Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal

C. G. Jung

Published by Princeton University Press 1999

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal

C. G. Jung
Edited by: Roderick Main

Volume 1 in the series Encountering Jung

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213170

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About this book

C. G. Jung had a lifelong interest in the paranormal that culminated in his influential theory of synchronicity. Combining extracts taken from the Collected Works; letters; the autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections; and transcripts of seminars, Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal sets out clearly his seminal contribution to our understanding of this controversial area.

In his introduction, Roderick Main discusses Jung's encounters with and observations of the paranormal, the influences that contributed to his theory of synchronicity, and the central ideas of the theory itself. The selections include Jung's writings on mediumistic trance phenomena, spirits and hauntings, anomalous events in the development and practice of analytical psychology, and the divinatory techniques of astrology and the I Ching. The book also features Jung's most lucid account of his theory in the form of his short essay "On Synchronicity," and a number of Jung's less-known writings on parapsychology, his astrological experiment, and the relationship between mind and body.

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal addresses subjects that were fundamental to Jung's personal and professional development. Probing deeply into the theory of synchronicity, Roderick Main clarifies issues that have long been a source of confusion to Jung's readers.

Author / Editor information

Roderick Main is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Encountering the paranormal
1. Spiritualism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
2. Spirits and hauntings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
3. Analytical psychology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4. Astrology and the I Ching Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Part II. The theory of synchronidty
5. Synchronicity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6. Parapsychology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7. Jung's astrological experiment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
8. Physics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Part III. Outer limits
9. Visions and altered states Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
10. Life after death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
11. UFOs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
12. Miscellaneous insights and speculations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
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Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 184
Illustrations
- Other: 30 halftones
Keywords: archetypes; astrology; baptism; ritual of; causality; chance; collective unconscious; death; decline effect; dreams; exteriorization phenomena; fantasy; ghosts; harmony; hauntings; immortality; individuation; magic; manticism; miracles; numbers; parallelism; physics; precognition; rationalism; relativity: causal; simultaneity; statistics; sympathy; telepathy; visions

eBook

Published: May 5, 2020
ISBN: 9780691213170