Gnosis meaning

nō'sĭs
(occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.
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Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics.
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Knowledge of spiritual things, esp. a secret and superior knowledge limited to an elite few, such as the Gnostics claimed to have.
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Knowledge, recognition.

Diagnosis.

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Act or process of knowing.
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(Gnosticism) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
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Origin of gnosis

  • < Gr gnōsis: see gnosis
    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
  • Greek gnōsis knowledge from gignōskein gnō- to know gnō- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnō̃sis, “knowledge”).
    From Wiktionary

Gnosis Sentence Examples

  • More popular in style is his Gnosis oder prof.-evang.

  • The works of the pseudoDionysius contain a gnosis in which, by means of the teaching of Iamblichus and Proclus, the church's theology is turned into a scholastic mysticism with directions on matters of practice and ritual.

  • The main line in pure philosophy runs on from Kant's wavering and sceptical idealism to the all-including gnosis of Hegel.'

  • That is tp say, his gnosis neutralizes all that is empirical and historical, if not always as to its actuality, at least absolutely in respect of its value.

  • 728 ff.; Bousset, " Hauptprobleme der Gnosis," Forschungen z.

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