In the Bible, two sacred objects—the Urim and Thummim—were carried by Israel’s High Priest in the breastplate of judgment (Exodus 28:30). Their exact function remains mysterious, yet their symbolism fits beautifully within Neville Goddard’s teachings on imagination and manifestation. These objects offer us insight into the divine power within ourselves to manifest our desires.
The Urim: The Light of Imagination
Biblical Anchor: The word Urim comes from ’or (Hebrew for “light,” Exodus 28:30; Deuteronomy 33:8).
Neville’s Insight: Imagination is the light that illuminates our inner world. Just as the Urim provided divine “light” to Israel, our imagination lights the way to what we wish to manifest.
Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
This “lamp” is the inner light of imagination, guiding us toward the reality we choose to create. In Hebrew symbolism, light is not merely illumination but revelation—the dawning of an inner knowing.
The Thummim: The Truth of Our Being
Biblical Anchor: Thummim derives from t-h-m, meaning “perfection” or “completeness” (Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21).
Neville’s Insight: Manifestation relies on recognising your inherent completeness—the belief that your desire already exists in the realm of consciousness. To manifest effectively, you must hold the truth that everything you desire is already yours.
John 8:32 – “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
The Thummim represents the truth that you are already one with what you seek. It is the steady knowing that unlocks the gates of fulfilled desire. Together, Urim and Thummim are not just “yes” or “no” devices—they are the light of assumption and the truth of fulfilment.
Sevenfold Completeness and the Law of Manifestation
The word Thummim contains the idea of completion—and this connects symbolically to the number seven, the sacred symbol of wholeness, cycle fulfilment, and spiritual perfection in the Bible.
In Genesis 1, God creates the world in six days and rests on the seventh. This is not merely a literal creation story, but the first symbolic teaching of manifestation:
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Imagination (Urim) begins the process (Let there be light).
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Completion (Thummim) marks its fulfilment (And it was very good).
The seven days represent the complete arc from assumption to embodiment.
Hebrew Letters and the Mathers Table
According to the Mathers Table of the Hebrew alphabet, each letter corresponds to a number. The Hebrew word for Thummim (תֻּמִּים) is built upon the letter Tav (ת), which is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, often symbolising completion, seal, or finality. In the Mathers Table:
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Tav (ת) = 400, the highest individual value, representing culmination or fulfilment.
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The Hebrew alphabet itself contains 22 letters—and when added to the sacred 5 final forms, we arrive again at 27, another numerical form of 3³, or the cube of wholeness. BOTA is a society based on the model of the cube.
The interplay between letters and numbers in Hebrew mysticism teaches that numbers are not abstract—they are active powers. Just as Urim aligns with Aleph (א) and light—the initiator, Thummim aligns with Tav (ת)—the fulfiller. These are the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of creation, both within you.
Menorah: Seven Lights of Creative Consciousness
Exodus 25:31 – “Make a lampstand of pure gold…with its seven lamps.”
Neville likened your inner world to a seven-branched lampstand: each lamp a facet, or day of your consciousness—imagination, faith, feeling, assumption, focus, knowing, and fulfilment. The Urim’s light and the Thummim’s truth together ignite all seven. You, like the High Priest, bear the inner tools for illumination and judgement—the oracle of the soul.
Creation, Oracle, and Inner Authority
The creation story in Genesis is not a historical record but a template for manifestation:
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Day One: Let there be light (Urim – the spark of imagination)
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Day Seven: He rested (Thummim – the knowing it is done)
And just as the priests consulted Urim and Thummim for divine decisions, you consult your own inner oracle—not with outward rituals but with inner feeling. Neville’s method is nothing less than a return to the Edenic act of creation: the Word spoken, the Light imagined, and the Truth rested in.
Conclusion: Sevenfold Manifestation – Light and Truth United
In Neville Goddard’s system:
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Urim = Light of imagination — the first step, the “yes” to possibility.
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Thummim = Truth of being — the settled assurance of completion.
Together, they form your spiritual oracle: one reveals the path, the other affirms its end. The seven days of Genesis, the seven lamps of the Menorah, and the sevenfold process of imagination all echo the divine pattern of manifestation through completeness.
You are the High Priest of your own temple. Stand between Urim and Thummim. Let imagination light your way, and let truth confirm it is already done.
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