Miss Universe eclipse ritual continued...

The winner of this year' Miss Universe is R'Bonney Gabriel from Texas.  If her costume references the moon, so does her surname. Kabbalah associates Gabriel with the sepirot Yesod.  Donna Woodwell writes:

'As Michael (Sun) sits at the right hand of God, Gabriel (Moon) sits on the left. The Kabbalah associated Gabriel with the sephirot Yesod, which was also associated with the Moon.

An angel of deep compassion, Gabriel is an angel of revelation, communication, good tidings, new beginnings, motherhood and childbirth. Requests to Gabriel for aid are most appropriate on Mondays, the Moon's day.'

Note the connection with motherhood and childbirth and the nine month gap between the pageant and the eclipse. Both incidentally, take place on a Saturday rather than a Monday, Cassiel or Saturn's day.   

Given that this beauty competition is closely synced to the eclipse, the roots of the term pageant are worth examining:

pageant (n.)

late 14c., pagent, "a play in a cycle of mystery plays," from Medieval Latin pagina, a word of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin pagina "page of a book" (see page (n.1)) on notion of "manuscript" of a play.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/pageant

Are some of these events are fulfilling the same purpose as the mystery plays of old?  Wikipedia's entry on Theurgy quotes Edmonds and Radcliffe:

'Theurgy (/ˈθiːɜːrdʒi/; from Greek θεουργία theourgía), also known as divine magic, is one of two major branches of the magical arts,^[1] the other being practical magic or thaumaturgy.^[2][3] Theurgy describes the ritual practices associated with the invocation or evocation of the presence of one or more deities (also called "godforms"), especially with the goal of achieving henosis (uniting with the divine) and perfecting oneself.^[4

Identifying oneself with a spirit or other entity would fall under invocation.  It's perhaps of interest given the Moon references within the Miss Universe competition that one of the more well known examples of a ritual invocation is the Drawing of the Moon. Margot Adler quoted from that same Wiki article writes:

'...in this ritual, one of the most serious and beautiful in the modern Craft, the priest invokes into the priestess (or, depending on your point of view, she evokes from within herself) the Goddess or Triple Goddess, symbolized by the phases of the moon. She is known by a thousand names, and among them were those I had used as a child. In some Craft rituals the priestess goes into a trance and speaks; in other traditions the ritual is a more formal dramatic dialogue, often of intense beauty, in which, again, the priestess speaks, taking the role of the Goddess. In both instances, the priestess functions as the Goddess incarnate, within the circle.'

Unfortunately there's no source cited for this entry:

'In modern traditions, some solitary Wiccans also perform the ritual, usually within a circle and performed under the light of a full Moon. The solitary will stand in the Goddess Pose (both arms held high, palms up, body and arms forming a 'Y') and recite a charge, or chant.^['

There's a rich world of symbolism to explore within the ancient cultures. Our modern connected camera phone strewn world creates ample material to trawl for connections. Are the links between Moon symbolism, the eclipse and this pageant simply an example of our desire to find connections where there are none, or is there magick at work under the guise of a beauty competition?

 

 

The Miss Universe Annular Eclipse Ritual

 Watching a video from Uncanny Deduction  a comment from Kilgore Trout caught my eye:

'The moon is "in front of" the sun, like in a solar eclipse. Everything always goes back to the eclipse.'

Everything does indeed appear to go back to the eclipse. Derek at Gematrinator.com has been tracking eclipse rituals for years now. LXXXVIIIfinistemporis has found hundreds of references to it across dozens of Hollywood movies and TV shows. 2017 and 2024 are marked by significant solar eclipses on the American landmass, the paths crossing at the evocatively named Carbondale, the 'Eclipse crossroads of America'.

Kilgore's comment referred to the symbolism encoded in the winning participant, R'Bonney Nola Gabriel's costume, an elaborate moon themed garment. 

The runner-up from Venezuela had a sun theme. 

So the Moon did indeed come before the Sun. The astrological reference couldn't have been any stronger? 

If the Miss Universe competition is indeed an occulted ritual related to an eclipse what should we expect to see? The first place to look may be the date. The competition took place on 14/1/23. There are no eclipses on this date, but the next one is also on the fourteenth day of a month, in this case the 14th October 2023 when an Annular Solar Eclipse will take place:

The eclipse will traverse North America, moving down through Mexico and Central America before traversing Brazil out Eastward into the Atlantic. The competition took place in New Orleans, which will be within the path of this eclipse. 

