Of all the figures in Scripture, Solomon stands as a luminous symbol of fulfilled desire, divine wisdom, and inner rest. Neville Goddard—whose teachings reveal the spiritual meanings veiled within biblical narrative—interprets Solomon not as a historical monarch, but as the personification of a spiritual state.
Solomon represents what happens when imagination is faithfully and lovingly directed: desire gives birth to peace.
Where David is longing—burning with faith and intensity—Solomon is the realisation of that longing. He is what Neville might call “the embodiment of the wish fulfilled”—the result of imagining oneself into a state until it hardens into fact. His very name, derived from shalom, means peace—not merely the absence of conflict, but the harmony born from union with one’s fulfilled assumption.
“Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.”
— 1 Kings 2:12
This is not a statement about dynastic succession, but about consciousness. Solomon is the state of fulfilment that follows persistent faith. He is the result of having sat faithfully within the imagined end, allowing it to take the throne of awareness.
The Temple of Fulfilled Awareness
One of Solomon’s defining achievements is the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. But for Neville, this Temple was never about stone and cedar.
It is an inner structure—consciousness made sacred by deliberate assumption. This is the house we build for the name of the Lord, which is simply our “I AM”.
“Behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God…”
— 1 Kings 5:5
The Temple’s ornamentation is deeply symbolic:
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Gold – spiritual value
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Cherubim – guardians of divine ideas
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Palm trees – triumph over limitation
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Open flowers – consciousness blooming under the sun of inner conviction
Solomon’s wisdom is not intellect—it is intuitive knowing. He asks not for power or vengeance, but for inner discernment:
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart… that I may discern between good and bad.”
— 1 Kings 3:9
To Neville, this is the wisdom to discern between states—between the fruitful and the barren, the true and the false.
Solomon’s famed judgment between the two women and the living child symbolises this very discernment. The true mother is love—the only power that breathes life into imagination. The false one is fear, envy, or doubt.
The Song of Songs: The Union of Self and Fulfilment
Solomon is also linked to one of the most mysterious and poetic texts in Scripture—the Song of Songs. Traditionally seen as an allegory of divine love, Neville’s interpretation renders it more intimate:
It is the soul’s romance with its fulfilled assumption.
“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.”
— Song of Solomon 6:3
This is not sentimental—it is metaphysical. This verse expresses total identification with the desired. The imagined state has become one’s identity.
“His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.”
— Song of Solomon 2:6
This embrace is consciousness resting in fulfilment. It is the Sabbath—the moment striving ceases, and the soul knows it is complete.
The Peace of Fulfilment
“And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree…”
— 1 Kings 4:25
Solomon’s reign is marked by peace and plenty—not as a political reality, but as a state of consciousness aligned with truth. The vine and fig tree are symbols of spiritual fruitfulness. To dwell beneath them is to live from the fulfilled state—not merely to desire it.
To walk in the state of Solomon is to live from completion, not towards it.
It is the end realised. The temple built. The wisdom known. The love consummated.
Conclusion: The Living Temple
Solomon is not just a man remembered—he is a state entered. He is the fruit of faithful inner work, the reward of persistence in imagining, the glory of resting in what is.
He is imagination crowned, love fulfilled, and peace enthroned.
If David is the dreamer,
Solomon is the dream made manifest.
And the Song of Songs is the echo of that union—
the poetry of a soul in love with its fulfilled being.
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