Great question. As a believer I wonder why Jung calls synchronicity 'acausal' in that essay "Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting Principle". Does he embrace a Humean notion of causality as constant conjunction in which causes precede effects temporally?
Yet I do find myself reluctant to jump in with both feet and call something a meaningful coincidence. This is no doubt my inner atheist whispering. As a believer I know synchronicity under a different name: providence. God always meets our real needs. Sometimes I see the pattern and call it providence. Usually I do not, perhaps because it is to bright for my minds eye. On Aug 21, 5:08 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > Synchronicity is a word that has come up now and then in these > discussions and is, I think, becoming more a part of our scientific > and philosophic paradigms. Webster defines it as: the quality or > state of being synchronous or simultaneous : concurrence of acts, > events, or developments in time : coincident movement or existence; > chronological arrangement of historical events and personages so as to > indicate coincidence or coexistence; a representation in the same > picture of two or more events which occurred at different times. > > Jung required a larger framework for his idea of synchronicity, a > framework that reveals an underlying pattern for what he called > "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events." > > What does synchronicity mean to you? What role does it play in your > life? What do YOU think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
