Inner High Places, False Priests

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's frame, this verse shows not a geographic temple but a state of consciousness. The 'house of high places' is a mind that elevates substitutes for the living Presence—rituals, images, or comforts that pretend to honor God while keeping awareness dim. The priests chosen 'from the lowest of the people' symbolize thoughts and habits not trained in the discipline of true consciousness; they are willing servants to appearances rather than to the I AM. When these inner priests preside, you feel divided, craving outward proofs and doubting your wholeness. Neville would have you know that God is the I AM—your own conscious being—and imagination is the instrument by which you awaken. The remedy is to revise your inner temple in imagination: dissolve the high places, appoint Levi-like priests—the faithful, awake awareness that serves truth—and affirm that you are the temple and the priest of your own consciousness, present here and now. This marks a turning from fear toward faithful embodiment of the divine presence within.