Synchronicity, Science, and Soulmaking; Understanding Jungian Syncronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosphy

by Victor Mansfield

• ISBN13: 9780812693041
• ISBN10: 0812693043
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-12-31
• Publisher: Open Court
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Summary

The pioneering analysis of synchronicity was given by Jung, yet despite the concept's momentous significance in Jung's work, and despite the widespread dissemination of the term 'synchronicity' even within pop culture, synchronicity is often badly misconstrued and remains "perhaps the least understood of Jung's theories." Synchronicity, Science, and Soul-Making has already been hailed as the most important analysis of synchronicity since Jung himself.

Author Biography

Victor Mansfield is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Colgate University.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Individuation and Unconscious Compensation	p. 12
Synchronicity: Acausal Connection through Meaning	p. 22
Synchronicity: Examples and Analysis	p. 37
The Bridge to Physics	p. 49
From a Medieval to a Modern World View	p. 52
Causality and Acausality in Nature	p. 72
The Elasticity of Space and Time	p. 86
A Participatory Quantum Universe	p. 97
Nonlocality in Nature	p. 111
The Bridge to Philosophy	p. 128
The Structure of Middle Way Buddhism	p. 130
Applications of Middle Way Emptiness	p. 150
The Psychological Standpoint: Virtues and Vices	p. 166
A Philosophic Model for Synchronicity	p. 185
Weaving Harmonies and Revealing Dissonances	p. 207
Synchronicity and Individuation	p. 222
Appendix	p. 235
Notes	p. 239
Index	p. 251
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