The most comprehensive revisions concern the final act, act 3. In 1894, there is no scene at the Oasis, the act opens with the monks in the Thébaïde. When Athanaël falls asleep there is an extended ballet sequence "Les Sept esprits de la Tentation" – which is modeled on Flaubert's epic poem "La tentation de Saint Antoine". In it Athanaël is tormented by spirit voices, La perdition, L'étoile de la redemption (star of redemption), Les sphinges (Sphinxes), Àmes perdues (lost souls) and Esprits de L'abîme (spirits of the abyss) culminating in an orgiastic black sabbath.