337. We will demonstrate that good forms of use come from the Lord, and that evil forms of use come from hell, according to the following outline:
(1) What we mean by evil forms of use on the earth. (2) All forms that are evil forms of use are found in hell, and those that are good forms of use in heaven. (3) There is a continual influx from the spiritual world into the natural world. (4) Influx from hell produces those forms which are evil forms of use in places where there are corresponding elements. (5) The lowest spiritual plane separated from its higher one occasions this. (6) The two kinds of forms into which influx operates are plant forms and animal forms. (7) Each of these two kinds of forms receives the ability to reproduce its own kind and the means of reproducing it.