Kai AshSome rather racy depictions of the Lotus Tree from 1602 and 1614.
Those who eat from the Lotus Tree forget their homes and their lives. They sit and eat and sleep.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_from_page_573_of_%22Omnia_Andreae_Alciati_V.C._Emblemata_-_cum_commentariis,_quibus_emblematum_detecta_origine,_dubia_omnia,_et_obscura_illustrantur%22_(1602)_(14748468435).jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_from_page_447_of_%22Andreae_Alciati_i.v.c._emblemata%22_(1614)_(14565613179).jpg
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