Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 28:7-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 28 in context

Scripture Focus

7Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

10And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

11Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

1 Samuel 28:7-11

Biblical Context

Saul seeks a woman with a familiar spirit at Endor to summon Samuel, disguises himself to consult her, and faces a dangerous mix between outer ritual and inner guidance.

Neville's Inner Vision

From Neville's vantage, the scene is not about Samuel returning from the dead, but about the mind's urge to borrow authority from an outside source when the I AM within is silent. The 'familiar spirit' signals a habitual state of mind—memory, fear, the longing for a known outcome—an attempt to conjure past power to confirm present will. Endor marks the boundary where consciousness leans toward surface signs rather than inner imagination. Saul's disguising and his oath to the LORD while seeking a necromantic contact reveal a paradox: he invokes divine name to justify a method that cuts him off from true guidance. Neville teaches that God is I AM, the awareness that can and must imagine the desired state into being. The real power lies in awake, present assumption, not in conjuring dead memories. When you feel lack, resist the impulse to seek an external oracle; instead revise your inner state until the inner voice—your true Samuel—speaks clearly through your own imagining and feeling.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: declare, I am the I AM; I now rely on the inner voice for all guidance. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and feel a calm, certain suggestion arising within that aligns with your goal, and let it be real in this moment.