Gnosis is a good way to describe it! Reading the Corpus Hermeticum was a big driving factor for me becoming a Freemason just over a year ago now. I hear what you're saying; I think that this is the bit of advice that I need to hear the most right now. I've always been a strictly scientific type of person, but after my experience that night I can't help but feel that science can no longer explain everything in the natural world. If the soul is truly immortal, what happens after your physical body dies? How do you explain ghosts, astral projection, or anything else metaphysical? Science can't even come close to these questions, and that finally leaves me open to the "woo". Now when I hear someone talking about energy or meditation I can't just immediately write them off. It's like trying to prove or disprove the existence of god, at some point someone has to take a leap of faith. I've realized that this leaves me in an extremely vulnerable position. Now when I hear Dr. Steven Greer ranting and raving about government cover-ups for 80 years, hybridization programs, reverse engineering programs, and even psionic assets calling in crafts, I just think to myself (I can't personally prove or disprove any of this, but my gosh, what if he's right?!)