The Bible is not merely a historical document or religious text—it is a coded psychological drama, a spiritual map detailing the evolution of human consciousness. Through stories, genealogies, architecture, and names, the Bible reveals how “I AM”—the divine sense of self—unfolds across inner states of being. In this guide, we’ll walk through the core features of that symbolic terrain, especially as interpreted through the mystical teachings of Neville Goddard.
1. The Bible as a Spiritual Allegory
Neville Goddard taught that the Bible is not secular history but divine psychology. Every character, city, nation, and object symbolises states within you. The Bible describes not events that happened thousands of years ago, but eternal processes happening within the soul.
“The Bible is your autobiography, written symbolically.” – Neville Goddard
2. The Central Narrative: From Forgetfulness to Fulfilment
The Biblical arc begins with man forgetting his divine origin—symbolised in Adam’s deep sleep (from which he never awakens)—and ends with the realisation of divine selfhood, shown in the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. From Genesis to Revelation, we are witnessing the gradual awakening of ‘I AM’ through layered stories of descent and return, death and rebirth, bondage and deliverance.
3. Old Testament vs New Testament: Shadow and Fulfilment
The Old Testament offers symbols, shadows, and seed-forms—states of consciousness still grappling with separation, law, and struggle. The New Testament offers the fruition and fulfilment of these shadows: the law is transformed into love, sacrifice into self-offering, and external worship into internal awakening.
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Moses leads out of bondage (external escape); Jesus resurrects from within (internal freedom).
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The temple in Jerusalem is built with hands; the body becomes the temple in the New Testament.
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Old names and laws pointed forward; the New names and acts reveal their inner meaning.
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Each New Testament revelation is the flowering of an Old Testament seed. The God “out there” becomes “I AM” within.
4. The Evolution of Sacred Space: Tent to Temple to Body
Sacred architecture reflects the evolving perception of where God dwells:
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The Tent (Tabernacle): Portable awareness. God moves with you in the wilderness—an early, fluctuating recognition of divine presence.
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The Temple: Fixed location. The Divine is housed in a grand structure—representing an externalised religion.
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The Body: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?” (1 Cor 3:16). The climax of architectural symbolism—the body is the house of God. God no longer visits; God is.
Each structure represents a different stage in consciousness, moving from external dependence to inner embodiment.
5. Key Characters as States of Being
Biblical figures are not merely people—they are personified qualities or states:
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Abraham: Faith in the unseen.
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Jacob: Persistence and struggle with self.
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Joseph: Controlled imagination, governing Egypt (the subconscious).
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Moses: The birth of moral awareness, yet unable to enter the promised land of realisation.
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David: The anointed identity, chosen by inner awareness not outer stature.
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Jesus: The full awakening of “I AM,” the embodiment of realised being.
Each “man” in Scripture is a developmental threshold, a phase in the journey from ignorance to illumination.
6. Women as Receptive Powers and the Womb of Transformation
Women in the Bible represent the receptive aspect of consciousness—the womb where states are conceived and birthed. Sarah, Rachel, Mary—they are the symbolic matrices where new identities gestate.
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Sarah births Isaac (laughter) when faith is fulfilled.
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Rachel weeps and dies in childbirth, symbolising the pain of inner transformation.
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Mary is the immaculate conception—pure imagination, untouched by external facts.
The feminine is not passive, but the power of receptivity that allows the Word to become flesh.
7. Cities and Landscapes: Symbolic Geographies of the Mind
Biblical geographies mirror inner conditions:
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Egypt: The subconscious mind—powerful but often misused or unaware.
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Babylon: Confusion, the divided mind.
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Jerusalem: Vision of peace; the harmonious state.
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The Wilderness: The space between identity-death and rebirth.
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Mountains: High places of consciousness or revelation.
Crossing rivers, ascending hills, or journeying to foreign lands are all inner transitions of awareness.
