Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XLII
In Chymicis versanti Natura, Ratio, Experientia et lectio, sint Dux, scipio, perspicilia et lampas.
For one who works in chemistry, let Nature, Reason, Experience and Reading be guide, staff, spectacles and lamp.
Maier’s method in one sentence, and close to the method of this site: nature leads, reason supports, experience lets you see, reading lights the way.
Which of the four are you walking without?
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.