gnosis vs prior knowledge

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 

prior knowledge

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prior, knowledge. 

  • Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful. 

  • Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under that policy. 

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