The
Latin motto accompanying this engraving, Cor Verum Terra,
is translated literally as “the Earth is the true heart.”
The philosophical earth is our true mother—she nurses
and supports our hungry spirits.
This
picture was originally printed in Michael Maier’s 1618
work Atalanta Fugiens.
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“Coagulatio”
Coagulatio Home
Psychology: Making
“Sense”
Science: Like
a Fish Out of Water
Myth: In the Garden
Art: Cor Verum
Terra
Thought: A Walk
in the Park
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