Today's Bibliomancy for Rudi Bakhtiar

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:

giveth life unto the world.

JOH 6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

JOH 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

JOH 6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

JOH 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

JOH 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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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:

And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

GEN 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

GEN 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

GEN 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

GEN 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

GEN 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will

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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:

round about.

LEV 8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

LEV 8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

LEV 8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

LEV 8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand,

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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:

PSA 101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

PSA 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

PSA 102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

PSA 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

PSA 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

PSA 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

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