Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXVII
Qui Rosarium intrare conatur Philosophicum absque clave, assimilatur homini ambulare volenti absque pedibus.
Whoever tries to enter the Philosophers’ rose garden without a key is like a man who wants to walk without feet.
Emblem XXVII
There is no entry without the key. In Maier’s own terms elsewhere in the book, that key is nature, reason, experience and reading.
A question to carry
Which key are you trying to skip?
Emblem of the day
Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.