context1: Festus clearly identifies the Lares as <strong>gods</strong> of the underworld (di inferi). To Flaccus, they are ancestral genii (s. genius). Apuleius defines them as good or benevolent ancestral <strong>spirits</strong>, belonging both to the underworld and to particular places but as distinct from the divine and eternal genius which inhabits, protects and inspires living men as they are from the malicious, vagrant lemures.
context2: <strong>God</strong> concludes: house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways … Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new <strong>spirit</strong> (Ezek.