Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XLV
Sol et ejus umbra perficiunt opus.
The sun and its shadow complete the work.
Not the sun alone. The work is completed by the light and by the shadow it casts, a line Jungian readers have always found hard to resist.
What shadow does your light cast, and have you included it?
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.