Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem XIX

Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XIX

Si de quatuor unum occidas, subito mortuus omnis erit.

If you kill one of the four, all will at once be dead.

The four elements hold each other up. Remove one and the whole falls with it.

Which neglected part of your life is quietly holding up the others?

Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (Oppenheim, 1618). Engraving in the public domain. Motto transcribed from the 1618 edition; translation and reading by The Hermetic School. All the emblems.

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