Today's Stichomancy for L. Ron Hubbard

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare:

Mallice domestique, forraine Leuie, nothing, Can touch him further

Lady. Come on: Gentle my Lord, sleeke o're your rugged Lookes, Be bright and Iouiall among your Guests to Night

Macb. So shall I Loue, and so I pray be you: Let your remembrance apply to Banquo, Present him Eminence, both with Eye and Tongue: Vnsafe the while, that wee must laue Our Honors in these flattering streames, And make our Faces Vizards to our Hearts,

Macbeth

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft:

of the Great Race. Such was the fixed mood of horror that the very aspect of the creatures was left unmentioned. At no time was I able to gain a clear hint of what they looked like. There were veiled suggestions of a monstrous plasticity, and of temporary lapses of visibility, while other fragmentary whispers referred to their control and military use of great winds. Singular whistling noises, and colossal footprints made up of five circular toe marks, seemed also to be associated with them. It was evident that the coming doom so desperately feared by the Great Race - the

Shadow out of Time

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

1_Chronicles 6: 1 (5:27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1_Chronicles 6: 2 (5:28) And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1_Chronicles 6: 3 (5:29) And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

1_Chronicles 6: 4 (5:30) Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua;

1_Chronicles 6: 5 (5:31) and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;

1_Chronicles 6: 6 (5:32) and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

1_Chronicles 6: 7 (5:33) Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

1_Chronicles 6: 8 (5:34) and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;

1_Chronicles 6: 9 (5:35) and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;

1_Chronicles 6: 10 (5:36) and Johanan begot Azariah--he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem--

1_Chronicles 6: 11 (5:37) and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

The Tanach

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 The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll:

THE BELLMAN'S SPEECH

The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies-- Such a carriage, such ease and such grace! Such solemnity, too! One could see he was wise, The moment one looked in his face!

He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand.

"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?"

The Hunting of the Snark