The Rhine Research Center: Bridging Science & Spirituality

This 4-week course will explore some of the important people who helped to build the field of parapsychology and who made major breakthroughs that revolutionized the sciences. This course focuses on the people, their lives, and their contributions, to give depth to our understanding of the evolution of parapsychology from the 19th century through modern times.
This course will include some of the original psychical researchers, the early years of parapsychology in academic environments, major contributors through the mid to late 20th century, and some more recent researchers who have made their marks on the field.
The focus of this course will be the people of parapsychology, e.g. who they are, what they know, and what inspires them.

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When: Live broadcasts once a week & class recordings at your convenience. NO class Nov 10.
Where: This is an ONLINE COURSE; participate through an internet connection. Link provided upon registration.
Tuition: $115 ($100 for Rhine members)

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How do we explore spontaneous psi experiences and unusual activity that happens in daily life?
This 8-week academic course will discuss the nature of spontaneous experiences, the types of experiences explored by parapsychologists, and how researchers take a structured approach to understanding what people experience and how they understand their own experiences.
We will explore topics like precognitive dreams, clairvoyant experiences, poltergeists, near-death experiences, spontaneous after-death communication, ghosts & apparitions, and reincarnation experiences. From classifications of experiences to examinations of peer-reviewed research articles, this course provides a foundation for understanding psi in daily life.
Recommended prerequisites: Introduction to Parapsychology or experience or courses that include reading and evaluating scientific parapsychology articles from peer-reviewed journals.

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When: Live broadcasts once a week and class recordings at your convenience.
Where: This is an ONLINE COURSE; participate through an internet connection. Link provided upon registration.

Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.

Students will be introduced to major topics studied by professional parapsychologists, including an overview of the phenomena (Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, Psychokinesis, and Survival Issues), history, research methodologies, and researchers who make up the vibrant field of scientific parapsychology. The course textbook is Introduction to Parapsychology, 5th edition by Harvey Irwin and Caroline Watt.

Besides the weekly class broadcasts, there is an online discussion forum where students can share ideas, answer questions about the lectures, and communicate with instructors.
Students who choose to be graded in this course will receive letter grades based on their participation in the weekly discussion forums and their scores on two multiple choice / short-answer essay tests given in weeks 4 and 8. (No class November 25th)