Neville Goddard on Isaiah 8:19-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Isaiah 8:19-20

Biblical Context

Isaiah 8:19-20 warns not to seek guidance from familiar spirits or the dead, but to rely on the living God through the law and testimony. If a voice does not align with this word, there is no light.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the seeker, the so called familiar spirits or wizards are but inner states you have allowed to rule your mind. Isaiah points you to the living God within, the inner I AM, whose light comes not from outside power but from alignment with the law and testimony you already accept as true. When a voice claims guidance apart from this inner word, that voice carries no light, for it is born of a consciousness not consenting to the self's divine order. The real prophecy here is the recognition that all outer voices reflect inner faculties. Your task is not to chase signs but to revise your inner assumptions until they match the word you know in the depth of your being. Imagination becomes the instrument by which you affirm this law: test every impression against the measure of the inner light; when it passes, you feel certainty; when it fails, you withdraw belief and reframe the impression until it resonates with the I AM.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that I am the light within; revise any urge to seek outside voices by testing it against the inner law. Close your eyes and imagine living now under the Word that awakens my light.