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The Nail of Creation: Vav, Imagination, and the Union of Conscious and Subconscious

In the teachings of Neville Goddard, imagination is the creative force of God, and consciousness is the only reality. One of the richest symbolic keys to this truth lies in the Hebrew letter Vav (ו)—meaning nail or hook—which not only holds linguistic and mystical weight but also reveals the sacred technology of manifestation.

This post explores how Vav, as part of the divine name YHVH (יהוה), expresses the union of conscious and subconscious and how this mystical "nailing" process mirrors the act of manifestation itself. We'll also explore how the Lovers Tarot card and the biblical theme of fixing tie into this revelation.

Vav: The Nail That Binds Imagination and Reality

Vav, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, symbolises a nail, a tool of joining. It's small and seemingly simple, yet its purpose is profound: to bind two things into one, to fix and secure.

In Neville’s framework, this nail becomes the binding force between two worlds:

  • The conscious mind (which imagines, chooses, and directs), and

  • The subconscious mind (which accepts, conceives, and expresses).

This is not merely metaphor—it is the very process of creation. Neville taught that your outer world is nothing more than the shadow of your inner assumptions. When you nail your inner state—when you persist in the assumption of the wish fulfilled—you secure its inevitable appearance in the world.

"To be crucified is to be joined to the state you refuse to move from."
— Neville Goddard

The Divine Name YHVH: Two Windows Nailed Together

The name of God in Hebrew—YHVH (יהוה)—encodes the mystery of creation:

  • Yod (י) – The seed of desire or idea

  • He (ה) – The receptive window: the subconscious or inner perception

  • Vav (ו) – The nail that binds the idea to the feeling

  • He (ה) – The outer reflection: the manifested world

The repetition of He is not redundant—it reveals a mirror: two aspects of perception.

The first He is the inner eye, your imaginative awareness.
The second He is the outer eye, your experience of the world.

And what connects these two windows? Vav—the nail. The nail of imagination fixes the inner assumption into place so powerfully that it reflects out as reality. It’s as though the two windows of vision—the internal and external—are nailed together, fused into alignment through unwavering belief.

“All things exist in the human imagination, and everything you behold, though it appears without, it is within, in your imagination.”
— Neville Goddard

The two He’s, like two windows, open the soul to different realms: one inward, one outward. Vav joins them—not as a bridge you walk across, but as a seal, a mystical fastening that ensures what is within must also appear without.

Crucifixion as Fixation: The Nail in Action

Neville often reinterpreted the crucifixion as symbolic, not literal. To be "nailed to the cross" is to be fixed in a state of consciousness so securely that nothing can shake it. You surrender your old state and attach yourself—like with a nail—to the assumed feeling of the wish fulfilled.

This spiritual crucifixion is not suffering, but the discipline of faith.

“Man is all imagination, and God is man and exists in us and we in Him.”
— Neville Goddard

The Lovers Tarot Card: Divine Union of the Creative Mind

The Lovers card, far beyond romantic meaning, shows the sacred marriage of opposites: male and female, conscious and subconscious, intellect and emotion.

The traditional imagery shows a man (conscious mind) looking toward a woman (subconscious mind), who looks to the angel (higher self or divine source). This triadic relationship mirrors the process of manifestation:

  1. Man chooses the desire (Yod)

  2. Woman receives and nurtures it (He)

  3. Angel blesses and expresses it (final He)

  4. Vav, the nail, binds all three in harmony

This card becomes a mirror of the YHVH process—a symbol of the creative act of belief, of imagination joined with feeling.

The Spiritual Meaning of Nailing in Scripture

In biblical contexts, to nail or fix something is to establish it permanently.

  • In Ezra 9:8, we read:
    “...that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. Yet now for a little space grace hath been shewed... to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations... to give us a nail in his holy place.”

Here, the nail symbolises a secure point, an anchor, a link to divinity—exactly as Neville interpreted the fixing of desire in the soul.

The Process of Manifestation: Nail It Down

To manifest using Neville’s approach, the process is simple—but not always easy:

  1. Decide what you want—the Yod

  2. Enter the state of having it—feel it real (first He)

  3. Fix it in place—through repetition, belief, and emotional absorption (Vav)

  4. Let it be reflected in the world (second He)

This is the pattern of YHVH, the sacred name, and the nail is central. Without the fixing of imagination, the state remains fluid and unreal. With the nail of assumption, it becomes flesh.

Conclusion: The Power of the Nail

Vav, the nail, holds the secret of how imagination becomes reality. It is the symbolic action of joining what is above with what is below, what is imagined with what is seen. In Neville’s language, it is the act of nailing the feeling of the wish fulfilled to your inner awareness, such that it must externalise.

The two He’s—the windows of perception—are only made one through this nail. The Lovers card, the divine name YHVH, the cross, and the Hebrew language all whisper the same truth:

Creation is an inner union.

Fix your assumption, and it will be.


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