If human genesis is connected with original sin, man is an animal marked by deficiency and that which defines human species is work as a means of equalizing sin. If, however, humanity originated in Eden, man is defined by a surplus which manifests itself in dreams, and these – in their turn – are embodied in myth and poetry. Ernst Bloch espoused the latter possibility, identifying it with the heretical Christianity of Joachim of Fiore and his followers.