Um alquimista reúne um grupo de pessoas para representar os planetas do sistema solar. Sua intenção é submetê-los a estranhos rituais místicos antes de enviá-los para a Ilha de Lotus, onde escalarão a Montanha Sagrada para substituir os deuses que secretamente governam o universo.

Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the earth, but he is obstructed by the magician of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.