Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 1:22-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 1 in context

Scripture Focus

22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

23And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

25And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

Ezekiel 1:22-25

Biblical Context

The passage describes a crystal-like firmament above the living creatures, with wings folded beneath it, and a powerful, waters-like sound accompanying their movement and the voice above them.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Ezekiel, the firmament is not a distant sky but the very atmosphere of consciousness—the boundary between your I and what you call world. The living creatures are currents of awareness, each endowed with two wings to cover and protect their form, symbolic of how your attention folds over perception. The sound of their wings, like rushing waters and a mighty host, is the inner music of the self in action when you attend. When they stand and let down their wings, the firmament speaks: a revelation moves through your present sense of separation, reminding you that God—your I AM—speaks through your attention. The voice from the firmament is the inner order of awareness, the approving intimation that you are not a victim of events but the author of them in imagination. If you dwell in this perception, you shift from externals to the inner canopy of consciousness where things arise as you imagine them, guided by the still, colossal voice of spirit. Your task is to feel the reality of this interior firmament here and now, not later.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, declare I AM the observer of all movement; revise the sense of separation by imagining the firmament over your head, feel the wings shielding you, and listen for the voice as the loudest truth in your consciousness, allowing it to shape your present experience.