITHIN US! We create our own lives. Our own 'reality'. Read Good Positive Thought book! Keeps me at the process. - Still repeatedly coming back to this life-changing book!
September 18, 2008
Goddard Neville was a metaphysical teacher in the mid 1900's. In this book he teaches how to use visualization so that it really produces manifestations in one's life. An inspiring blend of real-life case studies and clear explanation about how the imagination IS the medium that creates one's reality.
May 30, 2025
From the start the goal of this book was stated, to influence the reader to create from the success stories shared in different degrees by strangers, even the non-believers. It was seen through various levels of creation, Imagination Creates Reality, from creating for oneself and others, in sickness, dept, and little to no faith.
Before any of the stories were introduced, there were subtle teachings, at the beginning and conclusion of each chapter. The influence for each story prompted from first hand experience from the lectures and those persons sharing what they learnt with someone else. which lead them not to only create but to reach out to the author as well to try to rationalize how they were never taught something so natural and compelling many years prior.
As always, this was amazing, eye opening, and thought-provoking. Easy five stars.
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QUOTES I LIKED!💭
"There is no fiction."
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"There is a wide difference between the will to resist an activity and the decision to change it. He who changes an activity acts; whereas he who resists an activity, re-acts. One creates; the other perpetuates."
Before any of the stories were introduced, there were subtle teachings, at the beginning and conclusion of each chapter. The influence for each story prompted from first hand experience from the lectures and those persons sharing what they learnt with someone else. which lead them not to only create but to reach out to the author as well to try to rationalize how they were never taught something so natural and compelling many years prior.
As always, this was amazing, eye opening, and thought-provoking. Easy five stars.
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QUOTES I LIKED!💭
"There is no fiction."
♡
"There is a wide difference between the will to resist an activity and the decision to change it. He who changes an activity acts; whereas he who resists an activity, re-acts. One creates; the other perpetuates."
May 27, 2020
Pure ecstasy ✨
July 19, 2021
chapter 6 is where it’s at!
October 24, 2025
Inspirational stories. I`ve been more conscious of my thoughts and how I`ve been manifesting my life. I recommend this reading.
January 9, 2025
first book of 2025. i liked it. it’s mainly success stories of people manifesting things. nothing too crazy. easy read.
September 7, 2025
Morgan Robertson's "Futility" got me shook. This book was not as good as the others. Mainly just examples but in essence each example follows the same pattern of X happening and then person Y not believing in any of this, but giving it a shot resulting in situation Z.
it's aight.
it's aight.
November 14, 2020
Just unbelievably good. The way Neville breaks down how powerful your imagination is and how it's the key to everything is just eye opening!
February 13, 2022
I can get behind the idea of “imagination creates reality” but I can’t recommend this book as a good expander on that idea. It’s mostly just stories that are all styled and structured the same - hard to believe they were all told by different people. The more I read, the more I felt that this was just a repetition of the same idea ad nauseam.
No deeper explanation. No ingenuity. Just stories and “personal accounts” that I didn’t believe because they all sounded like they were penned by the same hand.
No deeper explanation. No ingenuity. Just stories and “personal accounts” that I didn’t believe because they all sounded like they were penned by the same hand.
February 20, 2022
Not a fan of the structure, very repetitive. This isn't a comment on his beliefs, just the way the book is laid out
January 6, 2023
I am just happy finally finishing this inspiring book, I want to read more of Neville’s books in the upcoming months 🤍
October 21, 2019
ive tested it, lets see if it works..
January 23, 2024
I’ve been teaching manifestation and the Universal Laws for about 15 years, and I think it’s important to keep studying and expand one’s horizons even through being an expert.
HOWEVER!!!
Every time I give Neville Goddards books a try, my bullshit-radar goes bananas. It seems to me, that the author tried to sell books by telling his readers what they want to hear so they feel it’s okay to be completely delusional and force their desired outcomes onto others.
Maybe that’s why Neville Goddard is so popular on social media? Someone telling them it’s okay to be delusional and even develop parasocial relationships to someone? And when that doesn’t come true, then there is another book they can read from the same author…
I don’t know… I just feel that this book along with the rest of Neville Goddard catalogue is manipulation, brainwash and very unhealthy manifestation practices… and the books has NOTHING to do with how the Law of Assumption truly works.
HOWEVER!!!
Every time I give Neville Goddards books a try, my bullshit-radar goes bananas. It seems to me, that the author tried to sell books by telling his readers what they want to hear so they feel it’s okay to be completely delusional and force their desired outcomes onto others.
Maybe that’s why Neville Goddard is so popular on social media? Someone telling them it’s okay to be delusional and even develop parasocial relationships to someone? And when that doesn’t come true, then there is another book they can read from the same author…
I don’t know… I just feel that this book along with the rest of Neville Goddard catalogue is manipulation, brainwash and very unhealthy manifestation practices… and the books has NOTHING to do with how the Law of Assumption truly works.
November 29, 2022
I already believed in a kind of attraction law before opening the book : if you are positive, and open, good things will more likely happen to you. So when I received this book, I was happy to start reading it.
However, the stories which are supposed to explain the concept just sound like big lies. And they were quite repetitive, so after the 5th one, I could not continue anymore and decided to stop reading the book, and hand it back.
Even if the stories are all true, they do not really bring any value or explanation. Too bad, the topic was interesting to me, but the book did not provide any good information.
