Neville Goddard on Genesis 3:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 3 in context

Scripture Focus

14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:14-15

Biblical Context

Genesis 3:14-15 describes an inner conflict: the serpent represents fear and lower impulses, set against the seed of divine consciousness within you. The seed will ultimately defeat the serpent; fear may strike the heel, but is crushed at the head.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the whisper of these lines you hear a map for the mind. The serpent is a stubborn habit of fear and separation, the voice that says you are small and unworthy. The woman’s seed is your I AM, the divine idea already planted in your consciousness, the image through which God contends with your world. Enmity is the dynamic friction between your old beliefs and the new dream you are becoming. When the seed grows in you, it crushes the serpent’s head—fear loses its final authority because you have awakened to your true power as the I AM imagining this life. The heel’s bruise is the visible reminder of yesterday’s beliefs; it is not the end, but a call to revise and return to your innate state. Your world shifts as you dwell in that state, and the outer takes shape to reflect the inner truth that you are already complete in God.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly, declare to yourself, 'I am the I AM; I am the seed of God planted in consciousness.' Then revise a current fear by silently affirming, 'the power of fear is bruised in me; I now dwell as this divine state.'