Category: R

One of the founding members of the international society of cryptozoology, an explorer searching for the fabled long-necked monster Mokele-Mbembe of Lake Tele in the Congo and one of the many investigators into the legend of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland. In 1980 Dr. Roy Mackal accompanied by James H. Powel, a crocodile expert,…

A psychologist member of the committee for the scientific investigation of claims of the paranormal (CSICOP). He was very skeptical of much of parapsychology methodology. In particular, he criticized Puthoff and Targ’s method of control of experiments in telepathic communication of local views of the Stanford area. By enabling “viewers” to eliminate possible “targets” one…

French metaphysician and mystic. Raymond Bernard was one of the modern leaders of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), or the Rosicrucian Order. Bernard was the author of a series of four books based on Rosicrucian philosophy: Strange Encounters, The Secret Houses of the Rose and Croix, A Secret Meeting in Rome, and…

This type of transcranial magnetic stimulation is believed by some to pro¬ duce longer-lasting effects.  

In rMS, an insulated coil is placed against a part of the body other than the head, and an electrical current generates a magnetic field into that area.  

A flower cluster, either conical or flattened in outline, in which the main stem continues growing at the tip and there is usually no terminal flower; the flowers open in succession with the oldest flowers at the base and the youngest and smallest at the top. Types of racemose inflorescences include the catkin, corymb, flowerhead…

An essential oil which has been redistilled to remove impurities or a fraction of its chemical composition.  

A viscous, highly odoriferous substance (e.g. benzoin), extracted from resinous plant material by means of hydrocarbon solvents. Resinoids are also called oleoresins.  

An alcoholic beverage made from pressed grapes, which contains polyphenolic antioxidants. Consumption of red wine, not in excess of 1 to 2 glasses per day, is associated with reduced risk of coronary artery disease. A type of wine that gets its coloring from the red skin of the grapes used in the fermentation process.  

A thinner area on the glass envelope of an x-ray tube from which x-rays are emitted toward the patient.