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I have a physical copy and read it. Probably legit however these days I believe that trying to achieve gnosis doesnt actually bring any happiness.
You reach a new level of conciousness each time you go past the spiritual hurdles and being able to conceptualise things and then comes the next thing and the next thing and the next thing and the next thing.

The truth about gnosis is that it is never ever fully achievable and it is a never ending upgrade of inner and outer understanding. There is never ever a point where you just sit there and realise you have "achieved gnosis". It is incredibly cyclical and even within stages of it it is cyclical. I will try to put it into words:
>Meditate on a concept
>Formulate concept in your mind finding language and imagery to describe it to yourself
>Gain a grasp of the concept
>Realise there is an infinitely larger concept to now do the same thing all over again.

Gnostics of the time of Jesus were incredibly ill informed about a lot of stuff compared to someone who wants to learn today. We live in the era of Knowledge itself. We live in the Gnostic Era and because of that you will never reach a point where you are a fully fledged "gnostic" because the information is limitless.
Here is a meme to lighten the mood

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