The Miss Universe pageant took place exactly 9 months from the date of the Anular eclipse:

Was this event a staged public ritual?  Were the contestants engaged in a form of ritual henosis?  Attempting to attain a form of union with the forces represented by the eclipse? Star and eclipse symbolism featured in the event's presentation, see the X marks the lines form as well as the 8 pointed (Ishtar) star:

A look at the other nations covered by the eclipse revealed most of them backing 'Team Sun'

Although Belize bucked the trend:

Intriguingly Brazil went for a mermaid theme, perhaps a portrayal of Melusine? Or perhaps a Starbucks promotional tie-in, who is to say.  The shell could represent Venus, the Moon, or perhaps Poseidon. Given the eclipse will cross from land to ocean at Brazil this seems appropriate? 

Beauty pageants have always seemed questionable, but I first looked at them as something more after the death last year of Chelsie Kryst. This took place on 30/1/22. A former Miss USA she was last seen on the 29th floor of  350 West 42nd Street. NYC Lady Liberty / Mithras/Attis references featured in her costume along with the Sun once again and maybe a Libra and Lightbringer mention to boot:

To some, a few correspondences between imagery and an eclipse may seem less than conclusive. I guess we'll see if there was a birthing ritual at work in a few days in any case.  Some of the numbers associated with two of the principal characters are quite suggestive, at least to this viewer:

The 9 month gestational period is mirrored by the winner:

 R’Bonney Nola Gabriel b 20/3/94 crowned 14/1/23

Born:

28yrs 9mo 25 days or 10,527 before crowned Miss Universe

29yrs,6mo,24days or 10,800 days before October eclipse

30yrs 1mo, 18days or 11,007 days before May 24 eclipse

Crowned 300 days or 9mo 25d after her birthday. 65 days (rule of Kobel) or 2mo 6d before 29^th birthday

As well as Cheslie, where the 88 also features as well as the 33 that's closely tied to Christ:

Cheslie Kryst b 28/4/91 d 30/1/22

30yrs 9m 2 days old

D 277 or 9m 2 days after birthday

88 days from her 31^st birthday

88 weeks 6 days from October eclipse

118 weeks 3 days from May 24 eclipse

Born 33 years and 10 days before May 24 eclipse

Some thoughts on the Sator Square

Recently I watched a series of tremendous videos on YouTube. 'Bizarro World' is a collaboration between 'Zenith of the Alpha' and 'WilliaM ƧullivaИ' and although it left my head spinning with both the connections it made and the beautifully put together editing, it's well worth a watch.

These videos put me on to the Sator Square, in fact there may have been another that first got me thinking in this way, but when I went back to look there's so many of them, here's one interpretation for instance from Ryan Seven. There are far more now since the recent Christopher Nolan movie 'Tenet' which  appears to have been written around the square, starts off in an Opera, they search for a man called Arepo, Villain called Sator, his organisation Rotas, the protagonists Tenet. etc. So this thing, for one reason or another has been brought to the attention of the human consciousness once again.

With so many looking at this for so long I don't expect any of my ideas to be original, but there were a couple of strong intuitions I got when looking at the image and I wanted to share them.  Here's the Square in question, this one featured on the Wiki page

Zenith and William's videos get a series of connections from the square which are too numerous to summarise. I've also been talking with Dan aka farmingfromscratch, he's also done a couple of decodes of this square. We both saw the suggestion of a square and compass in the carving of the 'A' letter and he went on to superimpose the shape over the square. 

The Nolan movie features the reversal of time. There are two reversed S letters at the top left and bottom right of the square. This suggests a connection and perhaps also the theme of reversal. If you draw a line connecting the S's it does a couple of things, maybe imperfectly, but symbolically at least the same line of direction can turn each of the S's into 8's. 

The broken lines above hopefully also demonstrate how the angles of the repeated R letters also suggest this line?  Here it is unbroken, not perfectly aligning, but perhaps near enough given the vagaries of stonework...

Two 8's is highly suggestive of Back to the Future. It's therefore interesting, to me at least, that the English Ordinal word value of SRNRS is:

Now I realise using English Ordinal on a square that predates modern English is a bit nuts, but, hey, have you seen the rest of this blog?  Suffice to say I think the approach of someone like Antony Morrison who uses the Greek cipher in this video is far more logical, but in a world of Mandela effects all options are now on the table. If Dolly has no braces in Moonraker, then ancient latin stonework may have meanings in English. So there!

