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How can a closure refer to itself?

Suppose I have a garden-type closure, like this bare bone pattern:

(let ((alpha 0) #| etc. |# )
  (lambda ()
    (incf alpha)
    #| more code here |#
    alpha))

Suppose I have an (funcall)instance of this closure three times, and in the middle of the third execution I want to save this closure somewhere (in a hash table, say). Then I have not (funcall)this instance for a while. Then I again retrieve this instance from the hash table and (funcall), getting the return value of 4.

How does a function in a closure refer to itself, so it can save itself in this hash table?

EDIT 1: Here is a more detailed example. I achieve the goal by passing the closure to myself as a parameter. But I would like the closure to do all this without self-parameterization.

 1 (defparameter *listeriosis* nil)
 2 (defparameter *a*
 3   (lambda ()
 4     (let ((count 0))
 5       (lambda (param1 param2 param3 self)
 6         (incf count)
 7         (when (= 3 count)
 8           (push self *listeriosis*)
 9           (push self *listeriosis*)
10           (push self *listeriosis*))
11         count))))
12 (let ((bee (funcall *a*)))
13   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 bee)) (terpri)
14   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 bee)) (terpri)
15   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 bee)) (terpri)
16   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 bee)) (terpri)
17   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 bee)) (terpri))
18 (princ "///") (terpri)
19 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3 nil)) (terpri)
20 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3 nil)) (terpri)
21 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3 nil)) (terpri)
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///
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EDIT 2: , , , , (funcall), , .

3: - , , . , . , , , 1, 1 1 6, 7 8?

 1 (defparameter *listeriosis* nil)
 2 (defun Y (f) 
 3   ((lambda (x) (funcall x x)) 
 4    (lambda (y) 
 5      (funcall f (lambda (&rest args) 
 6                (apply (funcall y y) args))))))
 7 (defparameter *a*
 8   (lambda (self)
 9     (let ((count 0))
10       (lambda (param1 param2 param3)
11         (incf count)
12         (when (= 3 count)
13           (push self *listeriosis*)
14           (push self *listeriosis*)
15           (push self *listeriosis*))
16         count))))
17 (let ((bee (Y *a*)))
18   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 #| bee |# )) (terpri)
19   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 #| bee |# )) (terpri)
20   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 #| bee |# )) (terpri)
21   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 #| bee |# )) (terpri)
22   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3 #| bee |# )) (terpri))
23 (princ "///") (terpri)
24 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
25 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
26 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
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///
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EDIT 4: Jon O . :

 1 (defparameter *listeriosis* nil)
 2 (defparameter *a*
 3   (lambda ()
 4     (let ((count 0))
 5       (labels ((self (param1 param2 param3)
 6                  (incf count)
 7                  (when (= 3 count)
 8                    (push (function self) *listeriosis*)
 9                    (push (function self) *listeriosis*)
10                    (push (function self) *listeriosis*))
11                  count))
12         (function self)))))
13 (let ((bee (funcall *a*)))
14   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
15   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
16   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
17   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
18   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri))
19 (princ "///") (terpri)
20 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
21 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
22 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
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///
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EDIT 5: Miron :

 1 (defmacro alambda (parms &body body)
 2   `(labels ((self ,parms ,@body))
 3     #'self))
 4 ;
 5 (defparameter *listeriosis* nil)
 6 (defparameter *a*
 7   (lambda ()
 8     (let ((count 0))
 9       (alambda (param1 param2 param3)
10         (incf count)
11         (when (= 3 count)
12           (push #'self *listeriosis*)
13           (push #'self *listeriosis*)
14           (push #'self *listeriosis*))
15         count))))
16 ;
17 (let ((bee (funcall *a*)))
18   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
19   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
20   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
21   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri)
22   (princ (funcall bee 1 2 3)) (terpri))
23 (princ "///") (terpri)
24 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
25 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
26 (princ (funcall (pop *listeriosis*) 1 2 3)) (terpri)
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alambda ( On Lisp)?

;; Graham alambda
(defmacro alambda (parms &body body)
  `(labels ((self ,parms ,@body))
     #'self))
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, Y combinator , ; labels . HyperSpec:

"labels flet, , , .

, , f :

(defun make-counter (n)
   (labels ((f () (values (incf n) (function f))))
     (function f)))

, : . :

CL-USER> (setq g (make-counter 5))
#<FUNCTION F NIL (BLOCK F (VALUES (INCF N) #'F))>
CL-USER> (multiple-value-bind (n q) (funcall g) (list n (funcall q)))
(6 7)

, , .

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