Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:31-39 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 25 in context

Scripture Focus

31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

Exodus 25:31-39

Biblical Context

Exodus 25:31-39 describes a candlestick of pure gold with seven lamps and six outer branches, all beaten from one piece to give light in the sacred space.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the candlestick not as metal alone, but as the light-house of your own being. The gold is the substance of consciousness; the beating is the discipline of the self; each branch, knop, and flower is a state you cultivate until they all shine as one. The seven lamps are the sevenfold activity of awareness—perception, attention, belief, imagination, memory, desire, and calm—turned toward your inner altar. When you focus your attention so that the light faces outward, you reveal the Presence of God as your I AM, your unchanging witness. The requirement that all parts be of the same beaten gold teaches unity: the many thoughts and emotions must be refined into a single, radiant subjectivity. The light shining opposite it is not a distant sky but your own clarified consciousness, illuminating every corner of your inner temple. By assuming the lamp is lit, by feeling the wish fulfilled as already present, the candlestick becomes the center of your experience, and your world conforms to that glow.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume you are the lit candlestick—your awareness shining in gold. Feel the wish fulfilled already present, and let that glow revise every sense of lack until your outer world follows.