In addition to creating two 8's, the line crosses the N making it into a shape very akin to the Extinction Rebellion hourglass, albeit inverted from that picture. Similar also to the Meta symbol recently adopted by the company formerly known as Facebook. Thanks to the very astute gaze of 'Above is Below' I know that this shape forms the rune Dagaz (7 minutes in on the above link but watch the entire video if you can) and can be found in the Skull and Bones crossed bones, the crossed swords in Freemasonry and heraldry and likely many other places. Dagaz means Daylight. Incidentally AIB has also made a great video about the Nolan Tenet movie. She only touches on the square briefly, but makes a lot of other interesting connections. 

That X shape also forms the St Andrews Cross, which is found on many a flag or other symbol of interest. It can also be found on the zodiac in the form of the mutable cross, which makes me wonder what the impact would be of superimposing the Mutable, Fixed and Cardinal crosses on the square? I think Zenith and William have more than covered what would be the fixed cross in their videos:

The Mutable cross gives us:

Tunning those numbers adds rppr, we won't duplicate the central N. That generates the 156 which is featured in video 3 of Zenith and William's Bizarro World series and which they point out is the running time of Back to the Future:

It's 660 in Hebrew Gematria. 

This is the Cardinal:

Running the numbers and the 44 and 55 jump out:

Another variation however suggested itself when I saw ET emanating North, South, East and West from the central N of the square.  In the movie, ET is lost, cut off from his world and he needs to 'phone home'. Maybe we're ET and we're trying to get back to balance as Dan often says. In which case we lose the bottom ET from the diagram and are left with a 118 which is a number soaked in symbology of one form or another:

Looking at it I wonder if the reverse reduction  of 44 suggests that spiritually we need to unite the sundered divine feminine as represented in the Chi-Rho and form the true Cardinal Crosss, turn that 44 to 88 and at that point Doc Brown tells us that 'we're gonna see some serious shit'.

Not that shit doesn't appear pretty serious already...

Thanks to anyone that's made their way through the above. Apologies for the lack of a Clockwork December, illness and another pc issue struck. ETA on that, for completion purposes alone is sometime in the near future, apocalypse permitting :)

A Clockwork November

This one is 'fashionably late' but sends its apologies... As ever, these clockwork posts are a supporting article for Blogo's ongoing work at The Hermetics Lessons blog. 

As I'm late, I'll post the syncs below and will maybe come back to tidy things up. I don't think my legions of followers (Google Spider and Adbot) will protest overmuch. 

We start November at the Alexander residence, where Mr A has realised Alex is his former assailant. On the 13th Alex slumps after being drugged. He awakens in a room where Beethoven's ninth is played until he attempts suicide by leaping from a window at around 21st November. He awakens in hospital around the 24th where he's reunited with Pa and Em. The month ends with visit from Dr Taylor his new psychiatrist.   Julli Kearns shot by shot analysis is as brilliant as ever and adds more than I could possibly hope to cover. 

ALEX

Your wife, sir? Has she gone away?

MR. ALEXANDER

1st No. She's dead!

ALEX

I'm sorry to hear about that, sir.

His face contorted in rage.

MR. ALEXANDER

She was very badly raped, you see. We were

assaulted by a gang of vicious young

hooligans in this house, in this very room

you're sitting in now. I was left a

helpless cripple. The doctors said it was

Pneumonia, because it happened some months

later during the 'flu 2 epidemic. The

doctors told me it was Pneumonia, but I

knew what it was. A victim of the modern

age, poor, poor girl.

Suddenly his mood changes. He wheels right up to Alex.

MR. ALEXANDER

And now you, another victim of the modern

age. But you can be helped. 3 I phoned some

friends while you were having a bath.

ALEX

Phoned some friends, sir?

MR. ALEXANDER

Yes. They want to help.

ALEX

Help me, sir?

MR. ALEXANDER

Help you.

ALEX

Who are they, sir?

MR. ALEXANDER

They're very, very important people and

they're interested in you.

Bell rings. Julian rises,

MR. ALEXANDER

Julian. This will be these 4 people now.

Alex gets up.

ALEX

Look, sir. I'm sorry to have troubled you.

I think I ought to be going, sir.

