HH 457-459 - natural faces / spiritual faces

HH 457
When the spirit of a person first enters the world of spirits,
which takes place shortly after his resuscitation . . .
his face and his tone of voice resemble those he had in the world,
because he is then in the state of his exteriors,
and his interiors are not as yet uncovered.
This is a person's first state after death.
But subsequently his face is changed, and becomes entirely different,
resembling his ruling affection or ruling love,
in conformity with which the interiors of his mind had been
while he was in the world and his spirit while it was in the body.
For the face of a person's spirit
differs greatly from the face of his body.
The face of his body is from his parents,
but the face of his spirit is from his affection,
and is an image of it.
When the life of the spirit in the body is ended,
and its exteriors are laid aside and its interiors disclosed,
it comes into this affection.
This is a person's second state.
. . . in the other life no one is permitted
to counterfeit affections that are not his own,
and thus assume looks that are contrary to his love.
All in the other life are brought into such a state as to speak as they think,
and to manifest in their looks and gestures the inclinations of their will.
And because of this
the faces of all become forms and images of their affections;
and in consequence all that have known each other in the world
know each other in the world of spirits,
but not in heaven nor in hell.

HH 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.
Hypocrites are such as have been accustomed to talk like angels,
but interiorly have acknowledged nature alone
and not the Divine,
and have therefore denied what pertains to heaven and the church.

HH 459
It should be known
that everyone's human form after death
is the more beautiful in proportion
as he has more interiorly loved Divine truths
and lived according to them;
for everyone's interiors are opened and formed
in accordance with his love and life;
therefore the more interior the affection is
the more like heaven it is,
and in consequence the more beautiful the face is.
This is why the angels in the inmost heaven are the most beautiful,
for they are forms of celestial love.
But those that have loved Divine truths more exteriorly,
and thus have lived in accordance with them in a more external way,
are less beautiful; for exterior affections only shine forth from their faces. . ..