In Scripture, a veil is never just cloth. It symbolises mystery, separation, and concealment—but also potential. Through Neville Goddard’s teachings, the veil becomes a symbol of what lies just beyond the reach of the outer man: the inner creative power of imagination.
But here’s the twist—what hides you also prepares you.
1. The Tabernacle Veil: Between the Seen and the Unseen
In the book of Exodus, Moses is told to construct a tabernacle. At its centre sits the Holy of Holies, shrouded by a thick veil. Only the high priest may enter, and only once a year.
Neville would see this as the veil between your outer awareness and your true divine identity—your I AM. That innermost chamber represents the unconditioned imagination. And the veil? All the beliefs, doubts, and inherited notions that stand in the way.
“And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain…” – Matthew 27:51
When Jesus dies—symbolising the death of the old man—the veil tears. The separation between man and his inner God is gone. Access to the creative I AM is restored.
2. Tamar: The Veiled Breakthrough
Then we meet Tamar, a woman who veils herself and disguises her identity. She tricks Judah into conceiving with her—scandalous? Yes. But symbolic? Even more so.
Tamar represents the veiled imagination—not yet recognised, not yet accepted. She’s hidden in plain sight, misunderstood, and yet she carries within her the potential for breakthrough.
Judah doesn’t know what he’s dealing with—but imagination doesn’t need your approval to create. She conceives and bears Perez, whose name means breach or breakthrough.
And when Judah finally declares:
he’s not just owning up to a scandal—he’s recognising the imaginative power at work.“She hath been more righteous than I” – Genesis 38:26,
Judah, the tribe associated with praise, now praises the hidden force that moved beyond his rational judgement. The outer man bows to the creative imagination.
3. Moses and the Partially Veiled Light
After encountering God, Moses’s face glows so brightly he has to veil it.
Neville would interpret this as the unbearable brilliance of truth. Your imagination is divine—but until you’re ready, that knowledge is too much. So we veil it. We soften it. We package it into doctrine or dismiss it as fantasy.
But the glow never leaves. The truth remains just beneath the covering, waiting for the self to mature.
4. The Bride Behind the Veil: A New State of Being
In biblical weddings, the bride enters veiled. She represents a new state of consciousness, a desire not yet fully accepted. The veil is what separates you from that which is yours in spirit, but not yet in experience.
To lift the veil is to claim the state—to say, I am that.
To marry the bride is to become one with the imagined desire.
Until you dare to embrace it, she remains just out of reach—mysterious, beautiful, veiled.
The Divine Drama of Veiling and Unveiling
The veil is not the enemy. It is the waiting room of transformation. It guards the sacred. It marks the boundary between ignorance and awakening.
Through Neville’s eyes, the veil tells us:
“You are not separate from God. You are not distant from power. You are simply veiled from recognising that your imagination is the Christ.”
Every veil in Scripture, from Tamar’s disguise to the curtain in the temple, tells the same story:
You are more than you appear to be.
And when you are ready,
the veil will be torn, lifted, or declared righteous.
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