3078. At the same time, I was also inspired to tell evil spirits that their life is no different than the life of wild animals. For evil spirits act out of instinct, not knowing otherwise than that they are living life-like wild animals, which also act out of instinct. In one respect the life of evil spirits is worse and darker than wild animal life: they are carried by instinct against goodness and truth, which they derive from the fact, or which soul they derive from the fact that they had been born human beings. 1748, 6 Sept.