However, the stories which are supposed to explain the concept just sound like big lies. And they were quite repetitive, so after the 5th one, I could not continue anymore and decided to stop reading the book, and hand it back.
Even if the stories are all true, they do not really bring any value or explanation. Too bad, the topic was interesting to me, but the book did not provide any good information.
August 30, 2021
Un solo concepto de valor incalculable.
4 estrellas por que es algo repetitivo el concepto que maneja durante todos sus capítulos. Sin embargo son de muy alto valor, vale la pena repetir y repetir el mismo concepto por el impacto que puede tener en tu vida.
Este libro lo recomiendo para personas que ya estén familiarizados con los conceptos de Neville. Que ya conozcan sus teorías.
4 estrellas por que es algo repetitivo el concepto que maneja durante todos sus capítulos. Sin embargo son de muy alto valor, vale la pena repetir y repetir el mismo concepto por el impacto que puede tener en tu vida.
Este libro lo recomiendo para personas que ya estén familiarizados con los conceptos de Neville. Que ya conozcan sus teorías.
October 1, 2024
i agree with what he's saying and i'll definitely be practicing his methods but this book could definitely be shorter. i feel like around chapter 13 he just lost the plot completely. it keeps repeating and repeating itself like okay we get it buddy imagining creates reality okay do you have anything else to say??? i would recommend him and his methods to everyone but i would not recommend this book to anybody
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June 24, 2013Fantastic and too the point. Took a while to sink in but it's the sort of book that continues to inform you well after you've read it. I have re-read it and it means more to me each time I dip in. It's an education of truth and a wealth of wisdom.
June 7, 2014
"A powerful book to have in your library. It inspires me every time I read it."
April 29, 2015
Must read this book
It will change your life. Be careful what you wish for. I recommend everyone to read this life changing book.
It will change your life. Be careful what you wish for. I recommend everyone to read this life changing book.
July 5, 2020
Clear cut writing about the power of imagination on the energetic fields all around us.
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January 8, 2026It was... okay. I read the first 2 or 3 chapters and then stopped.
I've never read anything by Goddard before, but I am very familiar with ideas around projection, attraction, and what is generally called manifestation.
The whole thing felt off. There was a "salesman" and "snake oily" feeling to it for me. I didn't like the stories as they felt completely made-up. All of them were completely the same and in the voice of Goddard, despite purporting themselves as being quotes from people who had 'successful experiences'.
While I still like this topic area, I don't think Goddard is my window into it.
I've never read anything by Goddard before, but I am very familiar with ideas around projection, attraction, and what is generally called manifestation.
The whole thing felt off. There was a "salesman" and "snake oily" feeling to it for me. I didn't like the stories as they felt completely made-up. All of them were completely the same and in the voice of Goddard, despite purporting themselves as being quotes from people who had 'successful experiences'.
While I still like this topic area, I don't think Goddard is my window into it.
March 8, 2023
So much crap I cannot stand it. I do believe that LOA works, but not by "falsifying" the past. And not by believing we can have anything we want even by imposing our wants and needs onto others. Instead of denying reality and the past as it happened (in terms of sensory information, not the stories that we have built about those), I find much healthier the Reality Transurfing approach of accepting what has been and what is, but at the same time insisting that there is a different "branch" of reality ready to be materialized. And never by manipulating others!
January 12, 2021
Knowing
As you continue read Nevilles work the inner becomes the outer world. I have read many of his books and continue to change my mindset on how we create the very fabric of our world from the inside out. I would love to say I got it on the first few books but that be very untrue. Maybe I'm slow but the journey is a lifetime so I will plod along defining and refining my creation process and be in wonder as it shows up in my physical world.
Richard Morden
As you continue read Nevilles work the inner becomes the outer world. I have read many of his books and continue to change my mindset on how we create the very fabric of our world from the inside out. I would love to say I got it on the first few books but that be very untrue. Maybe I'm slow but the journey is a lifetime so I will plod along defining and refining my creation process and be in wonder as it shows up in my physical world.
Richard Morden
August 5, 2023
Audiobook review: if you are hoping for the last book by NG to be chock full of how to information this isn’t it. It IS a wonderful collection of inspirational stories of people’s successes. But even they lack a little in “what” they actually did to being about the success. It is inspiring nevertheless. The last chapter he kind of goes off the deep end. I don’t think this expanded my understanding of LOA in any way. But it still has value.
November 14, 2022
"If the fool would persist in his folly, He would become wise"
Offers very practical advice and success stories about the Law of Assumption. If you're new to LoA, definitely a good place to start.
Would have rated a 5 but the mystical experiences at the end kind of freaked me out.
Good luck on everyone's LoA journey! I will not tell you to get what it is you desire, you already have it.
Offers very practical advice and success stories about the Law of Assumption. If you're new to LoA, definitely a good place to start.
Would have rated a 5 but the mystical experiences at the end kind of freaked me out.
Good luck on everyone's LoA journey! I will not tell you to get what it is you desire, you already have it.
February 13, 2024
I really enjoyed this. It offered a different view on religion and faith that we're used to. It reinforces the fact that our reality is determined by us. If you want something different, then imagine it. Be consistent and your 3d will change to give you all that you desire. It's crazy that we have not been taught the secret to success and a good life sooner.
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