Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 5:1-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 5:1-16

Biblical Context

The passage presents an inner lover entering a sacred garden, inviting union with the beloved. It also records longing, disruption, and a call to others to seek the beloved.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the allegory you are the I AM, the aware presence tending the soil of your consciousness. The garden is your inner state, where sweetness and abundance—myrrh, honey, wine—signify the richness available to awareness when you rest in the I AM. The knocking of the beloved is the inner urge to awaken to unity, an invitation to open to the truth that you and the beloved are inseparable. When contact seems lost, the soul does not suffer from lack but remembers its own hidden wholeness. The watchmen and veils symbolize old beliefs that keep you from seeing your perfection; their removal marks the dissolving of separation. See the beloved as white and ruddy—wisdom and vitality—head of gold, eyes like doves, lips fragrant with peace. This beloved is your own complete nature, altogether lovely, for you are God expressing Himself as you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state: 'I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine.' Visualize opening the door of your inner garden and feel the beloved's presence now; dwell in the sense of union and allow it to saturate your heart.