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[nos-tik] / ˈnɒs tɪk /




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Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

David isn’t cruel like the gnostic Jesus, but he is unmanageable.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2020

We can feel its gnostic effects on our everyday reality, but we rarely see it, and it’s quite inscrutable to non-initiates.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2019

Participants concoct their own interpretations of Q’s gnostic “bread crumbs,” or share those dreamed up by others.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019

Similarly the g in gnostic, the e in eulogy, p in pneumonia, the h in chromatic.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins




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