Gnosis
Common Greek noun for knowledge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Gnosis (disambiguation).
See also: Noesis (phenomenology)
Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge (γνῶσις, gnōsis, f.).[1][2] The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world.[1][3][4][5] It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism,[1] where it signifies a spiritual knowledge or insight into humanity's real nature as divine, leading to the deliverance of the divine spark within humanity from the constraints of earthly existence.[3][4][5][6][7]