Fin de siècle
The plot of Bois' one-act "esoteric drama" involves a poet who is sent on a mission by Christ to forcibly dethrone the Virgin Mary and replace her with the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis. Other characters include the Serpent from the Garden of Eden, the Biblical Miriam, "A Young Woman from the Orient", and background figures listed as "Whores" and "Larvae". Satie biographer Alan Gillmor described this decadent blend of Egyptology, the Bible, and 19th Century "Fin de siècle" Paris as "an ironic study of religious sentimentality."