Burning the Inner Books
Acts 19:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 19 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Believers publicly burn their occult books, signaling renunciation and turning away from false worship.
Neville's Inner Vision
Acts 19:19 is not merely a historical event but a map of the mind. The 'curious arts' are the many beliefs and tricks your mind clings to in order to wield power over life. When these books are brought out and burned before all, it is the moment you declare, in inner sight, that you no longer finance the old self with outer paraphernalia. The price noted—fifty thousand pieces of silver—is the weight you once placed on those identities; letting go of that value reveals the true wealth of consciousness. In Neville's terms, you do not condemn but revise your relationship to power: you question the assumption that you are separate from the One, and you affirm that the I AM within is the source and the end of all exercises. As you imagine the flames consuming the old scripts, you align your inner state with the truth that you are already complete. The outer world then follows the inner conviction you hold about your real self.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, picture the books in your possession labeled with their names, and consciously burn them in your imagination; then affirm, 'I am the I AM, and I choose inner truth as my reality now.'
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