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 Benedetto Croce
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
I have already spoken of the creations of the myth forming imagination and its anagogic import.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
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 Smith Ely Jelliffe
