Since the first human being up until now the Lord has preserved the very inward human parts so they would not be corrupted. This He has done by means of the innermost parts, because these are such that they cannot be corrupted. But their inward parts, on the other hand, have been corrupted. This can be grasped in a spiritual mental image by means of forms, by those who are able to understand what very inward and innermost forms are like. They are such that they can be attached to anything whatever that can possibly exist in the world, can be twisted toward all things, but still conspire from the individual points as centers toward the state of integrity. For while they can most easily be attached to evil and distorted things in the inward parts, yet from their ability to return to their state of integrity, which the Lord preserves and constantly restores, they are not harmed.