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The spiritual development path of direct experience in which one gains knowledge of the self. | |||
[[Gnosis]] is the common Greek noun for knowledge. Gnosis is used throughout Greek philosophy as a technical term for experience knowledge in contrast to theoretical knowledge or epistemology. It generally signifies a dualistic knowledge in the sense of mystical enlightenment or spiritual insight. Gnosis taught the deliverance of man from the constraints of earthly existence through insight into an essential relationship, as an [[Soul]] or spirit in the material world, yet capable of transcendence beyond the material to experience spiritual freedom and [[Personal Sovereignty]] as [[Cosmic Citizen|Cosmic Consciousness]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosis Gnosis]</ref> | [[Gnosis]] is the common Greek noun for knowledge. Gnosis is used throughout Greek philosophy as a technical term for experience knowledge in contrast to theoretical knowledge or epistemology. It generally signifies a dualistic knowledge in the sense of mystical enlightenment or spiritual insight. Gnosis taught the deliverance of man from the constraints of earthly existence through insight into an essential relationship, as an [[Soul]] or spirit in the material world, yet capable of transcendence beyond the material to experience spiritual freedom and [[Personal Sovereignty]] as [[Cosmic Citizen|Cosmic Consciousness]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosis Gnosis]</ref> | ||