Rhine Research Center

What Rhine Research Center does

Rhine Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization based in Durham, North Carolina, dedicated to the scientific study of parapsychology and consciousness. Its research program encompasses extrasensory perception (ESP), psychokinesis (PK), bioenergy, and healing phenomena. The institution traces its lineage to the parapsychology laboratory founded at Duke University in the 1930s by J.B. Rhine; it became independent from Duke in 1965 as the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man and was renamed Rhine Research Center in 1995. The center has continuously published the Journal of Parapsychology since 1937, one of the longest-running peer-reviewed venues in the field.

The center operates specialized research facilities including the Bioenergy Lab, which has been collecting longitudinal biophoton and energy emission data since 2013, with over 100 documented sessions. Its core technical stack is instrumentation-based (e.g., photomultiplier tubes) and statistical, supporting controlled laboratory experiments rather than computational modeling. Programming includes public lectures, workshops, and recurring interest groups (Parapsychology Explorers Group, Dream Studies Group, Remote Viewing Group), distributed both at the Durham campus and online.

The business model is a nonprofit membership and donation structure supplemented by education revenue. Individual membership tiers range from $75 to $1,000 per year, with additional contributions from donations, events, and the Rhine Education Center's online courses. The center serves individual members, lay enthusiasts, students, and professional researchers in the parapsychology and consciousness-studies community, and depends on a distributed base of small donors and members rather than enterprise or institutional contracts.

Name

Rhine Research Center

Legal name

Rhine Research Center Inc.

Website

https://rhineonline.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rhine Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Durham, NC, conducting scientific research on parapsychology, ESP, and bioenergy. It serves individual members, students, and researchers through membership tiers, publications, and educational courses.

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Product category

Parapsychology Research & Education

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing (EDAGAFAL), Humanities & Arts Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAE), Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE)

Keywords

• Parapsychology research
• Consciousness studies
• Psi phenomena investigation
• Extrasensory perception research
• Psychokinesis research

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Tiered membership program with annual and monthly subscriptions providing varying levels of access to video library, journals, meetings, and events. Ranges from $75/year Friend tier to $1,000/year Patron++ tier.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accepting tax-deductible donations for research, education, and community support. Monthly sustaining membership option and one-time donation capabilities.
3. Event Participation Fees: $10 donation requested for online meetings, with sustaining members receiving free access to monthly meetings. Donation-based online events at $4.95 suggested contribution.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Rhine Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that conducts scientific research on parapsychology and psi phenomena (ESP, psychokinesis, bioenergy, healing), publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Parapsychology, and delivers community and educational programs. It offers tiered memberships, online courses via the Rhine Education Center, monthly interest groups (Psychic Experiences Group, Dream Study Group, Remote Viewing Group), and an extensive video library of more than 135 presentations on consciousness and psi research.

Product overview

The Rhine Research Center operates as a research and education organization rather than a traditional software product company. Its core offerings include the Journal of Parapsychology (a peer-reviewed academic journal published since 1937), the Rhine Education Center (online courses and certificates in parapsychology), and community programs including the Psychic Experiences Group (PEG), Dream Study Group (DSG), and Remote Viewing Group (RVG). Additional resources include the Rhine Video Library with over 100 educational videos. The organization conducts research programs in ESP, Psychokinesis, Bioenergy, and Healing, with findings published in the Journal of Parapsychology. Membership programs provide access to resources and community activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rhine Education Center: Provides professional online courses and certificates in scientific parapsychology
• Journal of Parapsychology
• Psychic Experiences Group (PEG)
• Dream Study Group (DSG)
• Remote Viewing Group (RVG)

