Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XL

Ex duabus aquis, fac unam, et erit aqua sanctitatis.

From two waters make one, and it will be the water of holiness.

Emblem XL

A reading

Two streams, one hot and one cold, become one water. The joining is what makes it holy.

A question to carry

Which two currents in you could become one?

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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.

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