Waking the Inner Beast
Revelation 17:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Revelation 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Plainly, the verse speaks of a beast that was, is not, and shall rise from the bottomless pit; those on earth will marvel at it. It stands as a symbolic image of persistent beliefs arising in consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beasts represent a state of consciousness—the sense of separation and fear—that appeared in the past, faded, and threatens return if you entertain it. The bottomless pit is the subconscious where such beliefs dwell, and the ascent is its reentry into your present life through familiar anxieties. The crowd on earth who marvel represents those who still interpret life as a theater of appearances rather than the I AM; they were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, which Neville would translate as not fully alive to the true self from the start. Your job is to refuse the old script and dwell in the new state you intend to be true: the I AM that writes reality by consciousness. When you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you become the author of your life, and the beast loses its power as its evidence dissolves into your awareness.
Practice This Now
Practice: Sit in quiet, feel I AM now writing my life in the book of life. When old fear returns, revise it by repeating the end state until it feels real in the body.
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