Cabbalise

Therefore, they argue that even in the description of buildings there lurks something of mystery which they cabbalise into a christian sense, and this by Gematraia, in various ways.

That I should have done so is plain ; but I am but one of the vast multitude who, though they read the teachings of the Master, read them as so many “words, words, words.” Without feeling disposed to unduly mystify or cabbalise the sayings of Jesus I am, nevertheless, inclined to believe that no utterance can be too much studied and dwelt upon;

If you are familiar with Dr. Fraser's Golden Bough you will know how the thing was done in ancient times before civilisation came to cabbalise superstition and change it from an instrument of modest priestly gain into one of enormous universal loss.