9122. Those who have not acquired conscience in the world cannot acquire conscience in the next life. So they cannot be saved, since there is no field established in them for heaven to come into and act on, that is, for the Lord to do so through heaven, so that He may draw them to Himself. For conscience is the field of activity and receptacle for heaven to come into. Consequently in the next life people such as these pass into communities of those who love self and the world above all things, that is, who are in hell.