8. Numbers as Codes of Process
Numbers in Scripture are not arbitrary—they are symbolic markers, revealing inner processes and stages of spiritual development:
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2 – Division and Agreement
Two signifies duality: seen and unseen, inner and outer, male and female, conscious and subconscious. It speaks to polarity, but also to witness and union. Nothing is truly established in manifestation until there is agreement between the conscious intention and the subconscious belief.
“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established” (Deuteronomy 19:15).
The spiritual journey begins when these two aspects of self agree to walk as one. -
3 – Completion and Resurrection
Three points to divine completeness and spiritual rebirth—think of the three days in the tomb before resurrection. It marks the turning point, the emergence of new life from death. -
4 – Foundation and Structure
Four is the number of groundedness: the four corners of the earth, the four winds, the four living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision. It represents stability and order—the framework upon which the spiritual journey stands.
In symbolic consciousness, four key patriarchs—Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, and Judah—form the inner structure of manifestation:
Faith (Abraham), Persistence (Jacob), Imagination (Joseph), and Praise (Judah).
These mirror the Four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—each offering a distinct portrayal of the divine pattern. -
7 – Spiritual Perfection
Seven completes a sacred cycle: creation in seven days, the seventh day of rest, the seven-fold Spirit. It symbolises spiritual fullness and divine order. -
10 – Manifested Wholeness
Ten reflects perfection in outer expression: the Ten Commandments as the law encoded in consciousness, the ten plagues as the undoing of bondage. It marks a completed manifestation, whether creative or destructive. -
12 – Divine Government
Twelve signals authority and structure in the spiritual realm: twelve tribes of Israel, twelve disciples, twelve gates of the New Jerusalem. It denotes the full expression of divine order at work within the soul. -
40 – Trial and Transition
Forty is the number of testing, transformation, and preparation. From the forty years in the wilderness to the forty days of fasting, it signals a soul-cycle of refinement.
These aren’t just durations; they are symbolic periods of inner gestation and transition.
9. Names and Genealogies: The Stakes of Evolving Consciousness
Names are never casual in Scripture. They serve as stakes in the development of “I AM”. Each name points to a function of consciousness.
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Abram → Abraham: From exalted potential to fruitful faith.
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Jacob → Israel: From grasping to divine rulership.
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Judah: Praise—essential to spiritual momentum.
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Perez: Breakthrough—born of praise.
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Jesus: “Yahweh saves”—the awakening of I AM within as salvation itself.
Genealogies are not records of DNA, but of mental and spiritual inheritance. They map how one inner state gives birth to another, as consciousness evolves from shadow into substance.
As Neville said, “These names are not persons but eternal states of consciousness through which the soul passes.” When you read a genealogy, you are watching your own development described in symbolic DNA.
10. Symbolism Behind Names, Numbers, and Actions
Everything—names, ages, gestures, and even items—is charged with meaning:
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A staff = authority or inner direction.
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A well = revelation or deep subconscious insight.
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Loaves and fishes = limited facts multiplied through faith.
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A fig tree = a state of spiritual barrenness or fruitfulness.
Reading literally will blind you. Reading symbolically will unlock the hidden manna.
11. Jesus: The Pattern of Awakening, Not Just the Person
Jesus represents the pattern of fulfilled consciousness. His life—from virgin birth to crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—symbolises the stages of awakening from sleep to realisation of oneness.
The cross is not tragedy—it is fixing an idea in imagination, the burial of assumption. The resurrection is feeling it real, the flowering of the seed. The ascension is the return to full awareness of “I AM.”
12. How to Read the Bible with Inner Eyes
Read with the question: “What does this symbolise within me?”
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Don’t get stuck on surface morality—go deeper.
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Assume each name, place, and object is you, now.
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Read as though the whole thing is happening inside you—because it is.
Final Thought: The Bible is About You
From the tent in the wilderness to the cross on the hill, from Adam’s sleep to Jesus’ awakening, the Bible is a map of your own unfolding identity. Through the power of imagination, faith, and inner transformation, the hidden “I AM” moves through stories, names, and sacred spaces—leading you home to yourself.
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