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 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

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely

The anagogic interpretation is indeed a prospective explanation in the sense of an ethical advance.

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

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely