The poet and playwright E. G. Stepanyan, the author of the famous novel-drama “The Tsar’s Choice,” amazes the reader with a striking work of a completely different genre. This essay is a work of literary criticism presented in a witty artistic form, a new word in Bulgakov studies, penetrating into the depths of the archetype of Bulgakov’s worldview. Behind the letter of fantastic reality, the author recognizes and reveals to the reader the true spiritual plan of Mikhail Bulgakov.