Neville Goddard on Genesis 1:20-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 1 in context

Scripture Focus

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:20-26

Biblical Context

Genesis 1:20-26 describes God forming sea and air life, then land creatures, and finally humans in His image with dominion. It presents an orderly progression from water to earth to humanity and blessing.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the fifth and sixth days, the story invites you to see that all life arises from an inner act of awareness. The waters and the firmament symbolize the vast seas of consciousness where life stirs when you acknowledge it. When God blesses and commands, He is not addressing distant skies but your own imaginal capacity to feel and form. The moving creatures and birds are inner forms born from belief in your power to feel life moving within you; the beasts after their kind illustrate the order your inner state imposes. At last, 'Let us make man in our image' signals your kingship: you are the I AM in action, shaping your environment and giving it a blessed purpose. The mandate to dominion shows that control and care are acts of awareness, not conquest of others. You, as the image of God, stand as the creator and governor of your inner world, capable of turning imagination into tangible life by feeling it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare 'I AM the ruler of my inner world,' and feel the reality of that power as if the entire scene already exists within you. Then project a simple lived scene—water teeming with life, birds in the sky, and you blessing and organizing them—feeling that your awareness has formed it.