Julian bars the way.

MR. ALEXANDER

No, no my boy. No trouble at all.

Alex slowly sits.

MR. ALEXANDER

5 Have another glass of wine.

He pours. Alex picks up glass and takes a drink.

INT. "HOME" – NIGHT

Dolin and Rubinstein enter with Julian.

DOLIN

(genial)

Hullo, Frank.

MR. ALEXANDER

Good evening, sir.

RUBINSTEIN

Frank.

DOLIN

So this is the young man?

ALEX

6 How do you do, sir?

DOLIN

Hullo.

ALEX

Missus. Very pleased to meet you.

RUBINSTEIN

Hullo.

DOLIN

I hope you forgive us for coming over at

this ungodly hour, but we heard from Frank

that you were in some trouble so we came

over to see if we could be of any help.

ALEX

Very kind of you, sir. Thank you very

much.

DOLIN

I understand that you had a rather

unfortunate encounter with the Police

tonight.

ALEX

Yes, sir. I suppose you might call it

that, sir.

DOLIN

Hahaha, 7 and how are you feeling now?

ALEX

Much better, thank you, sir.

DOLIN

Feel like talking to us. Answering a few

questions?

ALEX

Fine, sir 8 , fine.

DOLIN

Well, as I've said, we've heard about you.

We are interested in your case. We want to

help you.

ALEX

Thank you very much, sir.

DOLIN

But first we'd like to find out a few

things about you.

ALEX

What would you like to know, sir?

DOLIN

Well, shall we get down to it?

ALEX

Yes, sir.

Rubinstein takes out a notebook.

RUBINSTEIN

The newspapers mentioned that in addition

to your being conditioned against acts of

sex and violence, you've inadvertently

been conditioned against music.

ALEX

Well, er, I think that was something that

they hadn't planned for,9 you see, Missus,

I'm very fond of music and always have

been, especially Beethoven, Ludwig van...

Beethoven. B... E... E...

He leans over and looks at her writing in notebook.

RUBINSTEIN

It's alright, thank you.

ALEX

And it just so happened that while they

were showing me a particularly bad film,

of like a concentration camp, the

background music was playing Beethoven.

RUBINSTEIN

So 10 now you have the same reaction to music

as you do to sex and violence?

ALEX

Oh well, it's... it's not all music you

see, Missus. It's just the 9th.

RUBINSTEIN

You mean Beethoven's 9th Symphony?

ALEX

That's right. Er... I can't listen to the

9th any more at all. When I hear the 9th,

I get like this funny feeling.

RUBINSTEIN

When you say this funny feeling, you mean

the state of mind brought on by the

treatment they gave you?

ALEX

That is correct, sir. And then all I can

think about is 11 like trying to snuff it.

RUBINSTEIN

I beg your pardon?

ALEX

Snuff it, sir... um... death, I mean,

missus... Er... I just want to die

peacefully like with no... pain.

RUBINSTEIN

Do you feel that way now?

ALEX

Um... oh no, sir, not exactly, I still

feel very miserable, 12 very much down in

spirits.

RUBINSTEIN

Do you still feel suicidal?

ALEX

Um... well, put it this way... I feel very

low in myself. I can't see much in the

future, and I feel that any second

something terrible is going to happen to 

                                                                             me. 13                                                                              

He pitches forward, face into the plate of spaghetti.

RUBINSTEIN

Well done, Frank. Julian, get the car, 14

will you please?

INT. HI-FI ROOM – DAWN

Alexander sits looking up. Rubinstein, Julian and Dolin also

listening to Beethoven played loudly on tape recorder.

INT. DOLIN'S HOUSE – PRISONER BEDROOM – DAY

The 9th Symphony booming up through the floor.

Alex slowly regains consciousness.

ALEX (V.O.)

I woke up. 15 The pain and sickness all over

me like an animal. Then I realised what it

was. The music 16 coming up from the floor

was our old friend, Ludwig van and the

dreaded 9th Symphony.

He staggers to the door. It is locked. He kicks and tugs the door.

ALEX

Open the door... 17 turn it off... turn it

off. 18 - 20

CUT TO:

THE BILLIARD ROOM BELOW

Hi-Fi gear laid out on the table. Large speakers facing upwards.

Mr. Alexander trembles and twitches. He is now completely mad. The

others merely wait, coolly.

