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Neville Lancelot Goddard (1905-1972) was an American mystic author who was famous for his writing on metaphysical subjects.^[1]^[2]^[3] He interpreted Bible from a psychological perspective, i.e. treating it not as a record of historical events, but a collection of parables on how the human mind works.^[4]^[5]^[6] As he wrote, “Instead of looking upon the Bible as the historical record of an ancient civilization or the biography of the unusual life of Jesus, see it as a great psychological drama taking place in the consciousness of man.”^[7] Goddard is often associated with the New Thought Movement,^[8]^[9]^[10] which promotes metaphysical ideas such as the Law of Attraction,^[11]^[12] and he remains one of the most quoted authors for the subject in the 21st century. ^[13]^[14]^[15]

Biblical Interpretations

Goddard believed that the content of the Bible should be viewed as parables of the human psyche instead of actual historical events. As he wrote, “The stories of the Bible are all mystical revelations written in an Eastern symbolism which reveals to the intuitive the secret of creation and the formula of escape… Man discovered that his consciousness was the cause or creator of his world, so he proceeded to tell the story of creation in a series of symbolical stories known to us today as the Bible.”^[16] And thus, “So can’t you see why the millions of prayers are unanswered? Men pray to a God that does not exist.”^[7] Therefore, Goddard did not believe in an external God who answers prayers, but rather that “You are the creator. This is the mystery, this is the great secret known by the seers, prophets, and mystics throughout the ages.”^[17] Below are some examples of Goddard’s interpretations:

The Meaning of Jehovah (יהוה)

The symbolic name of the Creator is known in the Hebrew Bible as Jehovah, or in the Tetragrammaton יהוה (Yodh He Waw He).^[18] Goddard believes that each letter represents a metaphysical process of creation:

The first letter Yodh (י) represents the awareness of “I AM” out of which all creation is born. It is also known as the Conceiver or the Father.
The second letter He (ה) represents the imagination or desire conceived by the awareness. It is also known as the Conceived or the Son.
The third letter Waw (ו) represents the receptive state of mind through which the awareness and the imagination conjoins. It is also known as the Virgin as it is impregnated with the desire of the awareness.
The fourth letter He (ה) represents the objectifying of the subjective conscious state, which bears witness to the subjective state Yodh He Waw.

Noah and his three sons

Similarly, Goddard thinks that Noah and his three sons (Shem, Ham and Japheth) are symbols representing the same thing as the Tetragrammaton of Jehovah:

Noah is the father of the three sons, thus he represents the Father or the “I AM” consciousness as explained above.
The name of the first son Shem means “name”. He represents the Son or the conceived imagination by the “I AM” consciousness (Noah).
The second son Ham was condemned to be a slave to his other two brothers, because he was the Virgin, or the medium through which the concept (Shem) becomes material (Japheth).
The name of the third son Japheth means “extension”. He represents the final materialization of the conception (Shem).

Easu and Issac

The story of Esau and Jacob, sons of Issac, are a metaphor of the method by which men manifest their desires.

Esau is the elder son and has the birthright to the family’s fortune. He represents the physical reality, or a present problem that a person wants to overcome.
Jacob is the younger son who does not inherit anything, and to pretend to be his brother, he must put on fake skin and his brother’s clothes. He represents the subjective reality, which is made real through the process visualization by full engaging the senses (i.e. putting on the skin and the clothes).
Issac is an old and blind man who distinguishes his sons by “feeling” them. He represents the subconscious mind which be impressed with subjectively imagined details (i.e. fake skin and clothes). For anyone to manifest his own reality, he must learn to practice his imagination skills so that he could make his subjective reality as real as the objective one.

Biblography

Neville Goddard had published the following books:

At Your Command (1939)^[7]
Your Faith Is Your Fortune (1941)^[19]
Freedom for All—A Practical Application of the Bible (1942)^[16]
Feeling Is the Secret (1944)^[20]
Prayer—The Art of Believing (1946)^[21]
Out of This World (1949)^[22]
The Creative Use of Imagination (1952)^[23]
The Power of Awareness (1952)^[17]
Awakened Imagination (1954)^[24]
Seedtime and Harvest (1956)^[25]
The Law and the Promise (1961)^[26]

