Gnosis

It’s so obvious. A child could’ve reasoned their way past this, but I nearly missed it.   The meaning is not in the glyph itself, nor the word attributed to it. The meaning is in the experience. By undertaking my journey to this place, I had already begun opening the way. I was just too exasperated and stubborn to see it. Now the gates reveal their secrets to me, and I can finally return to my mentor. <i>After</i> I cleanse myself of all this wretched dust.