gnosis vs knowing

gnosis

noun
  • act or process of knowing 

  • an altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective 

  • an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics 

knowing

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

adj
  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • Deliberate, wilful. 

  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. 

  • Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

How often have the words gnosis and knowing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )