controverting
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Also the mystic yoga manuals of the Hindus know the symbol of the serpent, which the introverting individual has to waken and to overcome, whereupon he comes into possession of valuable powers.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
Those who live in cities, and who are always realizing self, and thinking how they think, and are while awake given up to introverting vanity, never live in song.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
And now let us close Mr. Mill's book, and, introverting our mental gaze, interrogate consciousness, the verdict of which, even Mr. Mill assures us, is admitted on all hands to be a decision without appeal.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
To the “sacrifice” of the person introverting, Jung devotes an entire chapter in his Psychology of the Unconscious, Chapt.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
The introverting person, as we know, becomes a child.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely