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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics wordnet
3. 3
   The act or process of knowing in general. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective. countable, uncountable

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-gnosia

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agnosis

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"There is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

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