Noun
The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe more I grow older, the more the Gnosis speaks to my reason, the world isn't ruled by a Providence, it's intrisically evil, deeply absurd, and Creation is the dream of a blind intellect or a game of a principle without a moral. Albert Caraco
Someone asked: "What is meaning of certainty? " He replied, it is the name of inner voice, and the folk of certainty arrive at the gnosis. And the meaning of certainty is that every affliction be considered sent by Allah. Sufyan al-Thawri
The utmost degree of gnosis is dismay and perplexity. Sahl al-Tustari
According to Samuel Angus (1920), gnosis in these early sects was distinct from the secret teachings revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression akin to arcanum. Source: Internet
According to Voegelin, the claim to gnosis may take intellectual, emotional, and volitional forms." Source: Internet
;Gnosis main The word "Gnosticism" is a modern construction, though based on an antiquated linguistic expression: it comes from the Greek word meaning "knowledge", gnosis (γνῶσις). Source: Internet