emblem 2, Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier, 1618. Depicted on bottom: Romulus nursed by a wolf and Jupiter nursed by a goat. The “Child of the Philosophers”, referring to either the Philosopher's Stone or themself, nurses from the Earth Mother. Colorized by Eve Harms, CC0. Source: archive.org


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