INT. DOLIN'S HOUSE – PRISONER BEDROOM – DAY

Alex on his knees. His hands cupped over his ears, banging his

head on the floor.

Then he stops and slowly straightens up, staring at the window.

ALEX (V.O.)

Suddenly I viddied what I had to do, and

what I had wanted to do – and that was to

21 do myself in, to snuff it, to blast off

forever out of this wicked cruel world.

One moment of pain perhaps and then sleep

– forever and ever and ever.22

EXT. WINDOW – DAWC

Alex leaps out of the window.

INT. HOSPITAL WARD

Alex in bed. Camera slowly tracks along length of his body.

Everything is bandages and plaster splints, wire cages, blood

drips.

ALEX (V.O.)

I jumped, O my brothers, and I fell hard

but I did not snuff it,  23 oh no. if I had

snuffed it, I would not be here to tell

what I have told. I came back to life,

after a long, black, black gap of what

might have been a million years.24

We hear Alex moan, and then another moan. Alex and the other – a

few times.

Suddenly, some curtains which have been drawn around another bed

in the ward are parted, and a nurse hurries to Alex, hastily

buttoning up her uniform. She is trailed by a young Intern

fumbling with his trousers.

NURSE

25 Oh, he's recovered conscienceness, Doctor.

25 -26 Newspaper montage 'Alex recovered'

INT. HOSPITAL – DAY

Em and Pee sitting around the bed.

PEE

28 Hullo, lad.

EM

Hullo, son, how are you?

PEE

Are you feeling better?

ALEX

What gives, O myee P and Em, what makes

you think you are welcome?

Em sobs. Pee comforts her.

PEE

There, there mother, it's alright. He

doesn't mean it. You were in the papers

again, son. It said they had done great

wrong to you. 29 It said how the Government

drove you to try and do yourself in... and

when you think about it, son... maybe it

was our fault too in a way... your home's

your home when it's all said and done,

 30 son.

Em sobs.

INT. HOSPITAL

Psychiatrist wheels trolley to Alex's bed. He is sitting up.

ALEX

Good morning, Missus.

DR. TAYLOR

How are you feeling today?

ALEX

Fine. Fine.

DR. TAYLOR

1st December Good. I'm doctor Taylor.

ALEX

I haven't seen you before.

DR. TAYLOR

I'm your Psychiatrist.

ALEX

Psychiatrist? Huh, do I need one?

 

A Clockwork October

This is a supporting article for the work underway at The Hermetic Lessons blog. 

October begins with Alex in the midst of his unpleasant encounter with his former Droogs. Fleeing from his near drowning, he finds himself back at the Alexander home and he will spend the rest of the month at the scene of an earlier crime. Part 7 of Julli Kearns shot-by-shot analysis takes you through the action, find the date syncs for October within the script below. 

Bath torture scene 1-2 October

Alexander home exterior3-4 October

Alexander interior 5-31st October

Day by day synchronisation

DIM

This is to make sure you stay cured.

Georgie hits Alex in the stomach with his blackjack. Then, they

push his head under the water and methodically start to beat him

1with their blackjacks.

2 After a full minute of this, they drag him out, halt-drowned,

DIM

(laughing)

Be viddying you some more, some time Alex.

 EXT. "HOME" – NIGHT – HEAVY RAIN

Alex stumbles up the road to the entrance gate.

ALEX (V.O.)

Where was I to go, who had no home and no

money. I cried for meself, 3 Home, Home,

Home. It was Home I was wanting and it was

Home I came to, brothers, not realising in

the state I was in,4  where I was and had

been before.

Alex stumbles and crawls to the door.5 

INT. "HOME" – NIGHT

Mr. Alexander at his typewriter. 6

Julian a 6'4" – heavyweight weight-lifter lies across an exercise

bench working with bar-bells.

The door bell rings.

MR. ALEXANDER

Who on earth could that be?

JULIAN

7 I'll see who it is.

He goes to the door.

JULIAN

Yes, what is it?

No reply. He opens the door. Alex falls into the hall.

ALEX

(barely audible)

Help. Help me... Help me... Police.8

Julian picks him up like a child and carries him into the living

room.

9 INT. "HOME" – LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

ALEX (V.O.)

And would you believe it, O my brothers

and only friends, there was your faithful

Narrator being held helpless,10 like a babe

in arms, and suddenly realising where I

was and why HOME on the gate had looked so

familiar. But I knew I was safe. I knew he

would not rememeber me for, in those

carefree days, I and my so-called droogs

wore our maskies which were like real

11 horrorshow disguises.

