Today's Stichomancy for Brittany Murphy

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Oscar Wilde Miscellaneous by Oscar Wilde:

him. Many people saw it worshipping him.

FIRST MAN. I have talked with people who saw it.

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SECOND MAN. Some say he was a hewer of wood and worked for hire. But that may not be true.

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MYRRHINA. What gods then do ye worship? Or do ye worship any gods? There are those who have no gods to worship. The philosophers who wear long beards and brown cloaks have no gods to worship. They wrangle with each other in the porticoes. The [ ] laugh at them.

FIRST MAN. We worship seven gods. We may not tell their names. It

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Helen of Troy And Other Poems by Sara Teasdale:

Snow Song

Fairy snow, fairy snow, Blowing, blowing everywhere, Would that I Too, could fly Lightly, lightly through the air.

Like a wee, crystal star I should drift, I should blow Near, more near, To my dear Where he comes through the snow.

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

misrule like Thessaly he may be welcomed at first, and the unseemly narrative of his escape will be regarded by the inhabitants as an amusing tale. But if he offends them he will have to learn another sort of lesson. Will he continue to give lectures in virtue? That would hardly be decent. And how will his children be the gainers if he takes them into Thessaly, and deprives them of Athenian citizenship? Or if he leaves them behind, does he expect that they will be better taken care of by his friends because he is in Thessaly? Will not true friends care for them equally whether he is alive or dead?

Finally, they exhort him to think of justice first, and of life and children afterwards. He may now depart in peace and innocence, a sufferer

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 Tanach:

Proverbs 30: 5 Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.

Proverbs 30: 6 Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Proverbs 30: 7 Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:

Proverbs 30: 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;

Proverbs 30: 9 Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.

Proverbs 30: 10 Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Proverbs 30: 11 There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30: 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 30: 13 There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Proverbs 30: 14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30: 15 The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough':

The Tanach