Chapter 15 of Genesis Summary: A Mystic Occult POV

Chapter 15 eludes to Abram having an ego death, where after all of the things he has done, like leaving his hometown of Ur to being in Harah, losing his Uncle, voyaging to Canaan, running into Egypt and crossing paths with Pharoah, slaying the four kings and saving his nephew Lot, this man is exhausted. After running through the motions of feeling guided to do the things he feels called to do, then judging if they are the right decisions to make, this chapter refers to a relatable sense of human exhaustion while on the spiritual journey of fufilling God's purpose with ones self.

Abram was asked by God to begin this journey, and Abram signed up to finish it as well. This mirrors the idea of you having your spiritual awakening after going through the ringer of your dark night of the soul.

Abram's name translates to "exalted father"— and he enters a vision (Genesis 15:1) or meditiation session where he enters liminal space where Spirit speaks directly:"Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."

What this means is that God will provide for you if you follow your intuition or your calling, and you will be protected, because mountains move when you walk in faith. Faith in Latin means conviction, and if you have conviction about what it is you feel called to do, the 4D plane will mirror back to you the faith or confidence you project by allowing synchronicities to follow suit until your vision for what it is you want to do genuinely plays out in totality in the 3D realm.

But Abram, like all of us in the fog of being a human in the physical world doubts the divine promise. He says in essence: "And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless" (Genesis 15:2).This is the mystical plight: we question the spiritual promise because the physical evidence seems so far away and impossible after a certain point. This sensation of a void, is synonymous with being barren or childless like both Abram and his counterpart Sarai are.

Yet God answers not with rebuke, but with expansion. Abram is led outside—out of the confines of ego—and told: " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Genesis 15:5) This is the invitation to count the stars is God's poetic way of saying because you cannot count the stars I won't limit your abundance...but if you do count the stars, then your abundance will be limited as well. Everyone has free will, you can choose to shut your potential down or embrace it and walk in faith.

This verse also implies to not judge what your intuition is saying ( which is using your mind or ego to rationalize what is safe or not safe for you to do ). The mind hates the spirit because all the mind wants to do is to protect the body, but if your stuck in your mind it means your stuck to the physical plane because you can't feel or see beyond it. When you awaken and see you're more then just your body, you understand your connection to the divine because you are feeling into your spirit in the 4D plane.

"And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness." (Genesis 15:6)This is Abram cooling off from having the emotional experience of doubt and uncertainty, and surrendering his judgement, kind of like we all do when we hit another rock bottom or ego death of our own judgement on our own journey. When inner trust aligns with divine law, that's when God can be your shield and your abundance, however if you DOUBT what it is that you are doing by following your God or divine law cannot protect your or grant you abundance because you are projecting lack. Projecting lower emotions is your ticket into communicating through frequency to the universe that you are undeserving, so physical 3D experiences will then play out in front of you and mirror back your conviction of lack.

Eventually Abram falls into a "deep sleep" (Genesis 15:12)—a trance state—where darkness and dread pass over him.This is the Nigredo of alchemical transformation: the soul faces its shadows. So this is a way of saying dark night of the soul. After going through the doubt of not trusting God, Abram esentially says " no i am going to walk in faith from now on and that's that " this deep sleep is reflecting the idea of going into the depths of your subconscious, and rewiring your disbelief in yourself to become true belief.

And there, amidst the terror, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp pass between the pieces (Genesis 15:17)— this verse implies symbols of divine presence and purification. When something turns from wood to ash ( implied from the smoking furnace ) there is transformation happening, smoke is the same as transformation to an extent, symbolizing something is unknown but shifting, there's inner work being done even though it cannot be seen. The burning lamp is the same as the " light at the end of the tunnel". Once you are getting deeper into your transformation process you see your own burning lamp, getting closer and closer to finalizing your shift into the new you which is authentic expression. Your genuine connection to God becomes your new identity because you're leaning into the unknown of fulfilling the change you feel called to do to become the person God intended you to be, regardless if your mind understands it or not.

The rational mind falters, and intuition, the flame of the indwelling spirit, must rise.

The journey of Abram is the occult journey of the Self. From outer questioning to inner knowing, we too must stand under the stars and remember that the promise was written in our soul long before we sought proof.