Neville Goddard on Esther 1:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

15What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

17For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

18Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

19If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

22For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

Esther 1:15-22

Biblical Context

Vashti is deposed under a royal law after her refusal, and a decree is sent to enforce obedience across the realm. The passage shows how external power reflects an inner habit of thought and control.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through Neville's lens, Esther 1:15-22 is not a history of court protocol but a map of states of consciousness. Vashti’s refusal to appear signals the moment an outer image of order no longer serves the inner life, and the king’s subsequent decree mirrors how a mind, when stirred by public opinion, drafts a new rule for its inner house. Memucan’s counsel represents the stubborn laws of habit—immutable on the surface but malleable in consciousness. The letters that go throughout the empire symbolize the reach of a single inner conviction across every department of life. In Neville’s terms, the true queen and the true king are inner faculties: awareness and intention. When you unconsciously agree to a ruling you do not consent to, you are only rehearsing its effect in your own mind. The remedy is to revise the inner decree: claim sovereign rule over your inner house, honor your genuine will, and write a more generous order across every mental province. As you dwell in that state, outer scenes align with your inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and recall a situation where you felt bound by an external rule. Then write a new inner decree across your mind that you govern yourself from inner sovereignty, and feel it real by repeating, 'I am the sovereign I AM'.