mystagogue

• In some way or another, then, Michelangelo used the thought of death as the mystagogue of his spirit into the temple of eternal things—[Greek: ta aidia], die bleibenden Verhaeltnisse —and as the means of maintaining self-control and self-coherence amid the ever-shifting illusions of human life. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti
• As [Greek: mathęsis] and [Greek: mystagôgia] are inseparably connected in the mysteries and Gnostic societies, and the mystagogue was at once knowing one and priest, so also in the Catholic Church the priest is accounted the knowing one. —  History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
• To Clement and Origen, however, teacher and mystagogue are as closely connected as they are to most Gnostics. —  History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
• We have come to the age of the mystagogue or don, the man who has nothing to say, but says it softly and impressively in an indistinct whisper. —  George Bernard Shaw
• The arch mystagogue, Home, though by no means a clever man, was never detected in fraudulent productions of fetishistic phenomena. —  The Making of Religion

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms