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"In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit": A Neville Goddard Perspective

The familiar phrase:

"...in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.". - Matthew 28:19

is traditionally used in Christian prayers and liturgical practices. However, when viewed through the teachings of Neville Goddard, it takes on an entirely new dimension. Rather than a call to external ritual, it becomes an invitation to assume—to recognise and embody the divine trinity within your own consciousness.

"In the Name": Assumption of Essence

For Neville, the "name" means far more than a title. It represents the nature, essence, or power of something. To act in the name of is to assume and express the qualities associated with that being.

To do something “in the name of” is to do it in the character and nature of that state.

So, before we even get to the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit, we are being instructed to enter into the nature of each.

The Father: Awareness of Being

In Neville’s framework, the Father symbolises your own awareness of being—the “I AM” at the centre of all experience.

This is the origin of everything in your world. To act in the name of the Father is to operate from the conscious knowing that you are the source of what you perceive.

  • The Father = unconditioned awareness

  • The uncaused cause from which all things arise

The Son: Fulfilled Desire

The Son is your desire realised. Just as a son is the visible expression of his father, your world is the expression of your assumed state.

To act in the name of the Son is to:

  • Live from the end

  • Feel as though your wish has already been fulfilled

  • Let your world reflect the image you hold within

The Son is the form your awareness takes when clothed in desire.

The Holy Spirit: Imagination in Motion

The Holy Spirit is the power that bridges awareness (the Father) and form (the Son), making them one—whole. For Neville, this is none other than your imagination, specifically imagination infused with feeling.

To act in the name of the Holy Spirit is to:

  • Use imaginative feeling deliberately

  • Animate your assumptions with emotion and persistence

  • Trust the unseen movement from assumption to reality

This is the divine action that brings what’s within into view.

A Living Formula for Creation

Through the Law of Assumption, this passage becomes a practical formula for manifestation:

  1. The Father – your awareness of being

  2. The Son – your assumed, fulfilled desire

  3. The Holy Spirit – the imaginative power that brings it forth

When you baptise yourself in these three—awareness, assumption, and imaginative feeling—you are not performing an outer rite but an inner transformation. You are immersing yourself in the truth that you are the operant power.

Conclusion: The Trinity Within

No longer an external invocation, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" becomes a profound affirmation of your creative self.

  • You are the Father, aware of being

  • You are the Son, clothed in fulfilled desire

  • You are the Holy Spirit, animating reality through imagination

This is the sacred trinity—not distant, but indwelling. A divine pattern hidden in plain sight, awaiting only your assumption.

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