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The Rhine Research Center is happy to host these and other educational events, but it does not
endorse presenters' claims, as not all of these claims have been subjected to rigorous scientific
validation. Most events are open to the public.

2012

Talks and Workshops

Friday, February 10

Why Paranormal Is the New Normal
by journalist author Steve Volk

Friday, February 24
Saturday, February 25

Remote Viewing’s “Silent Partner” – Making Dowsing Work for You!, talk & workshop with well-known remote viewer Paul Smith

Friday, March 9
Saturday, March 10

HOLD THIS DATE! Clinical approaches to Exceptional Experience Conference and Mental Health with CEU credits for clinicians.

Sunday, March 18

Kathe Martin Psychometry Readings

Friday, March 23

Mitch Horowitz The Positive-Thinking Revolution

Friday, April 20

Lessons from the Lab: Energy Healing Experiments on Cancer with Bill Bengston

Friday, April 13

PSI Games

Friday, May 18
Saturday, May 19

Norman Shealy talk and workshop on Energy Medicine: the Future of Health.

Ongoing Programs

1st Tuesdays 2/07/12

Monthly Psychic Experiences Group

3rd Wednesdays 2/15/12

Monthly Remote Viewing Group

Now you can easily purchase your membership using PayPal .

Why Paranormal Is the New Normal
by journalist and author Steve Volk

Friday February 10, 2012
Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus
7:30 -9:00 pm

Author Steve Volk, a city journalist, will tell the story of how he came to leave all his usual beats—politics, crime, media—to go investigate an old family ghost story, and ultimately, the entire realm of the paranormal. For Volk, the journey started with his mother's death and ended with a whole new outlook on the world. Volk will discuss and take questions on a variety of topics, including ghosts, electronic voice phenomenon, UFOs, life after death, God, prayer and lucid dreaming. Volk will also play some never before aired EVPs.

Steven Volk has been working as a city reporter since 1997, covering every facet of city life—particularly crime, cops, courts, politics and education—for alt. weeklies in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, culminating in an ongoing relationship with Philadelphia Magazine. To learn just a little bit more about him, read his blog, The Generalist.

Members $15
Non-members $20

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Remote Viewing’s “Silent Partner” – Making Dowsing Work for You!
a talk with Paul H. Smith

Friday February 24, 2012
Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus
7:30 -9:00 pm

Some people are put off by the name: “Dowsing.” That has stopped many of them from exploring and developing valuable ESP-based dowsing skills that augment other, more popular disciplines, such as remote viewing. Dowsing is the inverse of remote viewing. Used together, these two disciplines enhance and enrich each other.

Paul H. Smith, a retired Army intelligence officer and Operation Desert Storm veteran, became a psychic spy in 1983, when he was recruited for the Army's remote viewing psychic espionage program. During his seven years in the military program he studied under the legendary Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann, served as a first-line operational remote viewer, wrote the official manual on controlled remote viewing (CVR), and taught CRV to new remote viewer candidates.

Since 1997 he has been president of his own company, Remote Viewing Instructional Services, Inc. and is a founding director and current president of the non-profit International Remote Viewing Association.

Members $15
Non-members $20

Remote Viewing’s “Silent Partner” – Making Dowsing Work for You!
a workshop with Paul H. Smith

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Alex Tanous Research Library at RRC
10:00 am -3:00 pm

In this workshop you will explore the relationship between dowsing and remote viewing, see actual case studies where the marriage of the two disciplines produced concrete, demonstrable results, and learn the principles involved. You will be guided through exercises that will begin your education in developing your dowsing abilities. Military-sponsored scientific research showed that dowsing is a skill that can be learned, and further improved with practice. In this workshop you will learn the latest theories on how dowsing works. You will discover how dowsing can aid not just in finding missing or hidden targets, but in decision making and predicting the outcome of future events. After basic instruction, you will be guided through dowsing exercises involving both locating targets and predicting outcomes.

Paul H. Smith has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin, writing on consciousness, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. He has spoken on the subject of remote viewing and parapsychology at various national and international conferences, and appeared on numerous national and regional broadcast media programs.

