Ezekiel’s Chariot: Visions of the Throne

“The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was the color of beryl, and the four of them had the same likeness. And their appearance and their workmanship was like a wheel inside of a wheel . . . And I looked, and behold, the four wheels were beside the cherubim . . . And their appearance was as one, the four of them . . . (Ezekiel 1:16, 10:9 - 10, HBFV).

Chariot of Ezekiel (Merkavah)

A visionary throne of God composed of wheels within wheels and four-faced creatures. Foundation of early Jewish mysticism and celestial ascent.

“The highest level of the Great Work involves ascending to the Empyrean - the mind of God. This is what all the prophets of the Old Testament described - Prophets such as Ezekiel and Enoch. When you complete this work, you become the equivalent of what the bible calls a prophet. But as with most things biblical, this does not mean what the profane world believes it to mean. A prophet is not someone who sees the future - it is someone who understands the past, and who knows themselves on the deepest levels.” - Damien Echols

“This is what the Bible is referring to in the book of Revelation when the author sees the “four living creatures” weeping before the throne of god when no one can be found who can read the scrolls. These “four living creatures” are the lion, the bull, the Eagle, and the man - the symbolic representations of the four fixed signs of the zodiac - Leo, Taurus, Scorpio, and Aquarius. The word “prophet” means someone who possess this knowledge, such as the prophet Ezekiel, who also mentions these four creatures. He sees them pulling a chariot to the throne of god, which became the origins of the Jewish Merkabah practices. The “chariot” is our aura, which is profoundly strengthened by the accumulation of energy that occurs when we invoke these zodiacal energies and consume them for spiritual sustenance.” - Damien Echols

Ezekiel’s Vision ‎ ‎When the prophet Ezekiel stood by the River Chebar, he beheld a chariot of fire, living wheels within wheels, and four living creatures whose faces mirrored the lion, the ox, the eagle, and man.

A map of consciousness, a revelation of the cosmic machinery that turns both the heavens and the human soul. ‎ Ezekiel’s “Merkabah” (Hebrew: Divine Chariot) is more than an angelic vehicle. It is the Throne of God within the soul. It represents the ascent of consciousness through the celestial spheres. ‎

‎‎The four living creatures correspond to the four fixed signs of the zodiac: Leo (Lion), Taurus (Ox), Aquarius (Man), and Scorpio (Eagle)

The chariot is the human soul ascending toward divine union. ‎The four beasts are the forces of nature within man, now harmonized under the Spirit. When the prophet saw “a likeness of a man upon the throne,” it was the revelation of the Divine Anthropos. The archetypal Man, the image of God hidden within every human being. ‎This “Man upon the Throne” is what the Hermetists called the Solar Self, the inner Christ, the true “I AM” shining through the soul once purified by vision.

Ezekiel’s chariot and it’s ascent is the psychic architecture of the soul’s travel through the planes. The Hebrew mystics who followed this path were called Merkabah riders or Chariot Mystics. They sought to reproduce Ezekiel’s vision consciously, through prayer, vibration, sacred geometry, and divine names.

On a higher plane, the wheels within wheels symbolize dimensions folded within dimensions.....the multi-layered universes through which the soul travels as it remembers its divine origin. ‎Ezekiel’s storm and fire are not of the sky. They are the inner tempest that precedes illumination. When the inner fire rises, the soul beholds the living wheels: the universe alive, breathing, and aware. ‎