SYNCHRONICITY: the mysterious web of meaningful coincidences

This Jungian Life Podcast · Jun 7, 2018 · 31m

Synchronicity is a concept that has fascinated thinkers across disciplines for decades, and few have delved as deeply into its nature and implications as the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. According to Jung, synchronicity refers to meaningful coincidences that defy rational explanation but that feel infused with a sense of significance or destiny. But how do we recognize such coincidences, and what role do they play in our lives and psyches?

Jung himself was driven to explore the concept of synchronicity by his encounters with analysands who described unusual coincidences that seemed to be…