Today's Bibliomancy for Kurt Vonnegut

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:

ZEC 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

ZEC 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

ZEC 3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

ZEC 3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,

ZEC 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and

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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:

PSA 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

PSA 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

PSA 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

PSA 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

PSA 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

PSA 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

PSA 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve

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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:

ACT 14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

ACT 14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

ACT 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

ACT 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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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:

heavier than them both.

PRO 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

PRO 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

PRO 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

PRO 27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

PRO 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

PRO 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness

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