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:

against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

JDG 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

JDG 11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

JDG 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

JDG 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me

King James Bible

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible:

EZE 45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

EZE 45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

EZE 45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they

King James Bible

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:

belly prepareth deceit.

JOB 16:1 Then Job answered and said,

JOB 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

JOB 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

JOB 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

JOB 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

JOB 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I

King James Bible

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:

naked in that day, saith the LORD.

AMO 3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

AMO 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

AMO 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

AMO 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

AMO 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at

King James Bible