162. One can see from this the foolishness of people who ascribe all things to nature. People who have confirmed themselves on the side of nature have induced in themselves a state of mind so set that they are no longer willing to raise their minds above nature. Consequently their minds are closed upwardly and opened downwardly, so that they become sensually natural people who are spiritually lifeless. Moreover, because they then think only in accord with ideas they have gained from their bodily senses, or by means of them from the world, they also at heart deny God. Because any conjunction with heaven is then broken, a conjunction with hell is formed, leaving them only the faculties of thinking and willing-the faculty of thinking in accord with rationality, and the faculty of willing in freedom-two faculties which every person has from the Lord and which are not taken away. These two faculties exist in devils and angels alike, but devils devote them to thinking insanely and doing evil, whereas angels devote them to thinking wisely and doing good.