The restoration of the Gnostic tradition may be dated to a specific dark autumn evening in the year 1890 in the residence of the theosophist Lady Caithness, the duchess of Medina Pomar.
This night the French Freemason Jules Doinel received a revelation dictating him to revive the Gnostic church and become its modern representative.
Following this event, the glise Gnostique was established, manifesting a Gnosticism based on Cathar structures and largely on the teachings of Valentinus .