anagogic
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Therefore in the case of every symbolism tending to ethical development, the anagogic point of view must be considered, and most of all in religious symbolism.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Benedetto Croce
