Synchronicity - by C G Jung (Paperback)

About the Book

Extracted from The structure and dynamics of the psyche, v. 8 of the author's Collected works, issued as no. 20 of Bollingen series.

Book Synopsis

Jung's groundbreaking essay on synchronicity

C. G. Jung was intrigued from early in his career with coincidences, especially those surprising juxtapositions that scientific rationality could not adequately explain. He discussed these ideas with Albert Einstein before World War I but first used the term "synchronicity" in a 1930 lecture, in reference to the unusual psychological insights generated from consulting the I Ching. A long correspondence and friendship with the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli stimulated a final, mature statement of Jung's thinking on synchronicity, originally published in 1952 and reproduced here. Together with a wealth of historical and contemporary material, this essay describes an astrological experiment Jung conducted to test his theory. Synchronicity reveals the full extent of Jung's research into a wide range of psychic phenomena.

Review Quotes

"Winner of the 2012 First Place Cover/Jacket in the Professional, Scholarly Series, New York Book Show"

About the Author

Sonu Shamdasani is Professor of Jung History and Co-Director of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and the editor of Jung's Red Book.