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 belonging to their spirits are revealed, they are altogether in evils and falsities, and not in any truths and goods. And it is made manifest that truths and goods resided in their memory merely as scientifics, which they brought forth in conversation, putting on the semblance of good as if from spiritual love and faith.

When such persons are let into their internals, and consequently into their evils, they can no longer speak truths but only falsities, since they speak from their evils. For to speak truths from evils is impossible, because the spirit is then nothing but his own evil; and what proceeds from evil is falsity. Every evil spirit is reduced to this state before he is cast into hell. This is called being vastated as to truths and goods. And vastation is nothing else than being let into one's internals, that is, into the proprium of his spirit, or into his spirit itself.

When a man after death is brought into this state, he is no longer a man-spirit such as he is in his first state, but he is truly a spirit; for one who is truly a spirit has a face and body corresponding to his internals, which belong to his mind. Thus his external form is the type or effigy of his internals.

Such is the spirit after passing through the first and second states, spoken of above. Wherefore it is then known, the moment he is seen, what his true character is, not only from his face but also from his whole personal appearance, and likewise from his