Associations to the word «Gnosis»

Wiktionary

GNOSIS, noun. (gnosticism) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
GNOSIS, noun. Act or process of knowing.
GNOSIS, noun. (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.

Dictionary definition

GNOSIS, noun. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats