Today's Stichomancy for Charisma Carpenter

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

Psalms 106: 24 Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;

Psalms 106: 25 And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

Psalms 106: 26 Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

Psalms 106: 27 And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

Psalms 106: 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Psalms 106: 29 Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

Psalms 106: 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

Psalms 106: 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.

Psalms 106: 32 They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;

Psalms 106: 33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalms 106: 34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;

The Tanach

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry:

grocery of his own some day."

"He will," says I.

"There was lots of women at the wedding," says Mack, smoking up. "But I didn't seem to get any ideas from 'em. I wish I was informed in the structure of their attainments like you said you was."

"That was two months ago," says I, reaching up for the banjo.

III

TELEMACHUS, FRIEND

Returning from a hunting trip, I waited at the little town of Los Pinos, in New Mexico, for the south-bound train, which was one hour late. I sat on the porch of the Summit House and discussed the

Heart of the West

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

quickly averted eyes; but he became suddenly aware of the pressure of her delicate body against his, as he had not been before. Now he kept his eyes upon her face as he walked, and a new emotion filled his breast. He did not understand it, but it was very pleasant, and he knew that it was because of the radiant thing that he carried in his arms.

The scream that had startled von Horn and Professor Maxon led them along the trail toward the east coast of the island, and about halfway of the distance they stumbled upon the dazed and bloody Sing just as he was

The Monster Men

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 Chita: A Memory of Last Island by Lafcadio Hearn:

flapping around the mast;--sea-birds sped hurtling by, their white bosoms rose-flushed by the western glow ... Again Sparicio's little furnace was at work,--more fish, more macaroni, more black coffee; also a square-shouldered bottle of gin made its appearance. Julien ate less sparingly at this second meal; and smoked a long time on deck with Sparicio, who suddenly became very good-humored, and chatted volubly in bad Spanish, and in much worse English. Then while the boy took a few hours' sleep, the Doctor helped delightedly in maneuvering the little vessel. He had been a good yachtsman in other years; and Sparicio declared he would make a good fisherman. By midnight the San