#exegesis

• Anagoge — A spiritual and hermeneutive method or process through which the soul or mind is elevated from the understanding of material, literal, or earthly things toward the contemplation of divine, mystical, and heavenly truths; a superior spiritual interpretation. In classical biblical exegesis, it represents the fourth sense of Scripture (the anagogical sense), structurally oriented toward eschatological realities, eternal life, and the ultimate destiny of humanity.
• Anagogical — Pertaining to anagoge or anagogy; characterized by a superior spiritual, mystical, or eschatological interpretation designed to elevate the mind from the literal meaning to the divine. In literary theory (such as that of Northrop Frye) and patristics, it defines a structural mode of reading where the text is viewed as a symbol of total cosmic unity or supreme spiritual truths.
• Anagogy — A method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of a sacred or literary text, through which the literal or historical meaning is structurally elevated toward the contemplation of divine, eternal, and eschatological realities. In traditional biblical hermeneutics (patristic and medieval), it represents the last and highest of the four senses of Scripture, focused on prefiguring the Kingdom of Heaven, the afterlife, and the ultimate spiritual destiny of the human soul.