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:

and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

MAR 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

MAR 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

MAR 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

MAR 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

MAR 5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him

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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:

all nations.

PSA 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

PSA 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

PSA 67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

PSA 67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

PSA 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear 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:

city. And he went in in my sight.

EZE 10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

EZE 10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.

EZE 10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

EZE 10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

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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:

LAM 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

LAM 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

LAM 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

LAM 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

LAM 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

LAM 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have

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