Today's Bibliomancy for Nellie McKay

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:

loveth his wife loveth himself.

EPH 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

EPH 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

EPH 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

EPH 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

EPH 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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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:

word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

KI1 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

KI1 13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

KI1 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

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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:

cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

MAR 10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

MAR 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.

MAR 10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

MAR 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

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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:

graven images, and with strange vanities?

JER 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

JER 8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

JER 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

JER 9:1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

JER 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring

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