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Robert Black, who was born in 1925, has
dedicated his adult life to the study of
chemistry. During his long career as a research
scientist he specialised in the study and
practical application of radiation chemistry
and dielectric phenomena. He is also the
author or co-author of more than forty scientific
and technical papers in this specialised
field. He perceives chemistry as being the
exploration of the properties of matter
and his approach to it embraces the full
spectrum of human endeavour in this field
– including the work of the alchemists.
His enthusiasm for alchemy and his awareness
of its dual significance began to grow in
the mid-1940s, following his study of Robert
Boyle’s work on bioluminescence. It
was also through Boyle that he was led to
understand that alchemy has not only a material
aspect as a proto-science, but also a profound
spiritual dimension that paradoxically connects
alchemy with the discipline of modern chemistry
just as much as it separates the two.
Dr. Black is a member of the Royal Society
of Chemistry and of the Society of Chemical
Industry, and, in other fields, of the
Society for Psychical Research and of
the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, of
which he was for many years Recorder-General. |
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