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human
if it's first and foremost about a belief systems and following the rules, waht role does initiation play?
sounds a bit like 'if you want to get illuminated, you have to take the brain parasite first'
gpt
No, gnosticism was an esoteric religion, which means that it is based around secret knowledge that is kept by the fully initiated, called pneumatics. In order to gain access to the secret knowledge (gnosis) you would need to be initiated into the religion. The initiate was known as a psychic.
human
that makes sense, thak you for the clarification