Gnosis:
Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge (γνῶσις, gnōsis, f.). The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world. It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism, 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. [Wikipedia]
Noted in “How a Private Conversation about Gender Got Me Fired from My Dream Job“, anonymous, LGB: Courage Coalition:
When I carefully, painstakingly pointed this out—like walking on eggshells—the pushback was swift and severe. Hell hath no fury like a woke woman mildly disagreed with by a “cis white man.” The women in the training absolutely piled on me. One Black woman from South Carolina told me that my anger was “blinding” me and that I needed to “listen” more. I’m fairly certain that she meant “listen” to her, because, as a woman of color—or better yet, a “Black femme”—she is in possession of a kind of wisdom, a gnosis if you will, or at least a vantage point atop the woke hierarchy that I, a “white cis gay,” will never fathom.
