The Inner Priest Speaks Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the king of Assyria as the flux of circumstance within your mind, and the priest as a state of consciousness you invite. He is to dwell in Bethel, the sanctuary of your thoughts, and teach the manner of the God of the land—the God inside you. In Neville’s psychology, such a “priest” is an assumption of your I AM, the awareness that governs awareness itself. When you permit this inner priest to reside, fear of the LORD becomes reverence—an alignment with the divine Presence rather than a ritual fear. The teaching is simple: you learn to live from the God within, not by external rites, but by constant reverence, trust, and obedience to that Presence. Obedience here means aligning your thoughts with the truth that you are already inseparably one with the God you seek. The result is a cultivated worship that organizes your inner life and governs outward circumstances through the sacred state you choose to inhabit.