Products and services

• Journal of Parapsychology A peer-reviewed academic journal, the premier publication in the field of parapsychology, providing a forum for recording and disseminating psi research since 1937, available online and in print.
• Rhine Education Center Online education platform operated by Rhine Research Center offering professional courses and certificates in scientific parapsychology for students and researchers interested in the field.
• Psychic Experiences Group (PEG) Monthly meeting group dedicated to discussion of psi and consciousness through sharing of personal experiences (telepathy, healing, precognition, psychokinesis, remote viewing, dreams, etc.) in a non-judgmental forum facilitated by Pamela St. John.
• Dream Study Group (DSG) Monthly meeting group focused on understanding types of dreams and what they may reveal, including shared, precognitive, and clairvoyant psychic dreaming; participants maintain dream journals and develop techniques for working with dreams.
• Remote Viewing Group (RVG) Monthly meeting group for practicing remote viewing, a mental faculty allowing perception of things otherwise inaccessible to normal senses due to distance, time, or shielding; members work on practice targets and discuss remote viewing topics.
• Rhine Video Library Resource containing over 135 videos of speakers who have presented at the Rhine on topics including parapsychology, scientific research, psi experiences, anthropology, and history; full access available to members, limited access for visitors.
• ESP Research Program Research program examining extrasensory perception including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, incorporating modified Ganzfeld protocol studies and Associative Remote Viewing projects.
• Psychokinesis Research Program Research program studying psychokinesis (PK) or mind-matter interaction, including studies on electronic devices, micro-PK effects, and mental entanglement with photomultipliers located approximately 7,300 km away.
• Bioenergy Research Program (Bioenergy Lab) Research program in the Rhine Bioenergy Lab exploring the nature of the human subtle energy field through biophoton research, measuring electromagnetic emissions from people in different situations; ongoing data collection since 2013.
• Healing Research Program Research program evaluating the effectiveness of energy healing methods in a controlled laboratory environment and conducting qualitative studies on the experience of healing from both healer and patient perspectives.
• Membership Programs Tiered membership subscriptions including Friend ($75/year), Scientific Supporter ($150/year), Patron ($250–$1,000/year), Sustaining Member ($10/month), Silver/Gold/Platinum Circle sustaining tiers ($50/$100/$250/month), and Family Membership ($100/year); benefits include video library access, journal archive access, event discounts, and free monthly meeting admission.

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Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• BIAL Foundation: Portugal-based foundation that funds parapsychology and consciousness research (e.g., the 'Exceptional Experiences' research program); a regional peer that funds adjacent research rather than competing directly.

Direct peers

• Windbridge Research Center: A nonprofit that conducts empirical research on mediums and exceptional human experiences using rigorous scientific protocols, with active IRB approval — directly comparable in mission and methodology to Rhine's bioenergy and healing research.
• Forever Family Foundation: Nonprofit that funds and disseminates scientific research on afterlife phenomena and the survival hypothesis, overlapping significantly with Rhine's mission and nonprofit funding model.
• Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS): IONS is a nonprofit research and education organization studying consciousness and psi phenomena, with memberships, donations, and educational programming — the closest direct analog to Rhine in scope and funding model.
• Koestler Parapsychology Unit (University of Edinburgh): Academic parapsychology research unit conducting peer-reviewed psi research and publishing scholarly work; comparable as a rigorous, IRB-adjacent research peer in the same scientific niche.
• Society for Psychical Research: Founded in 1882, SPR is one of the oldest organizations dedicated to scientific investigation of paranormal claims, publishing peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Journal of the Society for Psychical Research) and serving as a direct academic peer to Rhine.
• Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS): Nonprofit that funds rigorous scientific research into the nature of consciousness and survival after bodily death; closely comparable mission to Rhine and a potential collaborator/funding peer.

Broad incumbents

• Parapsychological Association: The international professional association for parapsychology, affiliated with AAAS, that supports and connects researchers in the field — a broader incumbent peer that convenes the community Rhine serves.
• Society for Scientific Exploration: Professional society and journal (Journal of Scientific Exploration) covering rigorous study of anomalous phenomena, serving as a broader-incumbent peer for fringe-science publication channels.

Emerging players

• International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS): Nonprofit membership organization supporting research and community around near-death experiences — overlapping with Rhine's paranormal-experience community programs but focused on a narrower phenomenon.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RhineESP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/RhineResearchCenter
• Facebookfacebook.com/RhineResearchCenter

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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