Like Minds

The Cathars, Knights of Templar, Gesalt's principles, Nigel claims Alex has delusions of grandeur when initially it is just Nigel. Alex makes it clear from the beginning that Nigel's death was a necessary means to an end but also pleads guilty. How can both be true? Alex's plea of innocence comes from a genuine place as he believes his consciousness is altered by external forces (Nigel is in his mind) but still he is partly responsible (thus why the psychologist calls him "evil" at the end) and shows sociopathic tendencies similar to Nigel except it's justified (scenes shown through his perspective as he owns both his headmaster father and history teacher) in his view (god complex). Train symbolizes hell according to the director, Nigel claims Josh is in a better place when he enters it (also tied to Cathar's belief in returning from the material to the spiritual realim), and Alex and Nigel are both "on it" because their lack of human empathy is a sin. Still, they're both mutually obsessed with each other and interested in defying authority thus why Alex agrees to a lot of Nigel's plans even if he acts hesitant. This intense, unspoken connection between Alex and Nigel is what causes Alex to carry out the "fulfillment" of a lot of the Templar stories. At the end of the film, Alex takes Nigel's place as the pike and searches for a "Jack". Alex and Nigel's relationship borders between spiritual and material. So is Alex guilty or not? Is Nigel controlling him or is he doing some of this of his own free will? Well even without Nigel, Alex has these delusions of grandeur -even though he walks free his hands remain stained with blood,