427).{1}
{Footnote 1} The face is so formed as to correspond with the
interiors (n. 4791-4805, 5695). The correspondence of the face
and its expressions with the affections of the mind (n. 1568,
2988, 2989, 3631, 4796, 4797, 4800, 5165, 5168, 5695, 9306).
With the angels of heaven the face makes one with the interiors
that belong to the mind (n. 4796-4799, 5695, 8250). Therefore
in the Word the face signifies the interiors that belong to the
mind, that is, to the affection and thought (n. 1999, 2434,
3527, 4066, 4796, 5102, 9306, 9546). In what manner the influx
from the brain into the face has been changed in process of
time and with it the face itself as regards its correspondence
with the interiors (n. 4326, 8250).
458. The faces of hypocrites are changed more slowly than those of
others, because by practice they had formed a habit of so managing
their interiors as to imitate good affections; consequently for a
long time they appear not unbeautiful. But as that which they had
assumed is gradually put off, and the interiors of the mind are
brought into accord with the form of their affections, they become
after awhile more misshapen than others.
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