One who identifies with the spirit (pneuma) as opposed to the material world (hylic) or the intellect alone (psychic). The pneuma is the spark (spinther) that came from and is drawn to reunite with the Father. One who awakens it within the self does it through gnosis.

One who identifies with the spirit (pneuma), beyond that of the physical (hylic) world and the intellect alone (psychic). The pneuma, described in the "Gospel of Phillip", as "breath", refers to bonding with the internal spark (spinther) that came from and is drawn to reunite with the Father in some Gnostic schema. One who awakens it (the spinther) within the self does it through the process of gnosis. (See Gregory of Nicea (Basil), who used the term in his mystical teachings, and is a later term which connotes Gnostic. See "Early Christian Mystics", McGinn, Crossroads, 2003.)