ANAGOGICAL

ANAGOGICAL, Mysterious, something that raises the Mind to Things eternal and divine; the Matters of the next Life. See ANAGOGY. This Term is principally used with regard to the different Senses of the Scripture. The literal Sense is the first, and the natural Sense. The mystical Sense is founded on the natural Sense, from whence it is taken by Analogy or Comparison, by Similitude or Resemblance of one thing to another; and is divided into several kinds. See MYSTICAL. Where it regards the Church, and Matters of Religion, it is called the Allegorical Sense. See ALLEGORICAL. Where it regards our Morals, it is called the Tropological Sense. See TROPOLOGICAL. And where it regards Eternity, or the Life to come, it is called the Anagogical Sense. See SENSE. The Word is derived from the Greek ἀναγωγή (anagoge), carrying away, overturning; which is formed of the Preposition ἀνά (ana), Sursum, upwards, and ἄγω (ago), leading; of ἄγω (ago), duco.

ANAGOGICAL