Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem XLVII

Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XLVII

Lupus ab Oriente et Canis ab Occidente venientes se invicem momorderunt.

A wolf from the east and a dog from the west have bitten each other.

The wild and the tame meet, and they fight. The conflict is part of the joining.

Where are the wild and the tame in you fighting?

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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