JULIAN

 Frank, I think this young man needs help.

MR. ALEXANDER

Dear, dear, dear. Whatever happened to

you, my boy?

Mr. Alexander, now confined to a wheelchair, pushes himself away

from his desk, and rolls up to Julian. The water drips off Alex's

clothes. They look at each other.

ALEX

The police... The horrible ghastly Police.

They beat me up, sir. The Police beat me

up, sir.

Mr. Alexander stares at him. It becomes aparent he is insane.

MR. ALEXANDER

12 I know who you are! Isn't it your picture

in the newspapers? Didn't I see you this

morning on the video? Are you not the poor

victim of this horrible new technique?

ALEX

Yes, sir, that's exactly who I am, sir...

and what I am... a victim, sir.

Mr. Alexander becomes frenzied as the speech progresses.

MR. ALEXANDER

Then, by God, you have been sent here by

providence. Tortured in prison, then

thrown out to be tortured by the Police.

13 My heart goes out to you, poor, poor boy.

Oh, you are not the first to come here in

distress. The Police are fond of bringing

their victims to the outskirts of this

village. But it is providential that you,

who are also another kind of victim,

should come here. But you're cold and

shivering. Julian, 14 draw a bath for this

young man.

JULIAN

Certainly, Frank.

He carries Alex off.

ALEX

Thank you very much, sir. 15 God bless you,

sir.

Alexander bites his hand.

INT. "HOME" – BATHROOM

Alex soaks, eyes closed, in a hot tub.16

After a while he begins softly singing to himself: "Singin' in the

Rain".  INT. "HOME" – LIVING ROOM – DAY

Mr. Alexander is hunched over the phone, talking in hoarse

whipsers. The door to the bathroom is right behind him. While he

speaks Mr. Alexander throws nervous glances over his shoulder.

MR. ALEXANDER

I tell you, sir, they have turned this

young man into something other than a

human being. He has no power of choice any

more. He's committed to socially

acceptable acts, a little machine capable

only of good... He can be the most potent

weapon imaginable to ensure that the

Government is not returned at the 17  next

election. The Government's great boast, as

you know sir, is the way they have dealt

with crime in the last few months.

Recruiting brutal young roughs into the

police, proposing debilitation and willsapping techniques of conditioning. Oh,

we've seen it all before in other

countries The thin end of the wedge.

Before we know where we are we shall have

the full apparatus of totalitarianism.

18 This young boy is a living witness to

these diabolical proposals. The people –

the common people – must know... must see!

There are rare traditions of liberty to

defend. The tradition of liberty means

all. The common people will let it go! Oh,

yes – they will sell liberty for a quieter

life. That is why they must be 19 led, sir,

driven... pushed!!! Thank you very much,

sir. He'll be here.

Trembling with excitement and madness, Mr. Alexander hangs up the

phone. His eyes, shiny with anticipation. Then, suddenly, he

becomes aware of Alex's voice coming from the other side of the

door.

INT. "HOME" – BATHROOM

20 Alex in bath, singing.

ALEX

I'm singing in the rain,

21Just singing in the rain...

MR. ALEXANDER

22 His face horribly distorted in a Homeric rage.

INT. "HOME" – NIGHT

Alex, alone, in complete silence. Eating a large plate of

spaghetti.23 The giant, Julian, appears, carrying Mr. Alexander in

his wheelchair. He deposits him at the table.

ALEX

Good evening, sir.

MR. ALEXANDER

(very weird)

Good evening.

ALEX

It was very kind of you to leave this out

for me, sir. There was no-one around when

I finished my bath, so I started. 24 I hope

that's alright, sir.

MR. ALEXANDER

(too loud – voice out

of control)

25 Of course. Food alright?26

ALEX

Great, sir. Great.

MR. ALEXANDER

Try the wine!

ALEX

Thank you very much, sir. Cheers

Suddenly the thought occurs to Alex that the wine may be drugged

27or poisoned.

ALEX

Won't you join me, sir?

MR. ALEXANDER

No, my health doesn't allow it.

ALEX

(to Julian)

And you, sir?

JULIAN

No thank you.

Alex, stalling for time, reaches for bottle and reads the label.

