Inner Desolation to Dominion

Isaiah 13:21-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 13 in context

Scripture Focus

21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 13:21-22

Biblical Context

Isaiah 13:21-22 depicts a desolate realm where wild beasts and doleful creatures inhabit ruined houses. Neville would read this as a portrait of the mind when fear and rejected images rule inner space.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, the wild beasts of the desert are states of consciousness that the mind grants attention to. The doleful creatures filling the houses, the owls, and the dancing satyrs are beliefs you have allowed to stand as real in your inner world. The wild beasts of the islands crying in desolate houses and the dragons in palaces are the same inner energies clothed as fear, pride, or craving; they arise because you have not yet awakened to your governing awareness. Yet the verse suggests that their time is near to come and not prolonged—a signal that the old imagery has run its course. The reality you breathe is not a distance fact but a presence you call by the I AM. When you assume the ruler's presence within and feel life as consciousness, you rewrite the landscape from desolation to dominion, from limitation to unshakable peace. Your imagination becomes the sower, and belief in the images becomes the soil in which reality grows.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm, 'I am the I AM; I govern this inner realm.' Then revise one desolate image into a scene of quiet abundance, and feel that new state as real in your chest, letting it radiate outward until it touches every circumstance.

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