Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7666

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7666. 'See that evil is on your faces' means that no good resides in what they desire. This is clear from the meaning of 'faces' as the interiors in respect of the affections and resulting thoughts there, dealt with in 358, 1999, 2434, 3527, 3573, 4066, 4796, 4797, 5102, and since 'faces' means affections, it also means desires. Consequently 'that evil is on your faces' means that no good resides in their affections, that is, in what they desire.


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