Neville Goddard on Psalms 74:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 74 in context

Scripture Focus

6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Psalms 74:6-7

Biblical Context

Psalm 74:6-7 speaks of the enemy breaking down the carved work of the sanctuary and casting fire into it, defiling the dwelling place of God's name.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, the psalm’s desecration is not about bricks but the inner state that imagines them. The 'carved work' and its 'axes and hammers' symbolize thoughts that tear down your inner forms of worship—rituals, identities, beliefs about God. When you read of fire cast into the sanctuary, you are sensing a belief that your inner center, the dwelling place of the name of God, has been burned to the ground. Yet all such scenes arise within consciousness. The adversaries are not armies outside but thoughts and fears within, revealing a still-believing-in-separation self. The remedy is to re-identify with the unassailable I AM and revise the image accordingly. See that the sanctuary cannot be burned in mind, for the house of God is awareness. By turning attention from demolished forms to the constant I AM, you restore the inner temple and neutralize the so-called desecrators with the power of revised belief.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner sanctuary cannot be harmed: say, 'I am the dwelling place of God' and feel the I AM as a calm, unbreakable presence; dwell there for a moment and let the image of destruction fade into the awareness of eternity.