that they are not taken away from man; that from them is the appearance
that man thinks, speaks, wills, and acts as from himself; that the Lord
dwells in these capacities in every man, that man by virtue of that
conjunction lives to eternity; that man by means of these capacities
can be reformed and regenerated, but not without them; finally, that by
them man is distinguished from beasts.

265. That the origin of evil is from the abuse of these capacities will
be explained in the following order:

(1) A bad man equally with a good man enjoys these two capacities.

(2) A bad man abuses these capacities to confirm evils and falsities,
but a good man uses them to confirm goods and truths.

(3) Evils and falsities confirmed in man are permanent, and come to be
of his love, consequently of his life.

(4) Such things as have come to be of the love and life are engendered
in offspring.

(5) All evils, both engendered and acquired, have their seat in the
natural mind.

266. (1) A bad man, equally with a good man enjoys these two capacities.
It was shown in the preceding chapter that the natural mind, as regards
the understanding, can be elevated even to the light in which angels of
the third heaven are, and can see truths, acknowledge them, and then give
expression to them. From this it is plain that since the natural mind can
be elevated, a bad man equally with a good man enjoys the capacity called