Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem II
Nutrix ejus terra est.
The earth is its nurse.
The next line of the Emerald Tablet. What feeds the work is not rare or exalted: it is the ground under your feet.
What ordinary thing is actually feeding you right now?
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.