In the middle of an apparent dialogue, "the Consciousness of Existence", travels back to the time of Jesus, where the androgynous condition of the prophet is revealed to us, as well as some non-religious teachings more in accordance with current reality.
In another simultaneous journey, the same Consciousness, retraces the life of those who initiated this world, and the subsequent demystification of of the existence of a creator god.
The confrontation in the civilization of the Alos and their adversaries, the Rags, are related in the setting of a world in which the distant, androgynous relatives of Jesus seek to decipher the message of their prophet Lasio, fight to gain access to Gam, the heaven of their creator.
In its journey, "the Consciousness of Existence" witnesses the Alos' rediscover of the pleasure of stroking their bodies, something thet is persecuted and punished by their beliefs. The Rags, meanwhile, develop the Roths, intellengent biosynthetic machines and use them to repress the Humos, other disparate peoples who in their desire to be protected join the Alos, and share with them the pleasure of touching and the demystification of their deities ...