eye-gate

English

Noun

eye-gate (uncountable)

1. (religion) The sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.
   • 1874, W. F. Crafts, Wagons for Eye-gate; Or, Illustrative Teaching, page 5:

     Give what "is written," and then, by maps, picture objects, black-board exercises, and stories, put it into "wagons" to help the imagination and the understanding, and send it through "eye-gate," into the soul.

   • 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 443:

     Eye-gate is one of the great openings to the soul.