808. CONTINUATION CONCERNING THE LIFE AFTER DEATH ACCORDING TO THE ENDS IN THE LIFE OF THE BODY There were also those who have never thought anything at all [for themselves] but were only followers, as it were, so that whatever was told them they followed. There did not seem to me to be much life in them, for they did nothing of themselves but only when following others, as if they themselves were nothing; for if they do nothing of themselves it is perceived only as if they are one [with those they follow]. I was instructed that those become such who in the life of the body do nothing except from instinct, and who in viewing, understanding, and answering are like little flames, so that what they should say and answer comes to them at once, and they offer themselves freely without thought or premeditation. Such in the life of the body are yielding and pliant. They are at the same time also genii, for they easily catch fire which nevertheless is soon extinguished. The flame is like the appearance of their speech; besides many other things.