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1 Samuel 17 records how, as a young shepherd boy, David single-handedly slew the Philistine giant Goliath. Prior to this encounter, David had killed a lion and a bear that had taken a lamb out of his father’s flock. He slew both animals with his fist, by the force of the Kundalini. When he went to battle the giant Philistine, David was offered King Saul’s armor: a brass helmet, a coat of mail, and a sword. But David rejected the armor because he was not skilled in its use. | 1 Samuel 17 records how, as a young shepherd boy, David single-handedly slew the Philistine giant Goliath. Prior to this encounter, David had killed a lion and a bear that had taken a lamb out of his father’s flock. He slew both animals with his fist, by the force of the Kundalini. When he went to battle the giant Philistine, David was offered King Saul’s armor: a brass helmet, a coat of mail, and a sword. But David rejected the armor because he was not skilled in its use. | ||
In the Biblical account of David and Goliath, Goliath represents David’s [[dweller-on-the-threshold]]. Before David could be crowned king of Israel, the Great Law required that he slay Goliath, the champion of the Philistines. This was a spiritual initiation. God initiated the soul of David that he might prove himself before Goliath and the Philistines and before King Saul and his people.<ref>1 Sam. 17:1–37.</ref> | In the Biblical account of David and Goliath, Goliath represents David’s [[dweller-on-the-threshold]]. Before David could be crowned king of Israel, the Great Law required that he slay Goliath, the champion of the Philistines. This was a spiritual [[initiation]]. God initiated the soul of David that he might prove himself before Goliath and the Philistines and before King Saul and his people.<ref>1 Sam. 17:1–37.</ref> | ||
So David, the naked soul, took his staff in hand and chose five smooth stones (symbolic of the five secret rays?) out of the brook and put them in a shepherd’s bag. With his sling in hand, he drew near to Goliath. And Goliath mocked him and “cursed him by his gods,” for David was “but a youth and ruddy and of a fair countenance.”<ref>1 Sam. 17:38–44.</ref> | So David, the naked soul, took his staff in hand and chose five smooth stones (symbolic of the five secret rays?) out of the brook and put them in a shepherd’s bag. With his sling in hand, he drew near to Goliath. And Goliath mocked him and “cursed him by his gods,” for David was “but a youth and ruddy and of a fair countenance.”<ref>1 Sam. 17:38–44.</ref> | ||