The Inner Book and Idolatry

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's telling, the 'place' is a state of consciousness and the 'wrath' is the inner pressure arising when the I AM is forgotten. Idolatry—worshiping other gods—represents clinging to fears, images, or external powers as if they governed you. The 'book' the king read stands for the inner law you already know: you are one with the I AM, not separate from it. When you believe in powers outside your own awareness, you ignite a furnace of inner turmoil that seems to threaten the mind and life, and this 'wrath' remains until you revise your stance. The healing is inner alignment: acknowledge the sole ruler within, dissolve the false gods, and restore your mental climate to the calm, creative energy of the I AM. In that alignment, what appears as judgment is simply the natural consequence of living out of accord with your true nature, which dissolves as you return to the truth you already know.