Today's Stichomancy for Jet Li

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle:

single word in her behalf."

"Nay," said Gascoyne, "I would not trouble me on that score. Methinks that thou didst come off wondrous well out of the business. I would not have thought it possible that my Lord could ha' been so patient with thee as he showed himself. Methinks, forsooth, he must hold thee privily in right high esteem."

"Truly," said Myles, after a little pause of meditative silence, "I know not of any esteem, yet I do think he was passing patient with me in this matter. But ne'theless, Francis, that changeth not my stand in the case. Yea, I did shamefully, so to resign my lady without speaking one word; nor will I so resign her even

Men of Iron

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius:

The soil in twain by pressing on the plough. . . . . . . Unless, by the ploughshare turning the fruitful clods And kneading the mould, we quicken into birth, [The crops] spontaneously could not come up Into the free bright air. Even then sometimes, When things acquired by the sternest toil Are now in leaf, are now in blossom all, Either the skiey sun with baneful heats Parches, or sudden rains or chilling rime Destroys, or flaws of winds with furious whirl

Of The Nature of Things

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Man against the Sky by Edwin Arlington Robinson:

And would be neither good nor bad.

And, having followed, you would find him Where properly the play begins; But look for no red light behind him -- No fumes of many-colored sins, Fanned high by screaming violins. God knows what good it was to blind him, Or whether man or woman wins.

And by the same eternal token, Who knows just how it will all end? -- This drama of hard words unspoken,

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:

remember the name of the LORD our God.

PSA 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

PSA 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

PSA 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

PSA 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

PSA 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

PSA 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of

King James Bible