3. The theory of symbols involves five phases: “Literal, Descriptive, Formal, Mythical and Anagogic”. Each of these phases has each of the following kinds of symbols respectively: “motif, signs, image, archetype and monad.”
That is to say, Literal and Descriptive phases as motif and as sign, Formal phase: as image, Mythical phase: as archetype and Anagogic phase as monad. What does he mean by each of these kinds of symbols? What are specific examples for interpreting each of them?
