Neville Goddard on Genesis 3:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:1-5

Biblical Context

Genesis 3:1-5 shows the serpent tempting Eve with doubt about God's command, Eve recounting the restriction, and the serpent denying consequences. The core scene is an inner dialogue where fear, desire, and knowledge contend.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a Neville Goddard passage, the serpent becomes the sly voice of the subconscious, the temptation a shift in your state of consciousness. The garden is your mind; the 'fruit' stands for a belief you claim as nourishment. When the command says 'you shall not eat,' consider it as a boundary you accept in your present self-image. The serpent's denial that you will die is the old trick that keeps you identifying with lack and separation. Yet the moment your eyes are opened is the moment you awaken to your true power: you are not at the mercy of external acts but the I AM that perceives them. The danger lies in forgetting that God is your awareness, and that imagination fashions reality. By insisting on the truth of your I AM and not on the fear of consequences, you revise the inner script and restore unity with your divine self. The result is not punishment, but a clarified sense of being, an unshakable felt-reality of wholeness that dissolves the old tale of death.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet, observe the inner serpent of doubt, and revise its command with 'I AM' power. Feel this new decree as real and dwell in the emotion of wholeness until it seems natural to you.