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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.

ISBN-13: 9780691058375

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Date: 10-25-1998

Pages: 184

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Series: Encountering Jung #1

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction 1

Pt. I Encountering the Paranormal

1 Spiritualism 47

2 Spirits and hauntings 55

3 Analytical psychology 72

4 Astrology and the I Ching 79

Pt. II The Theory of Synchronicity

5 Synchronicity 93

6 Parapsychology 103

7 Jung's astrological experiment 112

8 Physics 122

Pt. III Outer Limits

9 Visions and altered states 133

10 Life after death 142

11 UFOs 152

12 Miscellaneous insights and speculations 159

Subject index 172

Name index 176