• 43:51 - 47:05
Brian Cotnoir | Practical Alchemy, Alchemical Philosophy, & The Orum Potibile
Robert Boyle, George Starkey and the Exolescence of Gold
Robert Boyle, the father of modern chemistry, is revealed to have been a dedicated alchemist taught by George Starkey (who wrote under the name Irenaeus Philalethes). Cotenoir describes Boyle’s recorded observations of "exolescence," an unexplained exothermic reaction that occurred when gold dissolved in purified mercury. This specific phenomenon is cited as a legitimate area for modern scientific re-examination.