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Gnosis — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gnosis noun An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.

Senses

Gnosis is used for these senses in English:

  • Gnosticism A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.
  • gnosis (religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.

gnosis — full definition

  1. noun An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
  2. noun The act or process of knowing in general.
  3. noun An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.

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