![]() Under the influence of the sacramental soma, the ceremony dissolves into an "orgy-porgy" of sex.īut while the others find the "calm ecstasy of achieved consummation," Bernard feels only more isolated in his "separateness" - "much more alone, indeed, more hopelessly himself than he had ever been in his life before." There he participates - without really believing - in a kind of religious service that includes such rituals as the sign of the T, blessed soma, and solidarity hymns. ![]() The second half of the chapter follows Bernard as he flies past the chiming Big Henry - the Fordian version of Big Ben - to the Fordson Community Singery. Despite the soma they consume, Lenina remembers her contraception in preparation for a night of pneumatic sex. They fly to Westminster Abbey Cabaret, where they dance the evening away to the Malthusian Blues. ![]() As they discuss death and "phosphorus recovery" - "we can go on being socially useful even after we're dead" - Lenina reveals her class prejudices, especially against Epsilons. They pass over Burnham Beeches - a satirical allusion to Shakespeare - and then the Slough Crematorium. ![]() This chapter opens with Lenina and Henry taking off in their helicopter when the Obstacle Golf Course closes. ![]()
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