Paul is author of the book "Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate - America's Psychic Espionage Program" He is also co-producer of the acclaimed DVD-based "Learn Dowsing" training program.

Members $60
Non-members $75

Clinical Approaches to Exceptional Experiences

Millennium Hotel
Durham, North Carolina

Friday 9th March
5:00 pm -7:00 pm Welcome Reception

Saturday 10th March.
7.30 am Registration opens
8.45 am Welcoming remarks
There will be 8 speakers, including our keynote Dr. Martina Belz from
the IGPP in Germany, and one panel discussion session.
There will be two scheduled coffee breaks and one lunch break during the day.
The conference will close at 6:00 pm.

A conference co-sponsored by the Rhine Research Center and University of West Georgia Psychology department

This event will take place in Durham, North Carolina over the weekend of 9th March, 2012.
The conference is of particular relevance to those who have an interest in exceptional experiences, those who are working with (or planning to work with) people who have experienced distressing exceptional experiences those who are currently working as clinicians, social workers and nurses (etc.) researchers into exceptional experiences, and those who may want to further understand their own exceptional experiences. CEU credits will be available.
The aims of the conference are to:

1. Present examples of the varieties of exceptional experiences
2. Increase awareness of the growing area of “clinical parapsychology” and the current state of play of this field (particularly in the USA)
3. Draw attention to the fact that people have exceptional experiences (including subjective paranormal experiences) and that these can be experienced as distressing.
4. Highlight that exceptional experiences should not automatically be labeled as “pathological” as they can sometimes be associated with mental health and human potential
5. Highlight that there are clinical and counseling practices that can help to assimilate psychic experiences and sometimes allow for personal growth/transformation
6. Engender discussion of a variety of clinical approaches to exceptional experiences

Speakers:

Topics range from: discussing the types of experiences that people have, normal explanations for distressing experiences (e.g., those which are sleep related), the history of clinical approaches to exceptional experiences, various clinical approaches toward distressing exceptional experiences, insights from practicing clinicians and those who have had exceptional experiences. For More Information
Co-sponsored by

Rhine Research Center

University of West Georgia Psychology Dept.

Early Registration before February 9th, 2012	$145.00
Registration after February 9th, 2012	$165.00
Students	$115.00
Box lunch for Saturday (optional)	$23.00
Lunch includes salad, choice of sandwich, beverage, dessert, tax and service charge. Box lunches must be ordered in advance by March 7th. Attendees may bring their box lunches over to the Rhine Center and eat there, if they choose.

Registration
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Psychometry Readings with Kathe Martin

Sunday March 18, 2012
Alex Tanous Research Library at RRC
4:00 pm -6:00 pm

Kathe Martin returns for another psychometry reading event. Psychometry is defined as the ability to gain intuitive impressions of an object’s past history and associations simply by touching or handling it.

Please join us this time for an afternoon of readings following a semi-research format where Kathe will not initially know the identity of the object or the person who brought it. Objects will be placed in plain sacks. To accommodate more readings, these will be relatively brief, as opposed to the usual 30-60 minute private readings Kathe conducts. When a strong connection is made quantity does not necessarily equal quality.

You are invited to bring your items to be considered for a reading. And if you wish you may participate in an anonymous and informal rating scale that you can complete after your reading. This information will be helpful both to Kathe and to our researchers who want to learn more about the conditions under which successful psychometry occurs.

Kathe asks that the items you bring adhere to certain criteria:

The best items to bring are objects made of metal that have or had a strong emotional significance to the person to whom it belongs or belonged. Examples are a wedding ring, a key to the family home, etc. The reason for this is that Emotion Imprints Energy and energy is most easily conducted through metal objects.
The next best items to bring are any items that have or had a strong emotional significance to the person to whom it belongs or belonged. These can be made of any material but keep in mind that paper and plastic are very poor conductors of energy.
You must have some knowledge of the person to whom the item belongs or belonged (it can be yours, of course!) and/or you must have some knowledge of the item’s history. This is necessary so you can verify the accuracy of Kathe’s reading of the object.
In lieu of any of the above, you may bring photographs of people or animals that you know or knew. The pictures should be as recent as possible and people should not be wearing sunglasses. Regular glasses are fine; but Kathe needs to be able to see the eyes.
The item must be small enough to fit into a small paper lunch bag.

