Gnosticism

"The Gnostic student seeks to acquire their own direct experience of the light (the truth) by means of awakening the consciousness and eliminating obscurations to perception. The method to accomplish this task has been called: Gnosis: (Greek) knowledge Jnana: (Sanskrit) knowledge Daath: (Hebrew) knowledge Dharma: (Sanskrit) righteousness, law, truth, teaching Torah: (Hebrew) teaching, instruction, law ...and many other names. By comparing all of these ancient teachings, we can see that all religious forms have in their heart a science of Gnosticism: a method to arrive at personal knowledge of the truth."

― from "A Gnostic Prayer Book: Collected Prayers, Mantras, and Meditations"