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
What I have already taken from the anagogic fairy tale interpretation as a symbol of introversion shows, of course, also the character of intro-determination.
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
The third meaning of this work of imagination lies in different relations half way between the psychoanalytic and the anagogic, and can, as alchemistic literature shows, be conceived as the bearer of the anagogic.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely