Today's Stichomancy for John Lennon

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

editor.' Some special detail or other." For the first time since the previous evening Condy felt his spirits rise as he set off toward the Washington Street hill. But though he and Blix spent as merry an evening as they remembered in a long time, his nameless, formless irritation returned upon him almost as soon as he had bidden her good-night. It stayed with him all through the week, and told upon his work. As a result, three of his articles were thrown out by the editor. "We can't run such rot as that in the paper," the chief had said.

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

roi de Cappadoce ment toujours, mais ce n'est pas un vrai roi. C'est un lache. Aussi il me doit de l'argent qu'il ne veut pas payer. Il a meme insulte mes ambassadeurs. Il a dit des choses tres blessantes. Mais Cesar le crucifiera quand il viendra e Rome. Je suis sur que Cesar le crucifiera. Sinon il mourra mange des vers. Le prophete l'a predit. Eh bien! Salome, qu'attendez-vous?

SALOME. J'attends que mes esclaves m'apportent des parfums et les sept voiles et m'otent mes sandales.

[Les esclaves apportent des parfums et les sept voiles et otent les sandales de Salome.]

HERODE. Ah! vous allez danser pieds nus! C'est bien! C'est bien!

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum:

"You'll need some companion, Ozma."

The Princess smiled upon her little friend.

"I see no reason why you should not accompany me," was her reply. "Two girls are not very warlike and they will not suspect us of being on any errand but a kindly and peaceful one. But, in order to prevent war and strife between these angry peoples, we must go to them at once. Let us return immediately to the Emerald City and prepare to start on our journey early tomorrow morning."

Glinda was not quite satisfied with this plan, but

Glinda of Oz

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 Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

they would direct me to the cliffs; perhaps they would accompany me and take us back with them to their abodes--to the abodes of men and women like ourselves. My hopes and my imagination ran riot in the few yards I had to cover to reach that lonely grave and stoop that I might read the rude characters scratched upon the simple headstone. This is what I read:

HERE LIES JOHN TIPPET ENGLISHMAN KILLED BY TYRANNOSAURUS 10 SEPT., A.D. 1916 R. I. P.

Tippet! It seemed incredible. Tippet lying here in this gloomy wood! Tippet dead! He had been a good man, but the personal loss was not what affected me. It was the fact that this silent grave gave

The Land that Time Forgot