There are moments where a man appears—not a man of flesh and bone, but a radiant image charged with meaning. In Daniel’s vision, this figure arrives clothed in linen, eyes burning like fire, feet like polished brass. In the Song of Solomon, he is seen again—but now he is the beloved, his legs like marble, his lips dripping with myrrh. To the casual reader, these may seem like two different portraits. But when interpreted through Neville Goddard’s Law of Assumption, they reveal a single unfolding story: the transition from beholding the desired state to embodying it.
Daniel trembles before the vision of the Ideal. The Shulamite rests in its arms.
This post traces the symbolic language of both visions—how gold, fire, alabaster, and beryl represent aspects of the self in transition. And it invites you to see that what once appeared distant and divine is the very state you are called to assume.
Biblical Descriptions Side by Side
| Daniel 10:5–6 | Song of Solomon 5:10–16 |
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| “Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen...” | “My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.” |
| “...whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:” | “His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.” |
| “His body also was like the beryl,” | “His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl:” |
| “...and his face as the appearance of lightning,” | “His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.” |
| “...and his eyes as lamps of fire,” | “His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.” |
| “...and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass,” | “His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:” |
| “...and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.” | “His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely.” |
Interpretation through Neville’s Law of Assumption
1. Radiance as a Reflection of the Assumed State
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Daniel’s man is radiant: lightning, fire, polished brass. These are symbols of sheer energetic awareness. They show a consciousness so charged with potential that it becomes overwhelming to the one not yet fully aligned with it.
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Solomon’s Beloved is equally brilliant—gold, marble, beryl, ivory. But here, the radiance is enjoyed, not feared. It is not a foreign light, but a beauty one knows intimately. The woman is not gazing on the Divine from a distance—she has united with it.
2. Body Symbolism as Stages of Union
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Daniel’s man is clothed in linen, girded with gold—distant, priestly, exalted. He is a vision.
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Solomon’s Beloved is described physically in sensuous, tactile detail: head, hair, eyes, cheeks, lips, hands, belly, legs. He is a lover—the embodiment of the state already assumed.
This contrast echoes Neville's teaching: when you first glimpse the state you wish to assume (Daniel), it can appear too holy, too beyond. But when you persist in assumption, that state becomes your own (Song of Solomon).
3. Eyes of Fire vs. Eyes of Doves
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Daniel’s figure has “eyes as lamps of fire”—unflinching vision, burning through illusion.
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The Beloved’s eyes are “doves by rivers of water, washed with milk”—gentle, receptive, pure.
This dual image shows the transformation of the imaginative eye. The fiery eyes are the penetrating insight that initiates change. The dove-like eyes are the settled gaze of love, the quiet trust that sustains your assumed identity.
4. Voice of a Multitude vs. Mouth Most Sweet
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In Daniel: “voice of a multitude” = collective creative force—the echoed voice of all creation responding to assumption.
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In Song of Solomon: “his mouth is most sweet” = intimacy, communion, personal fulfilment.
This represents how, as assumption becomes natural, the voice of the infinite becomes personalised—not just power but sweetness.
Conclusion: From Awe to Intimacy
Through side-by-side comparison, we see a spiritual progression:
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Daniel’s man = the I AM, the ideal self glimpsed—bright, formidable, demanding surrender.
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Solomon’s Beloved = the ideal self embraced—beautiful, tender, known and loved.
Neville Goddard taught that every state already exists and is waiting to be assumed. Daniel shows the state as it approaches; the Song of Solomon shows it once you've become one with it. The very same qualities—gold, beryl, voice, vision—move from symbolic awe to symbolic embodiment.
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