The Foundational Symbol: Genesis 2:24
The entire mystery of creation is captured in one early verse:
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Genesis 2:24
This verse symbolises more than human marriage. In mystical interpretation, this “cleaving” is the act of psychologically fixing an idea so completely in feeling that it must express outwardly. The same union reappears throughout the Bible, most vividly in the crucifixion.
Crucifixion: Beyond Suffering
The crucifixion of Jesus is often seen as a moment of suffering and sacrifice. Yet when interpreted mystically — especially through Neville Goddard’s teachings — it reveals a powerful creative secret. In this light, the nails are not symbols of torture but keys to understanding how imagination fixes inner assumptions into outer reality.
The Silent Nails: A Mystical Hint
All four Gospels describe the crucifixion briefly and without detail:
"They crucified him."
— Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:25, Luke 23:33, John 19:18
The nails receive no focus until after the resurrection. When the risen Jesus appears to Thomas, he invites him to touch the nail prints:
"Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails… I will not believe."
— John 20:25
Here, the nails are no longer instruments of death; they are proof — physical evidence that what was fixed in consciousness has become real.
Neville Goddard: Fixation as Crucifixion
Neville taught that crucifixion symbolises the fixation of consciousness. To "nail yourself to the cross" is to hold unwaveringly to an assumption, regardless of external evidence.
“Your ‘I AM’ — your awareness of being — is the God that was crucified with nails (fixed) on the idea or concept of what you want to be.”
— Neville Goddard, Your Faith is Your Fortune
When you refuse to abandon your chosen state, you crucify your awareness upon it. This is not suffering but disciplined faith, the sacred act of joining imagination and reality — the very union first spoken of in Genesis 2:24.
YHVH: The Divine Structure of Manifestation
In Hebrew, the divine name — YHVH (יהוה) — encodes the formula of creation:
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Yod (י) — The seed of intention or desire.
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He (ה) — The receptive window: subconscious conception.
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Vav (ו) — The nail: the fixing of idea to feeling.
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He (ה) — The outer world: the manifested result.
Vav, the nail, is the essential link between inner desire and outer expression. Without Vav, the divine spark cannot pass into form. With Vav, the imagined state is secured, guaranteeing its appearance in experience — again mirroring Genesis 2:24’s union of “one flesh.”
Two Windows Nailed Together
The repetition of He in YHVH represents two "windows" or perspectives:
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The first He: inner vision — your imaginative perception.
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The second He: outer manifestation — the world you see.
The Vav joins these two, fusing inner and outer worlds into one seamless experience.
"All things exist in the human imagination, and everything you behold, though it appears without, it is within, in your imagination."
— Neville Goddard
The Lovers Tarot Card: The Sacred Marriage
The Lovers tarot card illustrates the sacred marriage of opposites: conscious mind (man), subconscious mind (woman), and higher self (angel). In this symbolism:
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The man directs desire (Yod).
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The woman receives and nurtures it (He).
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The angel blesses it (final He).
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Vav unites them, ensuring desire is fixed.
This mirrors YHVH, Genesis 2:24, and the crucifixion — each a different face of the same mystical marriage.
Biblical Symbolism of Nailing
In Ezra 9:8, we read:
"…to give us a nail in his holy place."
The "nail" represents a secure divine anchor — the fixing of spirit into the material world. This echoes Neville’s teaching: by fixing your assumption, you establish it as reality.
Woman from Man: Genesis 2:23–24
Genesis 2:23 describes woman coming from man’s side:
"This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
This passage symbolises the subconscious (woman) emerging from the conscious (man). In Genesis 2:24, man “cleaves” to his wife, and they become “one flesh” — a direct echo of Vav’s role as the nail, fusing the two into a living creation.
Crucifixion as Mystical Mechanics
The crucifixion is the final sealing of this union. The nails represent the fixing of the imaginative act into a new self-concept, the "marriage" of idea and feeling. Once fixed, resurrection — the emergence of the new state — is inevitable.
When Jesus shows the nail marks to Thomas, he reveals the physical proof of a spiritual law: what you fix in consciousness must manifest in form.
Conclusion: The Power of Vav
The Hebrew alphabet, especially as revealed in the Mathers table, encodes the secret of creation. Vav — the nail — is at the heart of this mystery.
To manifest:
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Yod: Choose the desire.
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He: Feel it as real.
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Vav: Fix it through unwavering assumption.
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He: Witness it unfold in the outer world.
The nail is not mere symbolism — it is the living bridge between the unseen and the seen. From Genesis 2:24’s “one flesh” to the cross, the message is the same:
Creation is an inner union.
Fix your assumption, and it will be.
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