Based on the presented materials, the transformation of man, created in the image and likeness of God, can be understood as a dramatic departure from the divine qualities originally instilled in him as a result of the fall and the loss of grace.

From Divine Image to Fallen Nature: The Descent of Humanity

Based on the presented materials, the transformation of man, created in the image and likeness of God, can be understood as a dramatic departure from the divine qualities originally instilled in him as a result of the fall and the loss of grace. Initially, man, possessing both invisible spiritual components (the image) and soulful qualities (the likeness), was intended as the bearer of the highest, divine attributes. However, after the loss of grace due to a cooperative fall—as it is stated, Adam fell, and with him all others became alike—man begins to lose his original strength, gradually taking shape as an entity with negative personal characteristics.

Thus, one of the sources emphasizes:
"But Adam fell, and with him we have all fallen, because we are one organism. And instead of regaining the image and likeness of God, people became like the fallen angels, who do not represent one single race but a congregation of separate individuals (when some angels fell, another, larger group remained in Heaven). People, like the fallen angels, started to divide—'devil' means 'divider.' This division and the attempt to live without God led to humanity first splintering into distinct nations and languages. Now, everything has fallen apart: both the relationships within a nation's society and those in the family. Every person now represents a gloomy, irritable creature incapable of tolerating anyone, whether distant or close, always seeking to use others solely for personal gain and unwilling to sacrifice even minimally for anyone—neither for children, nor for a spouse, nor for mother and father." (source: 13.txt)

Additionally, another text points to the depth of the fall of human nature in the modern era:
"But now, in the twentieth century, we observe an even deeper fall. If you take, say, an average Muscovite or a resident of Kazan or Samarkand and examine their life, you will see that a monkey—a creature that is morally much superior—would never do what a man does. That is, it turns out, the fall may go even lower: people have left the realm of the bestial to enter the demonic, in many of their actions becoming far worse than animals." (source: 12.txt)

These reflections illustrate the path by which man, originally created with high morals and the capacity for spiritual realization, becomes an entity characterized by base traits—qualities that, in popular consciousness, denote negative archetypes, as a result of a separation from God and a refusal to cultivate his divine nature.