gnosis
Mystical inner knowing
Gnosis is spiritual knowledge or insight, especially the direct experiential knowledge of divine truth that certain mystical and religious traditions hold as the path to salvation.
The term is central to Gnosticism, an early religious movement emphasizing secret knowledge over faith or works.
More broadly, gnosis can describe any profound inner knowing: The mystic sought gnosis through meditation.
Divine cosmic craftsman
Impenetrably closed off
- occultConcealed from view
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- cabalisticRelating to secret mysticism
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
initiation · secrets · symbology · arcana · transmutation · adept · neophyte · mysteries
Profound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
satori · nirvana · moksha · liberation · revelation · epiphany · ascension · meditation
Deep perceptive understanding
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
perception · comprehension · wisdom · acumen · perspicacity · cognition · knowing · realization
Theory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
nous · dialectic · logos · sophia · rationalism · empiricism · intuition · contemplation
demiurge
Divine cosmic craftsman
hermetic
Impenetrably closed off
- occultConcealed from view
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- cabalisticRelating to secret mysticism
alchemy · initiation · secrets · symbology · arcana · transmutation · adept · neophyte · mysteries · theosophy
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
mysticism · satori · nirvana · moksha · liberation · revelation · epiphany · ascension · meditation · contemplation
insight
Deep perceptive understanding
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
intuition · perception · comprehension · wisdom · acumen · perspicacity · cognition · knowing · realization · recognition
epistemology
Theory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
hermeneutics · nous · dialectic · logos · sophia · rationalism · empiricism · intuition · contemplation · praxis
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- divinationdivination, fortune telling, fortune-telling, fortune teller, tarot
- Greek conceptslogos, ethos, pathos, hubris, arete
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
gnosisignorance
Absence of knowledge
belief · blind faith · agnosia · unknowing · nescience
diagnosis, agnostic, gnosticism, prognosis, diagnostic, agnosticism, prognostic, diagnostics, agnostics