Neville Goddard on Leviticus 11:21-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 11 in context

Scripture Focus

21Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

22Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Leviticus 11:21-22

Biblical Context

The passage lists certain flying insects with four legs that may be eaten, naming the locust, bald locust, beetle, and grasshopper as examples.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses invite you to read the law as a map of your inner appetite. The so-called permissible insects symbolize thoughts and habits you are willing to entertain in your awareness. The phrase 'goeth upon all four' and 'to leap withal upon the earth' points to mental movements that touch the ground of your life and push upward into action. When you eat of these—when you accept them into your inner banquet—you confirm a state of consciousness as your own. Leviticus does not regulate external meals but reveals your power to select your mental nourishment. The locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers stand for patterns you repeatedly feed: familiar beliefs, coping stories, and appetites of fear or desire. By choosing to accept only those thoughts that align with your desired state, you align your inner diet with the I AM that you are. The command is an invitation to agency: you decide what you permit into the drama of your life, and through this discernment, your reality follows your implied assumption.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, fix a single state you wish to inhabit (peace, confidence, or clarity). Assume it now, feel it real as if you already possess it, and taste that nourishing sense until it colors your next moment.