anagogic

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The third meaning of this work of imagination lies in different relations half way between the psychoanalytic and the anagogic, and can, as alchemistic literature shows, be conceived as the bearer of the anagogic.

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

The viewing of the exalted anagogic conception as a perspective vanishing point, makes allowance for the possible errors of superposition in the anagogic aspect of the elementary types.

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

We recognize therefore the anagogic significance of the homunculus, the idea of which we found closely interwoven with alchemy in general.

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