413. THERE ARE THREE GENERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND SOULS The human race, as also their souls after the life of the body, can be divided into three kinds: The first kind, which is the largest and most common, consists of those who are like the wild beasts of the forest, that is, are contrary to order. The second kind is [in agreement] with order, not, however, from a genuine, but from a kind of inferior, source; they still look downwards like the beasts of the earth; they can practice works as if they were of charity, but yet they have regard to worldly things; thus they are those who are not of faith in God Messiah. Gentiles of a good disposition, who can be regenerated more easily than the others, can be reckoned amongst them. The third kind is heavenly from faith in God Messiah; their works are charities, and their charities are the fruits of faith. I have not heard these things, nor have I spoken to anyone about this matter, but in thought, something similar was represented in a kind of dreaming state; I could thence conclude, however, that there is yet another kind, perhaps intermediate between the first and the second. 1747, Dec. 28. * * The entry in the Index (s.v. Homo) is: