How Imagination Is The Source of Spiritual Power

And how to start applying that power to your life

Worldly Power Vs. Spiritual Power

Roman emperor Caesar is an excellent example of worldly power. How did he get things done? Economic and military might. He had what most people crave: status, wealth, the violent physical enforcement of his will.

The worldly way is to crave physical resources and circumstances. We think that, with enough money, we can achieve our goals. With enough fame, people will like us. With enough toys, maybe we’ll be happy.

The world forgets that all those external resources and circumstances are the result of, and governed by, unseen immaterial forces — the forces of the mind, spirit.

A beautiful palace must first be created in the mind of an architect. Wealth comes as a result of the mindset of an investor. Meaningful relationships are the result of sustained good-will.

Imagination Is The Source of Spiritual Power

“The prophet said, “Be ye imitators of God as dear children.” How would I imitate God? Well, we are told that God calls things that are not seen as though they were seen, and the unseen becomes seen.”
— Neville Goddard

In hermeticism, according to the rule “as above, so below,” we can discover things about our world by considering higher worlds. Likewise, we can learn about God by studying ourselves. This is possible because, in hermeticism, all is one, all is interconnected within the mind of God.

How does God create? How are we to imitate Him? By reason, He doesn’t have a body. Of course it is meant in a mental, spiritual way. To be made in the image of God is to share in His mental, spiritual abilities: the word, consciousness, imagination.

God creates by way of faith and imagination: he declares what is true, and then observes it manifest in his mind’s eye.

We do that too. The life you are currently living is the result of your imagination and its habits — faith. If you believe this is all nonsense, so it is. If you believe you are a fragment of the conscious creator, so it is.