Today's Stichomancy for Christopher Lee

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum:

cool when the sun goes down. Winter is now upon us."

"Why, it isn't cold a bit, outside," said Trot, "so it can't be winter yet."

"You will change your mind about that in a little while," declared the Bumpy Man. "My bumps always tell me the state of the weather, and they feel just now as if a snowstorm was coming this way. But make yourselves at home, strangers. Supper is nearly ready and there is food enough for all."

Inside the house there was but one large room, simply but comfortably furnished. It had benches, a table and a

The Scarecrow of Oz

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis:

barber, too?"

"No but---- No use running this democracy thing into the ground. Besides, I've known Nat for years, and besides, he's a mighty good shot and---- That's the way it is, see? Next to Nat is Chet Dashaway. Great fellow for chinning. He'll talk your arm off, about religion or politics or books or anything."

Carol gazed with a polite approximation to interest at Mr. Dashaway, a tan person with a wide mouth. "Oh, I know! He's the furniture-store man!" She was much pleased with herself.

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Tanach:

Proverbs 26: 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.

Proverbs 26: 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife not his own, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26: 18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;

Proverbs 26: 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith: 'Am not I in sport?'

Proverbs 26: 20 Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Proverbs 26: 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 26: 22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 26: 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Proverbs 26: 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him.

Proverbs 26: 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 26: 26 Though his hatred be concealed with deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before the congregation.

The Tanach

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 A Drama on the Seashore by Honore de Balzac:

applied symmetrically. "I asked a peasant-woman who was busy sticking them on, why it was done; she answered that she was making fuel. Could you have imagined that when those patches of dung have dried, human beings would collect them, store them, and use them for fuel? During the winter, they are even sold as peat is sold. And what do you suppose the best dressmaker in the place can earn?--five sous a day!" adding, after a pause, "and her food."

"But see," I said, "how the winds from the sea bend or destroy everything. There are no trees. Fragments of wreckage or old vessels that are broken up are sold to those who can afford to buy; for costs of transportation are too heavy to allow them to use the firewood with