The term gnosis derives from the Greek term "gnosis" which means "knowledge". It is a phenomenon of spiritual knowledge experienced by the Gnostics (primitive sectarian Christians of the gnosticism). For the Gnostics, gnosis is knowledge that is part of the human essence. It is intuitive knowledge, different from scientific or rational knowledge.
Gnosis is the path that can lead to mystical enlightenment through personal knowledge that leads to salvation. The existence of a transcendent God is not questioned by the Gnostics, on the contrary, they see in divine knowledge a way to reach a deeper knowledge of the reality of the world.
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Gnosticism is related to esoteric teachings of Greek and Hellenistic culture, which exposes its initiates a way of salvation that is based on the knowledge of certain hidden truths about God, man and the world.
Christian Gnosticism designates a set of beliefs of a philosophical and religious nature whose basic principle is based on the idea that there is in every man an immortal essence that transcends the man himself. Thus, man is seen as a divine being who fell to earth in a disastrous way, and who can only be freed from this condition through a true Revelation.
THE gnosiology it is the area of philosophy that deals with the study of the foundations of human knowledge.
Gnosis and Freemasonry
Gnosticism can be qualified as a religion. However, despite not being considered a religion, Freemasonry is related in the sense that it aims to achieve Comprehensive Knowledge (deep knowledge in several different areas), that is, it has many similarities with gnosticism, where gnosis plays a very relevant role.