Casting Down the Inner Baal

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the inner theater, the altar of Baal is a belief in separation from the One Power. When Gideon—the awakened self within you—pulls the altar down and cuts away the grove, you renounce dependence on counterfeit powers and re-erect an altar of true worship in consciousness. The second bullock offered upon the rebuilt altar signals the ready sacrifice of fear and limitation, acknowledging the I AM as central. The city’s inquiry, 'Who hath done this thing?' mirrors the idle thoughts that demand a culprit, but your inner Joash asks, 'Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him?'—a prompt to question any idol that would plead for itself. In that decisive moment, you choose Jerubbaal, naming the old god to be judged by its own claims. The result is a shift from public ritual to private alignment with God within, a demonstrated obedience and faithfulness. This is not history but a state of consciousness you can repeat, at will, by assuming the feeling of the inner renaming and the reality of a single altar.