Each man makes his own conditions, so that the number of varieties is infinite.
Speaking broadly, we may say that the dominant characteristic observed in the lowest portion is unselfish family affection.

Unselfish it must be, or it would find no place here; all selfish tinges, if there were any, worked out their results in the astral world.

The dominant characteristic of the sixth level may be said to be anthropomorphical religious devotion; while that of the fifth section is devotion expressing itself in active work of some sort.

All these--the fifth, sixth and seventh subdivisions--are concerned with the working out of devotion to personalities (either to one's family and friends or to a personal deity) rather than the wider devotion to humanity for its own sake, which finds its expression in the next section.

The activities of this fourth stage are varied.