Joshua 6:21 Meaning They Utterly Destroyed All That Was

The city is the fortified structure of the old mind, the whole settled system of belief a person has walled up inside, and its total destruction is the complete clearing of that inner establishment. Every inhabitant falls, man and woman, young and old, because these are the paired and graded contents of the outer consciousness, the reasoning and receptive faculties, the aged convictions and the young impulses, all leveled together. The ox, sheep, and ass are the animal energies harnessed to the old order, the powers of labor, meekness, and burden that served the fallen city.

The sword that does it is the cutting edge of discernment, the sharp spiritual word that divides and removes. When a person truly breaks with an old inner world, nothing of it is spared; the whole population of that former self, human faculties and animal drives alike, is cut away at once.

City: the walled structure of the old mind, the settled system of belief inside a person Man and woman: the paired faculties of the outer consciousness, the reasoning and receptive powers Ox: the energy of labor and strength yoked to the old inner order Sheep: the meek, following energy that belonged to the fallen city Ass: the burden-bearing energy of the lower self serving the old structure Sword: the cutting edge of discernment, the sharp word that divides and removes what is old