Neville Goddard on Genesis 8:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 8 in context

Scripture Focus

6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Genesis 8:6-7

Biblical Context

Noah opens the ark window after forty days and sends out a raven to test whether the waters have dried. This moment signals obedience and the possibility of releasing old patterns in preparation for renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 8:6–7 invites a silent meditation on the inner ark where you abide until the weather of your mind shifts. The forty days are the discipline of attention; the ark is your current state of consciousness, a sheltered space where old thoughts and fears are kept until they are ready to be released. Opening the window is not a historical event but a turning of awareness—asking, in your imagination, what you still carry from the flood of limitation. The raven is a habit-thought, going to and fro, testing the air of your inner world. It does not bring back clean feathers or a signal of completion; it simply tests whether the old conditions still govern you. As you remain undisturbed, watch the waters of doubt retreat in your inner landscape; when the pattern no longer returns with the same force, you have learned that the old climate has dried up. Then you discover that the new state you sought is already present—not outside you, but within your I AM, your awareness, your imagining. The outer event will mirror this new inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled: you are the one who opened the ark window and watched the waters recede. Send forth a raven of habitual thought and gently release it, then declare, 'The old waters are dried; I am now in a new state.'