{"id":1306967,"name":"Quinta Essentia","title":"Quinta Essentia","description":"Alchemical symbols, strange processes, and the promise of transformation...","seoDescription":"'Quinta Essentia' takes its name from Leonhart Thurneisser zum Thurn\u2019s influential 1574 work on alchemy and medicine. Published in Leipzig, the book explored the idea that physical substances contained hidden spiritual properties, which could be drawn out through laboratory practice and used for healing. Written in the form of an extended instructional poem, it presented practical techniques while also preserving the air of secrecy and mystery associated with the alchemical tradition.\n\nThe phrase Quinta Essentia comes from Medieval Latin and means 'fifth essence' or 'fifth element'. In ancient and medieval thought, this was understood as a refined, superior substance beyond the familiar four elements of earth, air, fire, and water. It is also the source of the English word 'quintessence', meaning the purest or most perfect expression of a thing.","meta":{"title":"Quinta Essentia | Alchemy T-Shirts from Eldon Threads","description":"","image":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/hycvvcz9vqwf9rvzklmvagfdvotsfz2zrfzcoumgrb7vejt1.jpeg.jpg?w=1110&h=auto"},"banner":{"id":242718364,"thumbnails":{"full":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/0est6koa6vqze6gcknifyoelvrllzqfh2raynvv4znaxqfof.jpeg","870":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/0est6koa6vqze6gcknifyoelvrllzqfh2raynvv4znaxqfof.jpeg.jpg?w=1110&h=301"}},"urlName":"quinta-essentia-collection","isAllProducts":false,"labels":[],"bannerImage":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/0est6koa6vqze6gcknifyoelvrllzqfh2raynvv4znaxqfof.jpeg?w=1110&h=301","bannerImageAlt":"A woodcut from the great treatise on alchemy and medicine, Quinta Essentia showing two flasks contain writhing, dragon-like forms, their bodies looping back on themselves, as the sun and moon shine above. Liquid pours from the vessels into a basin below.","navigationTags":[],"overlay":{"colors":["#000000","#000000"],"opacity":0.15,"direction":"to right","from":"#000000","to":"#000000"}}