Aaron's Departure at Mount Hor

Neville's Inner Vision

On Mount Hor I hear the Lord speaking, not to a nation alone but to my own state of consciousness. Aaron is the priestly image I identified with—the sense of self I wore as authority. Because I rebelled in Meribah, insisting on my own control, I cannot enter the promised land with that old self. The I AM within strips Aaron of his garments and places them on Eleazar, the younger, fresher state of awareness, signaling that the function of priesthood now belongs to a newer consciousness. Moses and Eleazar ascend the hill with the outer crowd watching, symbolizing the public display of an inner transformation. Aaron’s death is therefore a necessary shedding, a release of the former identity so that the new leadership can arise. The mourning of the community mirrors my own residual feelings as I adjust to the altered sense of self. Yet the land remains mine, for the Presence of God—my I AM—continues to dwell within as I clothe Eleazar with the old garment and move forward into the land of promise.