Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem II
Nutrix ejus terra est.
The earth is its nurse.
Emblem II
The next line of the Emerald Tablet. What feeds the work is not rare or exalted: it is the ground under your feet.
A question to carry
What ordinary thing is actually feeding you right now?
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Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.