Synchronicity Through the Eyes of Science, Myth, and the Trickster,9781569245996

Synchronicity Through the Eyes of Science, Myth, and the Trickster

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781569245996
ISBN10: 1569245991
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-02-28
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

Carl Jung coined the term "synchronicity" to describe meaningful coincidences that conventional notions of time and causality cannot explain. Working with the great quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung sought to reveal these coincidences as phenomena that involve mind and matter, science and spirit, thus providing rational explanations for parapsychological events like telepathy, precognition, and intuition. Synchronicity examines the work of Jung and Pauli, as well as noted scientists Werner Heisenberg and David Bohm; identifies the phenomena in ancient and modern mythologies, particularly the Greek legend of Hermes the Trickster; and illustrates it with engaging anecdotes from everyday life and literature.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Foreword to the Third Edition xv
Introduction: Science, Myth, and Nature xxiii
PART I. SYNCHRONICITY AND SCIENCE
Bus Tickets: Science Discovers Synchronicity
3(7)
Synchronicity in the House of Physics
10(38)
Silent Resonance: The Mind and the Brain
48(17)
PART II. SYNCHRONICITY AND MYTH
A Golden Beetle: Carl Jung and Synchronicity
65(14)
Hermes the Trickster
79(24)
The Meaning of Synchronicity
103(44)
Appendix I: Omens and Divination 147(8)
Appendix II: Synchronicity and Probability 155(6)
Cases of Synchronicity Coincidences 161(2)
References 163(8)
Index 171

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