Today's Bibliomancy for Nick Cave

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible:

it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

ACT 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

ACT 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

ACT 5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

ACT 5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

ACT 5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife,

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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible:

LUK 1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

LUK 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

LUK 1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

LUK 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

LUK 1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this?

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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible:

they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

HOS 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

HOS 10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

HOS 10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

HOS 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up

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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible:

gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

CH2 9:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

CH2 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

CH2 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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