anagogic

American  

[an-uh-goj-ik] / ˌæn əˈgɒdʒ ɪk /

Also anagogical

adjective

1. of or relating to an anagoge.

2. Psychology. deriving from, pertaining to, or reflecting the moral or idealistic striving of the unconscious.

   anagogic image; anagogic interpretation.

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Other Word Forms

• anagogically adverb

Etymology

Origin of anagogic

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word anagogicus. See anagoge, -ic

Example Sentences

And as a matter of fact the more developed forms permit a very much richer anagogic interpretation than the archaic.

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

To the most general type belong then, without doubt, those symbols or frequently disguised images, concerning which we wondered before, that besides representing “titanic” tendencies, they are fitted to represent the anagogic.

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

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 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

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