Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XLIX
Infans Philosophicus tres agnoscit patres, ut Orion.
The Philosophers’ child acknowledges three fathers, as Orion does.
The finished work has more than one origin. It is honest about everything that made it.
Who are the three fathers of what you have become?
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.