ALEX

28 1960, Chateau, Saint Estephe, Medoc, very

good brand, sir.

He doesn't get a penny's change for his remarks from Alexander and

Julian.

He holds the glass up to the light.

ALEX

29 Very good colour, sir. Smells mice,

too.Very good number, sir. Very good.

Here's to it. 30

He downs the glass.

ALEX

Very refreshing, sir, very refreshing.

MR. ALEXANDER

(very arch)

I'm so pleased you appreciate good wine.

Have another glass! 31

ALEX

Thank you, sir.

MR. ALEXANDER

My wife...

Alex freezes.

MR. ALEXANDER

... used to do everything for me and leave

me to my writing.

ALEX

Your wife, sir? Has she gone away?

MR. ALEXANDER

No. 1st November She's dead!

ALEX

I'm sorry to hear about that, sir.

A Clockwork September

This is a supporting article for the work underway at The Hermetic Lessons blog. 

September finds a newly released Alex finding out that  his life on the outside will be very different than his old existence. We begin in the Linear North apartment where a lodger has moved into Alex's room leaving him homeless. Outside he finds those who he previously preyed upon now have the upper hand as he becomes the victim of the old ultra violence, initially ineffectually dished out by the drunkies, before his former droogs deliver a more professional beating in their new role as police officers.  

Follow Julli Kearns shot-by-shot analysis of this month's action here. She has some interesting ideas about anti-christ references. Find the scene changes in the summary and track the month's ACO action via the bolded sync numbers within the screenplay excerpt below it. 

September Summary

1st - 15th - Alex's apartment at 18 Linear North

16th - 25th - Riverside scene

26th - 30th - The Droog Reunion

September Day by Day sync

 PEE

Aye, that's Joe. He... ummmm, lives here

now. The lodger. That's what he is...

he... he rents your room.1

Alex confronts Joe.

ALEX

How do you do, Joe? Find the room

comfortable, do you? No complaints?

JOE

I've heard about you. I know what you've

done. 2 Breaking the hearts of your poor

grieving parents. So you're back? You're

back to make a life of misery for your

lovely parents, is that it? Well, over my

dead corpse you will, because you see,

they've let me be more like a son to them

than like a lodger.

Alex cocks his fist and starts to retch violently, almost at the

same moment Joe drops back on the couch next to Em.

EM

Joe! Joe! 3 Don't fight here boys!

Alex burps and retches.

JOE

Oh, please. Do put your hand over your

mouth, it's bloody revolting.

Alex violently ill.

PEE

Well, what's the matter lad, are you

feeling alright?

EM

Dad... It's the treatment.

More retching.

JOE

4 Well, it's disgusting. It puts you off

your food.

EM

Leave him be, Joe. It's the treatment.

PEE

D'you think we should do something?

EM

Would you like me to make you a nice cup

of tea, son? 5

ALEX

No thanks, Mum. It'll pass in a minute...

(after a pause)

... What have you done with all my own

personal things?

PEE

Well. That was all took away, son, by the

Police. New regulation about compensation

for the victim.6

ALEX

What about Basil? Where's my snake?

PEE

Oh well, he met with like an accident. 7 He

passed away.

Alex becomes a bit weepy.

ALEX

What's gonna happen to me then? I mean

that's my room he's in – there's no

denying that. 8 This is my home also. What

suggestions have you, my Pee and Em, to

make?

PEE

Well, all this needs thinking about, son.

I mean we can't very well just kick Joe

out... Not just 9 like that, can we? I mean

Joe is here doing a job. A contract it is,

two years. Well, we made like an

arrangement, didn't we Joe? You see, son,

Joe's paid next month's rent 10 already so,

well, whatever we do in the future, we

cant just say to Joe to get out, now can

we?

JOE

No, there's much more than that, though. I

mean I've got you two to think of. I mean

you're more like a mother and father to

me. Well, it wouldn't be fair now, would

it, for me to go off and leave you two to

the tender mercies of this young monster

who's been like no real son at all. 11 Look,

let him go off and find a room somewhere.

Let him learn the errors of his way, and

that a bad boy like he's been don't

deserve such a good mum and dad as he's

had.12

ALEX

Alright. I see how things are now. I've

suffered and I've suffered, and I've

suffered and everybody wants me to go on

suffering.

JOE

You've made others suffer. 13 It's only fair

that you should suffer proper. You know

I've been told everything you've done,

sitting here at night round the family

table, pretty shocking it was to listen

to. It made me real sick, a lot of it did.

