anagogic

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I have already spoken of the creations of the myth forming imagination and its anagogic import.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

We find it, for instance, in the criticism of Virgil, to whose work were attributed four distinct meanings: literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogic.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

As has been shown by two fairy tales and as I could have abundantly shown from countless others, the psychoanalytic and the anagogic interpretations are possible alongside of the scientific.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

The ethically indifferent meaning of the tale alongside of the psychoanalytic and the anagogic corresponds to the chemical contents of the hermetic writings.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

For example, I make no judgment on the degree of actuality in the anagogic symbolism of the parable.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely