anagogic

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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

There are, however, others than the religiously inspired natures, who are preëminently endowed to produce suggestive symbol groups with anagogic value; the artists.

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