Shamanic Understanding:
"What is fascinating to consider is how these early shamans figured out that a potent brew could best be made from these two ingredients being mixed together."
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Gnostic theories abound in multiplicity and divergence. So we will take a moment to discuss what is gnosis for the Chruch of the Gnostic Vine.
Direct experience of the divine. No intermediary needed.
Gnosis signifies a spiritual knowledge in the sense of mystical enlightenment - insight. Direct insight with no intermediaries or formal church structure in place.
"Gnosis taught a deliverance of man from the constraints of earthly existence through insight into an essential relationship, as soul or spirit, with a supramundane place of freedom." Wiki
The word 'church' is used to convey the idea of a spiritual community, not of any building or place. Worshippers of the Sacred Mushroom need neither a special place ('cathedral') nor special people (priests, popes) to practice their religion - the only being they need to experience religion is the Sacred Vine.