Kathe often uses psychometry as a means of connecting with those who have passed. However, this afternoon is not an afterlife communications event, and while it is possible that some afterlife connections may be experienced, it is not focus of this event. While it is typical for 60-70% of the audience to receive a reading at a group event no one attending a group event is guaranteed a reading.

Kathe Martin has been a professional psychic and medium for over 20 years. She learned early on that one of the best ways for her to receive psychic information was through the use of psychometry.

Seating is limited in the Tanous Library and reservations are required. No walk-ins will be accepted. Those planning on bringing an object should arrive at least 15 minutes early at 3:45 pm.

Rhine Members:$15.00
Non-members: $20.00

The Positive-Thinking Revolution
A Presentation by Mitch Horowitz

Friday March 23, 2012
Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus
7:30 -9:00 pm

Can our thoughts shape our lives? From the essays of Emerson to the mega-sensation of The Secret, Americans have long been fascinated with the invisible powers of the human mind – particularly the question of whether positive thinking can bring us wealth, health, and happiness.

In this lively and intellectually substantive presentation, author and lecturer Mitch Horowitz explores the astonishing history and wide-ranging impact of the positive-thinking movement. In particular, he looks at its relevance for contemporary people – seriously considering the all-important question: Does it work?

Horowitz reveals how this concept – the injunction to “think positively” – emerged from mystical American movements of the mid-nineteenth century and went on to become the most influential spiritual and psychological idea of our time. Indeed, the power of self-belief has become the American creed, touching our religion, politics, economy, medicine, and our most deeply held feelings about ourselves.

In considering the influence of the positive-thinking revolution, Horowitz discusses:

How this philosophy emerged from early American experiments in mental-healing and mystical spirituality, and went on to transform mainline religion – including today’s evangelical scene.
The beguiling figures who have populated the movement, such as Frank B. Robinson, an Idaho pharmacist whose mail-order religion in positive thinking became the world’s eighth-largest faith during the Great Depression.
How mind-power philosophy impacted the careers of iconic Americans ranging from philosopher William James to President Ronald Reagan.
The potential benefits and ethical quandaries of the positive-thinking revolution.
How positive thinking fits into current developments in science, from quantum theory to neuroplasticity.

Mitch Horowitz is a widely known writer and speaker on the history and impact of alternative spirituality. For more than twenty years, he has been an editor at New York publishing companies and is currently editor-in-chief at Tarcher/Penguin, one of the leading publishers of spiritual and metaphysical literature. Occult America is his first book. Horowitz has written for U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, Parabola, the Religion News Service, and BoingBoing. He has recently appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, and All Things Considered, and spoken at The Esalen Institute, The New York Open Center, and 92YTribeca. A native of Queens, NY, Horowitz lives in Manhattan with his wife, Allison Orr, a network news producer, and their two sons Caleb and Tobias. Visit him at www.MitchHorowitz.com.

Rhine Members:$15.00
Non-members: $20.00

Lessons from the Lab: Energy Healing Experiments on Cancer
with William F. Bengston, Ph.D.

Friday April 20, 2012
Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus
7:30 -9:00 pm

William F. Bengston has conducted more than a dozen experiments on mice in half a dozen labs, including three medical schools. The data from these experiments indicate reliable full lifespan cures of mice infected with normally fatal cancers. These cures have been replicated by skeptical volunteers using “energy healing” techniques which he helped to develop. Clinically, these same healing techniques have also been applied to selected individuals with positive results. In addition, his research has looked at some correlates to healing, including EEG and fMRI entrainment, and anomalous geomagnetic micropulsations in the surrounding space of healing events.

