anagogic

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What I have already taken from the anagogic fairy tale interpretation as a symbol of introversion shows, of course, also the character of intro-determination.

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

Kawa Kendi, a man in early middle age, powerful and lithe-limbed, sat as motionless as the King, his father, staring, as did all, with the fixed stare of the anagogic.

From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles

The necessity of reckoning with an anagogic content of myths results from the fact that religions with their ethical valuations, have developed from mythical beginnings.

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

Regarded from the point of view of knowledge, the formation of types reveals itself as a symbolic presentiment of an anagogic idea, not at first clearly conceivable.

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