Wisdom of Solomon,

Chap. 19, verses 18 to 21

The elements combined
with one another to transmute
into chords of a superior
harmony.

Thus, the sounds of the psaltery A stringed instrument; here used metaphorically to represent the ordering of elements. change the melody if
the rhythm varies, but the mode
remains the same .......

..... The animated powers of
the earth became aquatic,
and those that were bathing
stabilized as earth.

In this water, fire mul-