His talk will summarize some of these data, and will offer some thoughts on what “lessons” can be learned from the research. There will be variation in the amount of evidence for each lesson, and I will try to prioritize what can confidently be concluded and what remains as speculation. Confident conclusions will include the simple statement that energy healing can cure cancer under controlled laboratory conditions. Speculation will include such questions as whether healing can be taught. In all cases the “take home” message will be the importance of basic research for the energy healing community.

William F. Bengston is a professor of sociology at St. Joseph's College in New York, and President of the Society for Scientific Exploration, and international group of scientists who study anomalies. His areas of specialization include research methods and statistics. For over twenty five years, Dr. Bengston has been doing research into anomalous healing and has numerous publications in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Explore. In addition, he has lectured widely throughout the United States and Europe. His research has produced the first successful full cures of transplanted mammary cancer and methylcholanthrene induced sarcomas in experimental mice by laying-on-of-hands techniques that he helped to develop. He has also investigated assorted correlates to healing such as geomagnetic micropulsations and EEG harmonics and entrainment. He has recently published a memoir, The Energy Cure, with Sounds True, along with a 6 CD set Hands On Healing: A Training Course in the Energy Cure, which describes his healing techniques.

Members $15
Non-members $20

PSI Games

Alex Tanous Research Library at RRC
Friday, April 13, 2011
7:30 - 9:00pm

Ever wondered about your ESP ability? Or wanted to attend a Spoon Bending Party? Here’s a chance to test your ESP in an informal group setting with like-minded Rhine Center friends and/or the frankly curious. Dr. William Joines and RRC colleagues will lead the group in a variety of ESP games, including using the well-known Zener cards, exercises in Remote Viewing of hidden target pictures, as well as dowsing. As a finale, you will have a chance to participate in one of our favorite but rare occasions – an actual Spoon Bending Party!! Spoons provided!

This is a fun, experiential evening!

Limited spaces! We recommend buying tickets in advance.

Members $15
Non-members $20
Students $10

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THE BLISS EXPERIENCE---Doing Good to Self & Others
C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.

Friday May 18, 2012
Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus
7:30 -9:00 pm

Friday May 19, 2012
Alex Tanous Research Library at RRC
10:00 am -3:00 pm

Ongoing Groups

Monthly Psychic Experiencers Group
(PEG) sharing and discussion around personal experiences

Ongoing: Every first Tuesday of the month
February 7th, 2012
7:00 -9:00 PM
Alex Tanous Library in the Rhine Center

PEG monthly meetings are dedicated to the discussion of psi and consciousness through listening and speaking from personal experiences with a policy of honesty, privacy, and sharing without judgment. Shared experiences have touched on topics such as telepathy, healing, precognition, extended senses, psychokinesis, remote viewing, dreams, haunting, reincarnation, near death experiences, out-of-body experiences, and other unsolved mysteries. As personal stories flow, ideas and inspiration begin to flow for developing our extended psi and for finding creative ways to be of greater service in the larger community.
Facilitators are Pamela St. John and Debi Pratt. For questions or information, please contact: Pamela St. John or call (919) 740-9184

Rhine Members: Free
Non-members: $10.00

Monthly Remote Viewing Group
led by Benton Bogle

Ongoing: Every third Wednesday of the month
Next meeting February 15, 2012
7:00 -9:00 PM
Alex Tanous Library in the Rhine Center

Interested in Remote Viewing Practice?
The Remote Viewing Practice Group meets regularly at the Rhine Center to do outbounder and other types of Remote Viewing that involve interaction. It is not be necessary to be trained as a Remote Viewer or to follow a particular method to participate. If you are interested in practicing Remote Viewing as a part of a small group of viewers and / or have questions, please contact Benton Bogle by email at bbogle@triad.rr.com.

Rhine Members free
Non members $10.00

The Rhine Research Center is a 503(c) non-profit organization that is primarily funded through memberships and donations. Please consider becoming a member of the Rhine Research Center or making a donation at www.rhine.org.
All donations are tax deductible and will be used to perform research, to sponsor events and other educational opportunities, and to support the daily operations of the center.

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