1And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first: and the second, the south, because the El Elyon (Most High) will descend there, yea, there in quite a special sense will He who is blessed for ever descend.
2And the west quarter is named the diminished, because there all the luminaries of the heaven wane and go down.
3And the fourth quarter, named the north, is divided into three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and the second contains seas of water, and the abysses and forests and rivers, and darkness and clouds; and the third part contains the garden of righteousness.