Now look what you've gone and done to your

mother. 14

Em bursts into tears.

ALEX

So that's the way it is then, eh? That's

the way it is. Right, I'm leaving now, you

won't ever viddy me no more. I'll make my

own way. 15 Thank you very much. Let it lie

heavy on your consciences.

Alex exits.

PEE

(shouting after him)

Now don't take it like that son.

Em boohoohoos, Joe comforts her.

EXT. AMBANKMENT – DAY

16 Alex walks along the Thames embankment still holding his paper17

parcel.

18 Tramp enters. The same man beaten by Alex and his gang earlier in

the film.

TRAMP

Can you spare me some cutter, me brother?

Can you spare some cutter, me brother? 19

Alex, without looking at him, reaches in his pocket and gives him

some money.

TRAMP

Oh, thankyou, your honour.20

The Tramp takes a second look at Alex.

TRAMP

Jamey Mack! Be the hokey fly! Holy Mother

of God! All the Holy Angels and blessed

saints in Heaven preserve us.21

Alex breaks away but the Tramp toddles alongside him.

TRAMP

I never forget a face! I never forget any

face, be God!

ALEX

Leave me alone, brother. I've never seen

you before.

Tramp shouts to other Meths drinkers and Tramps.

TRAMP

This is the poisonous young swine that

near done me in. Him and his friends beat

me and kicked me and thumped me.

Alex breaks away again.

TRAMP

Stop him! Stop him!

A leg is stuck out and Alex goes down. The tramp swarm all over

him.

TRAMP

They laughed at me blood and me moans.

This murderous young pig is a prize

specimen of the cowardly brutal young. He

is in our midst and at our mercy. Give it

to him. That's it.

Old Tramps begin to beat at Alex.

ALEX (V.O.)

22 Then there was like a sea of dirty, smelly

old men trying to get at your humble

Narrator, with their feeble rookers and

horny old claws. It was Old Age having a

go at Youth and I daren't do a single

solitary thing, O my brothers, it being

better to be hit at like that, than want

to be sick and feel that horrible pain.

The Tramp crowd round Alex, shouting.

TRAMPS

Young hooligan... Vagabound... Kill him...

Villain... Toad... Bastard... Kick his

teeth in... Near killed poor old Jack, he

did.

Police move in and push off crowd.

FIRST POLICEMAN

23 Alright, stop it now.

SECOND POLICEMAN

Alright, stop it now. Alright! Come on.

Stop breaking the State peace. You naughty

boys. Alright, that's enough.

Alex looks up.

ALEX

Oh, no.

DIM

Well, well, well, 24 well, well, well, well,

if it isn't little Alex. Long time no

viddy, droog. How goes? Surprised are you?

ALEX

Impossible... I don't believe it.

GEORGIE

Evidence of the old glazzies. Nothing up

our sleeves. No magic, little Alex? A job

for two, who are now of job age. 25 The

police.

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD – DAY

Police Landrover drives up.

Alex is pulled out by Georgie and Dim and hustled up a deserted

lane.

DIM

Come on, Alex. Come for walkies.26

Hahahahaha.

ALEX

Come, come, my little droogies. I just

don't get this at all. The old days are

dead and gone. For what I did in the past

I've been punished.

DIM

Been punished, yeah?

ALEX

I've been cured. 27

DIM

Been cured, yeah, that was read out to us.

The Inspector read all that out to us. He

said it was a very good way.

ALEX

I just don't get this all. It was them

that went for me, brothers. You're not on

their side and can't be. You can't be Dim.

It was someone we fillied with back in the

old days... Trying to get his own malenky

bit of revenge after all this time. You

remember, Dim? 28

DIM

Long time, is right. I don't remember them

days too horrorshow. Don't call me Dim no

more, either. Officer, call me.

GEORGIE

Enough is remembered though, little Alex.

Dim and Georgie laugh.

29 They drag Alex to a low water through.

DIM

This is to make sure you stay cured.

Georgie hits Alex in the stomach with his blackjack. 30 Then, they

push his head under the water and methodically start to beat him

with their blackjacks.

After a full minute of this, they drag him out, halt-drowned,

DIM

(laughing)

Be viddying you some more, some time Alex.

EXT. "HOME" – NIGHT – HEAVY RAIN