Today's Stichomancy for Lenny Kravitz

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry:

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that

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

Proverbs 9: 9 Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9: 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

Proverbs 9: 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 9: 12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

Proverbs 9: 13 The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9: 14 And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9: 15 To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9: 16 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

Proverbs 9: 17 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'

Proverbs 9: 18 But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.

Proverbs 10: 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

The Tanach

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence:

'I? Oh yes! Neither my mind nor my will is crippled, and I don't rule with my legs. I can do my share of ruling: absolutely, my share; and give me a son, and he will be able to rule his portion after me.'

'But he wouldn't be your own son, of your own ruling class; or perhaps not,' she stammered.

'I don't care who his father may be, so long as he is a healthy man not below normal intelligence. Give me the child of any healthy, normally intelligent man, and I will make a perfectly competent Chatterley of him. It is not who begets us, that matters, but where fate places us. Place any child among the ruling classes, and he will grow up, to his own extent, a ruler. Put kings' and dukes' children among the masses,

Lady Chatterley's Lover

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 Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber:

She smiled ever so faintly.

"I've been a ramrod so long it's going to be hard to learn to be a clinging vine. I've been my own support for so many years, I don't use a trellis very gracefully--yet. But I think I'll get the hang of it very soon."

She turned toward the door, crossed to her own office, looked all about at the orderly, ship- shape room that reflected her personality--as did any room she occupied.

"Just the same," she called out, over her shoulder, to Buck in the doorway, "I hate like fury to see that order slide."

In hat and coat and furs she stood a moment, her fingers on the

Emma McChesney & Co.