The Inner Fire of Idolatry

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the scene is not a history but a mirror of inner states. The 'Avites' and 'Sepharvites' are not peoples out there; they are constellations of belief within you. The 'gods' Adrammelech and Anammelech stand for any idol you serve—images you surrender your energy to in exchange for a promised outcome. The burning of a child signals how a part of your life, a potential or fidelity, is sacrificed on the altar of fear, desire, or 'proof' that you are separate from the one Life. In Neville's terms, the verse asks: what is your internal altar? Are you offering your time, your peace, your sense of worth to a story about lack or limitation? The inner judge says, 'worship this idol and you will be safe,' but the I AM within you already is the presence before which all idols crumble. When you assume the I AM as your own reality, the imagined gods lose their grip. The imagination, rightly used, dissolves fear and reveals the true worship of your own divine state.