Swine, Demons, and Inner Freedom

Mark 5:11-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Mark 5 in context

Scripture Focus

11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Mark 5:11-13

Biblical Context

In Mark 5:11-13, a herd of swine near the mountains is possessed by unclean spirits; they beg Jesus to enter them; He permits it; the spirits enter the swine and cause the herd to rush into the sea and drown.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the scene unfolds not as a distant miracle but as a living map of consciousness. The swine are not beasts to fear; they are portions of your mind, a collective state you have tacitly believed could carry and express your thoughts. The devils are your fears and false assumptions you have allowed to rule a mood or habit. When you permit them to enter the swine, you are acknowledging that a thought-form can be energized by feeling. Jesus embodies the I AM—the unwavering awareness that says, 'Let it enter' to reveal the truth that energy moved through form is not lost but redirected. The herd’s plunge into the sea symbolizes energy returning to the sea of consciousness, dissolving the old pattern. The two thousand points to the multiplicity of states within you waiting to be transmuted by your choice of attention. By this reading, liberation comes when you observe, revise, and refuse to resist, holding the vision of the inner kingdom where fear is only a passing visitor.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively assume the state, 'I am free from this fear.' See the fear entering the swine of your imagination and being carried into the sea, dissolved by the vast consciousness; rest in the feeling of liberty now.

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