Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 7:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Song of Solomon 7:1-9

Biblical Context

Song of Solomon 7:1-9 extols the Beloved’s beauty with rich metaphors of body and grace, signaling inner order, vitality, and dignity. It invites recognizing beauty as an inner state reflected in life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within my practice, the imagery of the Beloved is not a mere pageant but the mirror of my own consciousness. The feet and shoes show how I stand in a fixed, purposeful state; the joints are jewels wrought by a skilled craftsman—the I AM imagining them into form. The navel as a goblet full of liquor signals my inner fullness, the belly as a heap of wheat encircled with lilies signals fertile, abundant thinking nourished by divine fragrance. My two breasts as twin roes reveal mirrored faculties, balanced and graceful; the neck as ivory tower speaks of clear, unwavering perception, while the eyes are pools by the gate inviting inward discernment. The hair crowned with purple and the king held in the galleries symbolize my royal self resting in awareness. When I affirm, 'How fair and pleasant art thou,' I am naming the state I wish to inhabit: a palm tree of upright ascent, a cluster of grapes of sweetness. The roof of my mouth, like the best wine, goes down in living speech that awakens others.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the state, 'I am the Beloved, the I AM made visible.' See yourself stepping up a palm tree of consciousness, savor abundance in your belly, and let your voice speak with wine-sweet truth that wakes sleepers.