References

^ Walton, Jonathan L. (2011-01-01). "The Greening of the Gospel (and Black Body): Rev. Ike's Gospel of Wealth and Post-Blackness Theology". Pneuma. 33 (2): 181–199. doi:10.1163/027209611X575005. ISSN 0272-0965.
^ Carter, Frank (2018). Neville Goddard : the Frank Carter lectures. [Place of publication not identified],: AUDIO ENLIGHTENMENT. ISBN 1-941489-37-0. OCLC 1032016258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Horowitz, Mitch (2018). Miracle : the Ideas of Neville Goddard. New York: G & D Media. ISBN 978-1-7225-2010-6. OCLC 1082981971.
^ Horowitz, Mitch (2019-11-13). "The New Age and Gnosticism: Terms of Commonality". Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies. 4 (2): 191–215. doi:10.1163/2451859X-12340073. ISSN 2451-8581.
^ Giurdanella, Marco (2011-11-01). "Neville Goddard (1905-1972) and the "New Thought"". Tesi Online.
^ Millar, Angel,. The three stages of initiatic spirituality : craftsman, warrior, magician. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN 978-1-62055-933-8. OCLC 1108806570.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1939). At Your Command. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Horowitz, Mitch (2018). The Miracle Club : How thoughts become reality. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN 978-1-62055-766-2. OCLC 1020423964.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Allen, Shanon; Allen, David (2014). The power of I AM. ISBN 978-0-692-23368-9. OCLC 922707256.
^ Jegede, Katherine (2018). Infinite possibility : How to use the ideas of Neville Goddard to create the life you want. New York, New York. ISBN 978-0-525-50443-6. OCLC 1039079743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Byrne, Rhonda (2008). The secret. Byrne, Rhonda. (Atria books/Beyond Words hardcover edition October 2016 ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4165-5499-8. OCLC 758675550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Byrne, Rhonda,. The power. Sequel to: Byrne, Rhonda. (First Atria books hardcover edition ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4391-8178-2. OCLC 634742461. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Butler, Anthea (2011-01-01). "Media, Pentecost and Prosperity: The Racial Meaning behind the Aesthetic Message". Pneuma. 33 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1163/027209611X575050. ISSN 0272-0965.
^ McGee-Chiusano, Laura (2015). Unclouded Mind : Spiritual Insights For Personal Development And Healing. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-5043-4579-8. OCLC 1147791856.
^ Vitale, Joe (2011). The Key The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want (1., Auflage ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-03934-2. OCLC 904821360.
^ ^a ^b Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1942). Freedom for All—A Practical Application of the Bible. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ ^a ^b Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Power of Awareness. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
^ Wilkinson, Robert J. (Robert John), 1955-. Tetragrammaton : Western Christians and the Hebrew name of God : from the beginnings to the seventeenth century. Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-28462-3. OCLC 900439081.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1941). Your Faith Is Your Fortune. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1944). Feeling Is the Secret. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1945). Prayer—The Art of Believing. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1949). Out of This World. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Creative Use of Imagination. New York City: Goddard Publications.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1954). Awakened Imagination. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). Seedtime and Harvest. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Law and the Promise. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.

[1] Walton, Jonathan L. (2011-01-01). "The Greening of the Gospel (and Black Body): Rev. Ike's Gospel of Wealth and Post-Blackness Theology". Pneuma. 33 (2): 181–199. doi:10.1163/027209611X575005. ISSN 0272-0965.

[2] Carter, Frank (2018). Neville Goddard : the Frank Carter lectures. [Place of publication not identified],: AUDIO ENLIGHTENMENT. ISBN 1-941489-37-0. OCLC 1032016258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[3] Horowitz, Mitch (2018). Miracle : the Ideas of Neville Goddard. New York: G & D Media. ISBN 978-1-7225-2010-6. OCLC 1082981971.

[4] Horowitz, Mitch (2019-11-13). "The New Age and Gnosticism: Terms of Commonality". Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies. 4 (2): 191–215. doi:10.1163/2451859X-12340073. ISSN 2451-8581.

[5] Giurdanella, Marco (2011-11-01). "Neville Goddard (1905-1972) and the "New Thought"". Tesi Online.

[6] Millar, Angel,. The three stages of initiatic spirituality : craftsman, warrior, magician. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN 978-1-62055-933-8. OCLC 1108806570.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:0-7] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1939). At Your Command. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[8] Horowitz, Mitch (2018). The Miracle Club : How thoughts become reality. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN 978-1-62055-766-2. OCLC 1020423964.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[9] Allen, Shanon; Allen, David (2014). The power of I AM. ISBN 978-0-692-23368-9. OCLC 922707256.

[10] Jegede, Katherine (2018). Infinite possibility : How to use the ideas of Neville Goddard to create the life you want. New York, New York. ISBN 978-0-525-50443-6. OCLC 1039079743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[11] Byrne, Rhonda (2008). The secret. Byrne, Rhonda. (Atria books/Beyond Words hardcover edition October 2016 ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4165-5499-8. OCLC 758675550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[12] Byrne, Rhonda,. The power. Sequel to: Byrne, Rhonda. (First Atria books hardcover edition ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4391-8178-2. OCLC 634742461. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[13] Butler, Anthea (2011-01-01). "Media, Pentecost and Prosperity: The Racial Meaning behind the Aesthetic Message". Pneuma. 33 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1163/027209611X575050. ISSN 0272-0965.

[14] McGee-Chiusano, Laura (2015). Unclouded Mind : Spiritual Insights For Personal Development And Healing. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-5043-4579-8. OCLC 1147791856.

[15] Vitale, Joe (2011). The Key The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want (1., Auflage ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-03934-2. OCLC 904821360.

[:1-16] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1942). Freedom for All—A Practical Application of the Bible. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[:2-17] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Power of Awareness. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.

[18] Wilkinson, Robert J. (Robert John), 1955-. Tetragrammaton : Western Christians and the Hebrew name of God : from the beginnings to the seventeenth century. Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-28462-3. OCLC 900439081.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[19] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1941). Your Faith Is Your Fortune. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[20] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1944). Feeling Is the Secret. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[21] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1945). Prayer—The Art of Believing. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[22] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1949). Out of This World. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[23] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Creative Use of Imagination. New York City: Goddard Publications.

[24] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1954). Awakened Imagination. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.

[25] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). Seedtime and Harvest. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.

[26] Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Law and the Promise. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.

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+* [[Isaac|Issac]] is an old and blind man who distinguishes his sons by “feeling” them. He represents the subconscious mind which be impressed with subjectively imagined details (i.e. fake skin and clothes). For anyone to manifest his own reality, he must learn to practice his imagination skills so that he could make his subjective reality as real as the objective one.
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