anagogic

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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

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 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

And as a matter of fact the more developed forms permit a very much richer anagogic interpretation than the archaic.

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

The multiple interpretation of works of fantasy has become our problem, and the diametrical opposition of the psychoanalytic and the anagogic interpretation has particularly struck us.

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