Jocasta walks the perimeter of Bohemian Grove, encounters a private security guard, talks to the Earth-Spirit, and gets a bead on Governor Reagan.

“Fools! When will ye learn that me ye cannot slay? Year after year ye burn me in this Grove.... But when again ye turn your feet toward the marketplace, am I not waiting for you, as of old?” (work in progress)

Mitch gets an invite to the set of The Star-Rover and meets a fellow Illuminated.

Marshall wanders the Grove and senses a meme from the old pre-Earthquake Bohemian Club.

Archie gets the glad hand from Fred Merrill, voice of the Owls.

URIEL prepares to infiltrate Bohemian Grove. (work in progress)

Roger has a chat with Houdini and begins to plot with him the greatest escape of all.

“Question on his mind is, how accurate is his latest model for understanding the universe? History as palimpsest, Ontoclysms all the way down, the Red Kings themselves the product of retrocreation. All history built to after-the-fact justify the Owls' reign.”

Jocasta coat-drags for Alpha Leonis at her bookshop and has a tense (in more ways than one) chat with Mystic Kate.

Marshall prepares for his and Archie’s visit to Bohemian Grove by pondering Governor Reagan, serendipitously meeting with a fellow psychopharmacologist, and testing his tek in Union Square.

Intermission Nine live session (work in progress)

Three news articles showing the aftermath of Nixon’s resignation and of URIEL’s work in the political/pop culture spheres.

In an attempt to jog her memory about her acid-tinged encounter with the businessman who intercepted her drop to the SLA, Jo heads back to the City to recollect his face and make a sketch.

Sophie brings news from the Rosebud Reservation on a recent federal incursion and a purported resurrection of the Ghost Dance.

Pat Price visits Mitch on Mount Shasta and the two Seers end up Seeing quite a bit in fact.