anagogic
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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
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
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 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
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
