Today's Bibliomancy for Colin Powell

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:

drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

MAR 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

MAR 10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

MAR 10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

MAR 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise

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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:

LUK 9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

LUK 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

LUK 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

LUK 9:52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

LUK 9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

LUK 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,

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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:

you from my childhood unto this day.

SA1 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

SA1 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

SA1 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

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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:

thereof.

NUM 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

NUM 4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

NUM 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

NUM 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and

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