anagogic

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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

Secondly, the question presents itself more particularly how can two so antithetic meanings as the psychoanalytic and the anagogic exist side by side.

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

If we wish to contrast their titanic with their anagogic aspect, we get approximately the following scheme, to which I add the familiar astrological characters of the seven planets.

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

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