Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XXI
Fac ex mare et foemina circulum, inde quadrangulum, hinc triangulum, fac circulum et habebis lapidem Philosophorum.
Make a circle out of a man and a woman, from it a square, from this a triangle; make a circle, and you will have the Philosophers’ Stone.
The squaring of the circle: the emblem turning behind the logo on our home page. A sequence of forms, each made from the one before.
Where are you in this sequence: circle, square, triangle, or circle again?
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.