Devil Dog Road
Olive Goddard was born in 1881 in New Orleans. As a young lady, she was taken with the
Pentecostal Movement of 1901. They spoke
in varies languages, but Goddard never did.
A remarkable octogenarian known as “Madam
Eve” would speak mumbled drivel for hours while prompt by the Spirit. No one seemed to know what was being said so
Goddard decided to attend the Divinity School of Holy Ghost Bible College to
try and decode the glossolalia gibberish.
She got this idea to record Madam Eve and play the recording
backwards. To her surprise, what was
said was lucid American English. Her deduction
was that the Holy Spirit spoke an inverted language.
In 1921, she bought property in the Arizona desert and
started the Palindromic Church of God.
Her sermons were transposed and she was skilled enough to understand the
words in reverse. This ability steered
her towards proclaiming herself a prophet.
Only a minority of followers bought into her accusations of being a spiritualist. It wasn’t until 1939 when she was accepted by
the Corps of Phenomenal Explorers, that she finally felt understood.
It was her critics who labeled her “Dr. God” and old-school evangelist, Vernon Forge who branded her “Prophetess of Devil Dog Road”. He campaigned against her “so-called” religious beliefs saying it
was no more than satanic insinuations.
She had a cabin on Devil Dog Road, but only used it as a divine sanctuary.
Wow, that's an unheard of location! Creepy.
ReplyDeleteAre there any residences on this road?
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