Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 11:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:5-7

Biblical Context

Paul links outward posture in prayer to an inner alignment with God: the head represents awareness, and the glory flows from one's true relation to that awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this letter, the 'head' is your awareness—the I AM you genuinely are. To pray or prophesy with the head uncovered is to pretend you are apart from God, as if the inner crown were removed and you were left to the noise of the outer self. The 'covering' becomes a deliberate state of mind, a mantle of reverence you place upon your attention. The verse that the man is the image and glory of God, while the woman is the glory of the man, points to consciousness as a drama of inner roles: observer and observed, each state reflecting the other. When you assume the feeling of being crowned by the divine I AM, you align your words and petitions with that Presence, and your prayers gain the authority of state-knowledge rather than mere wish. Your life then answers from the glory already dwelling within, as imagination, lived as feeling, creates the outward form.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume, 'I am the I AM.' Visualize a mantle of divine awareness settling over your mind as you pray; feel your words and petitions arising from that inner covering.