quintessence, n.All

Quintessence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the ever-hoped-for and never-to-be-discovered One, which like the prima materia has a thousand names.

The Quintessence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the fifth circle in which the crowned Maid sits, the unity of the warring elements, equal to aether, belonging at once to the world of spirit and to the sublunary world.