Neville Goddard on Mark 6:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 6 in context

Scripture Focus

21And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

22And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

Mark 6:21-23

Biblical Context

During Herod's birthday feast, his favor is moved by Salome's dance, and he promises to grant her any request, even up to half his kingdom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 6:21-23 presents a vivid theater of inner states. The feast on Herod's birthday is not a social event but a symbol of your own inner banquet of awareness. Herod, the outer king, represents your present sense of personhood craving recognition and control; the daughter, Salome, is that dancing impulse within you that asks for something to be given to her now. When the king swears to give whatever is asked, you are witnessing the belief that fulfillment is granted by another—by luck, by the crowd, by fate. Neville's vision reads this as a call to turn the scene inward. The 'half of my kingdom' is a picture of partial belief in abundance—an invitation to revise: you are the I AM who grants, and the kingdom is the constant, everywhere-present state of consciousness. If you feel lack, you can imagine the entire realm already yours, and let the feeling of fullness displace the old decree. The appetite for affirmation and wealth dissolves when you realize you are the source and the act of giving itself is your own inner state made visible.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Choose one provision you crave and assume you already have it, feeling the scene as happening now. Rest in the certainty of I AM—the source that grants and sustains it.