Neville Goddard on Matthew 8:28-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

Matthew 8:28-34

Biblical Context

Jesus crosses to the Gerasenes and encounters two men possessed by spirits; the crisis reveals inner struggle and the power of the I AM to liberate consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Two possessed men are not merely a legend of a distant shore; they are inner states of consciousness clinging to fear, pride, and identity. The tombs are the habitual rooms of memory where such states nest, and the swine symbolize outward identities built on possession and sensation. When the I AM within speaks—as Jesus does—the old forms cry out and are moved to depart. The devils’ plea to enter the swine shows how the mind would rather shift its trouble to a familiar herd than dissolve it; yet Go is the law of your inner kingdom, not punishment. By obeying, you eject the self-judging voices and send the old energy into the sea of subconscious, where it dissolves. The crowd’s reaction—fear, astonishment, and a plea for Jesus to depart— mirrors your own resistance to change. Real healing comes when you stand in the I AM, revise the scene in imagination, and feel it real: a new state of being rises, and the outer world follows.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I AM the ruler of your inner life. Picture the two fears stepping from the tombs and dissolving into the sea, then feel the new state you are becoming.