Neville Goddard on Judges 9:48-49 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 9 in context

Scripture Focus

48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

Judges 9:48-49

Biblical Context

Judges 9:48–49 shows Abimelech leading others to cut branches and burn the tower of Shechem, killing many. The outward siege mirrors an inner impulse toward power and judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s psychology, the siege is an inner procedure. Abimelech’s axe and the instruction to imitate reveal how a single image of power, once accepted, propagates through a crowd as if it were real. The tower’s fall is not merely geography; it is a collapse of collective alignment with a cut-from-the-tree impulse. Every outward act arises from a state of consciousness. If you find yourself in a reactionary scene—pride, fear, the urge to dominate—recognize it as a signal that you have rehearsed a picture of yourself as power over others. The cure is simple and radical: return to the I AM, assume a new image that unites, heals, and holds authority without injury. Practice lifting your inner standard from control to service; invite others to move with you by reflecting a shared, peaceful purpose. The moment you feel the reality of that unity, the external scene begins to align with your revised inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of unity; declare silently, I am the power that unites. Visualize the tower dissolving into light and the people forming a cooperative circle; hold that feeling as real.