A New Approach to Synchronicity

A Re-Appraisal of Jung's Acausal Connecting Principle with a Focus on Psi
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-91099-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

This book offers an up-to-date handling of C. G. Jung’s Theory of Synchronicity and the more mainstream paranormal phenomena known as extra-sensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK), collectively referred to as ‘psi’.

Author Lance Storm re-works various aspects of synchronicity, traditionally marginalized by parapsychologists, to bring about a paradigm shift in the field. Most often seen as fundamentally different, the book draws parallels between psi and synchronicity and equates the two, arguing that psi was all along a form of synchronicity – just as Jung had anticipated. To achieve this, Storm necessarily modifies both the parapsychologist’s view about psi, and Jung’s views about synchronicity, enabling a satisfactory merger of the two paranormal phenomena.

Based on rigorous scientific research and written in an easy-to-understand style, this book is an important resource for specialists such as anomalistic psychologists, parapsychologists, philosophers, paranormalists and theologians.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Storm, Lance

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. Defining Synchronicity 2. Types of Synchronicity 3. The Map Is Not The Territory 4. The Extraordinary Case of Bishop James Pike 5. Synchronicity Writ Large. References. Appendix A. The Birthday Paradox. Appendix B. Experiments on Meaningful Coincidence. Appendix C. The I Ching and the Binary System—Comparisons. Appendix D: Nostradamus and His Critics.

Über Autor(innen)

Lance Storm is a Visiting Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Australia. He has over 20 years post-doctoral research experience as a theorist and designer of funded experiments in parapsychology. Storm has published in major journals including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Parapsychology and Journal of Scientific Exploration. He is a full member of the AIPR, and Chief Editor of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology.