Remote Viewing Anyone?

Remote viewing is a controlled form of PSI funtioning that can be learned. Similar to much earlier research on "thought transferrence" by the Rhines, Rene Warcollier and the Sinclairs, what we call Remote Viewing was developed by the US military as a response to similar programs in the Soviet Union. A secret program was created to bring together scientists in the field to develop defenses against foreign "psychic spys" and to establish our own data gathering abilities.

Scientists and military personnel who had been screened for "psychic abilities" were established as a team, and over the decades from the 1970s through the mid 1990s, and under various names and funding sources, the group established protocols for gathering information and for training such skills. Since the projects ended in 1995, and due to declassification of much of the information on the program, many of the former government Remote Viewers have written books, started training programs of their own, and have discussed the science of Remote Viewing in the public media.

Remote Viewing is something you can learn to do, and its a lot of fun. Training is of course available, but free information from books and websites is plentiful, and with some practice you can develop your own Remote Viewing skills.

Benton Bogle works regularly with a website dedicated to learning Remote Viewing, and he says he is shocked almost on a daily basis by the incredible Remote Viewing skills shown by the participants there. The science of Remote Viewing is still quite young, and much is yet to be learned about it, but the techique and process of Remote Viewing is something you can learn with practice.

You can visit the site at Remote Viewing and Dowsing Community RV Web Forum (not affiliated with the Rhine Research Center), or if you are interested in a more hands-on experience, Benton Bogle is organizing a small group of remote viewers to meet regularly for practice at the Rhine Center. See the notice below.

Interested in Remote Viewing Practice?
The Rhine Research Center is considering sponsorship of a Remote Viewing Practice Group. This group would meet regularly at the Rhine Center to do outbounder and other types of Remote Viewing that involve interaction. It would 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. Meetings for the group would be free of charge for RRC members, $10 for non-members.

This Weekend Athena Drewes at the Rhine

Understanding the Psychic Experiences of Childhood:
From Your Own to Your Children’s
a presentation by Athena Drewes PhD, child psychologist/parapsychologist, and RRC Advisory Board member.

Friday April 24th, 2009
7:30 – 9:00pm
at the Stedman Auditorium
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Many adults recall the puzzlement of psychic experiences from their own childhood while others are puzzled as they encounter the paranormal for the first time with their own children. Over the past few years there are increasing reports of children seeing spirits or apparitions. We hear about special psi ability of so-called “Indigo/Rainbow children” and/or of some autistic children. How should adults deal with their own childhood memories? How should parents respond to their children's reports and experiences? And how should children and teens handle their own seeming encounters with the spirit world?

Understanding Childhood Experiences Workshop
a half-day workshop led by Athena Drewes Psy.D., RPT-S
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
10:00am - 2:00pm
at the Rhine Center Library

This half-day workshop is limited to 30 people. A four-hour workshop, including a round-table lunchtime discussion, will allow ample time for experiential exercises for enhancing psi abilities as well as protecting children or adults from any distress accompanying psychic experiences.

Athena A. Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S, is a licensed child psychologist, parapsychologist and volunteer consultant to the Rhine Research Center and the Parapsychology Foundation on children’s psychic experiences. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Rhine Center. Dr. Drewes has conducted research, written articles and reviews and presented on children’s ESP experiences. She responds to parent and child inquiries regarding children and ESP that come in to the Rhine Research Center and through A&E. She has been featured on the A&E cable shows “Psychic Children” and “Paranormal State”. She has also had her own psychic experiences as a child through adulthood. Her involvement in parapsychology began as a research assistant at the Dream Lab (Parapsychology and Psychophysics Research Laboratory) at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY assisting with dream telepathy experiments with Dr. Stanley Krippner and Charles Honorton.

Dr. Drewes is currently the Director of Clinical Training at a large non-profit multi-service child and family mental health agency in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City. Dr. Drewes is the senior author, with Dr. Sally A. Drucker, of the reference work, Parapsychological Research with Children: An Annotated Bibliography. She is also the co-editor and chapter author of five books on play therapy.

