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