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Radiesthesia
Theories based on the assumption that living organisms emit some kind of radiation or emanation that is capable of being detected using instruments or by dowsing. Also view: aura, radionics.Radionics
Use of instruments to detect radiation from living organisms. Also view: radiesthesia.Random
Refers to events that are, in principle, haphazard and unpredictable. Also view: chance.Random Event Generator (REG)
An electronic device which uses a random physical process (e.g., radioactive decay) to generate random events or random numbers.Random Number Generator (RNG)
See random event generator.Random Numbers
Numbers generated in an unpredictable, haphazard sequence.Random Number Tables
A printed table of random numbers, usually made up of several rows and columns of computer-generated numbers. To use the table a starting value is chosen by randomly selecting a row and column (e.g., by throwing a dice). Successive numbers are then chosen by working through the table using any previously chosen systematic rule. Suitable rules might be (1) moving horizontally to the right, skipping alternate numbers, or (2) moving vertically down, selecting every fifth number. The selected random numbers may then be used, for example, to determine target sequences.Raps
The name given to unexplained knocking sounds associated with physical mediumship and poltergeist activity.Raudive Voices
Intelligible voices recorded on magnetic tape under conditions of silence or white noise which are heard only when the tape is played. A phenomenon discovered by Konstantin Raudive.Reading
Information given by a psychic or medium to a sitter. Also view: cold reading, hot reading.Rebirth
In Buddhism, the belief that there is some continuty of mind from one life to the next. Buddhism, however, does not accept the existence of the individual soul and therefore does not view rebirth as the soul's literal re-incarnation. Also view: bardo.Receiver
See percipient.Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis (RSPK)
A technical term for poltergeist activity.Regression
A statistical technique that enables predictions to be made from a set of data.; a technique used in hypnosis, involving suggesting to hypnotized persons that they are returning to an earlier time. Sometimes the regression occurs spontaneously, without suggestion. Also view: past-life regression.