Understanding Childhood Experiences Workshop

Many adults recall the puzzlement of psychic experiences from their own childhood while others are puzzled as they encounter the paranormal for the first time with their own children. Over the past few years there are increasing reports of children seeing spirits or apparitions. We hear about special psi ability of so-called “Indigo/Rainbow children” and/or of some autistic children. How should adults deal with their own childhood memories? How should parents respond to their children's reports and experiences? And how should children and teens handle their own seeming encounters with the spirit world?

On April 24th and 25th Athena Drewes will give a Friday night presentation at Stedman Auditorium, and a Saturday half-day workshop at the Rhine Center about psychic experiences in childhood. For More Information

Dr. Drewes is currently the Director of Clinical Training at a large non-profit multi-service child and family mental health agency in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City. Dr. Drewes is the senior author, with Dr. Sally A. Drucker, of the reference work, Parapsychological Research with Children: An Annotated Bibliography.

Here are some interesting examples of childhood Psi:

“My grandson is 8 years old and he is beginning to ask questions about the shapes and forms he sees more and more. He has been seeing forms since he was younger than a year old. When he was three years old he stated that “there is a little boy that stays behind my door and watches me.” A year after this, while at the grocery store I wrote a check for my purchases. The cashier noticed my address and mentioned that my home had been her grandfather’s house. I asked her if anyone had died in the house, and she said no, but that her grandfather had a 4-year-old boy that had died in a car accident. Coincidence or what? There have been several incidents like this with my grandson. I would appreciate any help or information you can provide me.”

“My name is Suzanne and I am having trouble with the paranormal. It all started when I was six, and ever since then it has gotten harder and harder for me to understand. I am now 14. I see many things including things from the past and things that are to come. Sometimes when I look at a person I see a very faint color around them and I can also tell how a person is feeling. My parents want to send me to a therapist, but I know I am not crazy. Can you help?”

“I am a child therapist and I am seeing a 3 year old girl. Her mother states that she talks to her deceased grandparents and has had other paranormal experiences since birth. She seems to be well adjusted, happy, and developmentally age appropriate. These events are not distressing to her. Are there suggestions as to how to address the mother’s concerns?”

“My daughter, Marlene is 10 years old, and has autism. Her psi experiences began as a toddler. Before she could speak she would point to the ceiling and smile and indicate that she was seeing spirits or shapes. Once she was able to talk she began to say that the shapes were angels. She can also see and communicate on some level with spirits. She says that the spirits appear as ‘thick air’ or create a warm feeling in her body. She loves animals and they all come up to her, even wild ones, and stay by her as if communicating to her.”

“I have a daughter Christina, who is 9. For a couple of months now, she has mentioned seeing a blue light outside of her bedroom, which then moves to her door. It looks as though it is floating. It makes no noise, and it changes shape. Sometimes she sees small gray objects or green and blue ones that are good. Red ones make her uncomfortable. She says she sees the lights once everyone is in bed and the lights are off. She feels they are spirits trying to communicate with her.”

Interview with Dr. Sally Feather-Rhine

As the eldest daughter of JB and Louisa Rhine, Dr. Sally Feather-Rhine grew up in the world of parapsychology in Durham NC. She worked as a research assistant at the Duke Lab before and after a B.A. from the College of Wooster (1951) and as a researcher at FRNM after a doctorate in psychology (Duke University, 1967). Dr. Feather then worked over 30+ years as a clinical psychologist in mental health and psychiatric clinics and in private practice in North Carolina and New Jersey. Since 1995 she has been active at the RRC in various administrative roles, serving on two different occasions as volunteer Executive Director. Currently she is working on a research grant on the phenomenology of spontaneous PK experiencers. In 2005 she co-authored a book The Gift (St. Martins Press) that is an update of Louisa E. Rhine’s books on spontaneous ESP experiences.

Visit Parapsychology Information Portal to read an interview with Sally Rhine.