Neville Goddard on Daniel 7:3-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 7 in context

Scripture Focus

3And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

5And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

7After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Daniel 7:3-8

Biblical Context

Daniel's vision presents four beasts rising from the sea, symbolizing recurring inner patterns or powers; a little horn hints at an internal critical voice.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the theater of your mind, the sea is your subconscious and the four beasts are the living states of consciousness that arise when you forget the I AM. The lion with wings, the bear with ribs in its mouth, the leopard with four wings and heads, and the iron-clad fourth beast are not distant powers; they are the stories you have believed about yourself. When the wings are plucked and the beast stands as a man with a man's heart, you glimpse the possibility of conscious life—awakened identity replacing instinctual drive. The little horn, with eyes like a man and a speaking mouth, is the part of you that loves to talk and judge before you are truly awake. The prophecy invites you to revise this picture: let the I AM rule your inner stage and let the throne of your awareness be established. Now, claim your kingdom by returning to the end you desire and pretending it is already true. See the beasts bowing as you stand upright, heart open, and with quiet authority declare, 'I am the I AM.' The outer world will realign to reflect that inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, in the stillness, assume the end you desire as already true. Feel the I AM settling over your inner scene and revise the beasts into beings of conscious, peaceful power.