Today's Stichomancy for Kelsey Grammer

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

Proverbs 20: 30 Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.

Proverbs 21: 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever He will.

Proverbs 21: 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the hearts.

Proverbs 21: 3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21: 4 A haughty look, and a proud heart--the tillage of the wicked is sin.

Proverbs 21: 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Proverbs 21: 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

Proverbs 21: 7 The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

Proverbs 21: 8 The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.

Proverbs 21: 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 21: 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil; his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

The Tanach

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac:

the other side of the moat of the town.

"It is the Plessis guard on their rounds," said the sister.

"Give me the key of the apprentice's room," said Cornelius.

The old woman made a gesture as if to take the lamp.

"Do you mean to leave us alone, without light?" cried Cornelius, in a meaning tone of voice. "At your age can't you see in the dark? It isn't difficult to find a key."

The sister understood the meaning hidden beneath these words and left the room. Looking at this singular creature as she walked towards the door, Philippe Goulenoire was able to hide from Cornelius the glance which he hastily cast about the room. It was wainscoted in oak to the

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft:

God to take it;" and he concludes by admonishing the fugitives to "hearken to the Word of God, and to count their own masters worthy of all honour."

The Rev. William Crowell, of Waterfield, State of Maine, printed a Thanksgiving Sermon of the same kind, in which he calls upon his hearers not to allow "excessive sympathies for a few hundred fugitives to blind them so that they may risk increased suffering to the millions already in chains."

The Rev. Dr. Taylor, an Episcopal Clergyman of

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

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 Seraphita by Honore de Balzac:

and saying, 'Wilt thou leave me, feeble and suffering as I am? oh, my mother, stay!' and he played with her, and shed languor on the air, and the Heavens themselves had pity for his wail. The Virgin of pure song brought forth her choirs to relax the soul. The Kings of the East came with their slaves, their armies, and their women; the Wounded asked her for succor, the Sorrowful stretched forth their hands: 'Do not leave us! do not leave us!' they cried. I, too, I cried, 'Do not leave us! we adore thee! stay!' Flowers, bursting from the seed, bathed her in their fragrance which uttered, 'Stay!' The giant Enakim came forth from Jupiter, leading Gold and its friends and all the Spirits of the Astral Regions which are joined with him, and they

Seraphita