Synchronicity is a concept introduced by Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, to describe events that coincide in time and appear meaningfully related, yet lack a discoverable causal connectio
Carl G. Jung, who coined the term synchronicity between 1928 and 1930
Astral configurations in astrology represent for Jung an example of synchronicity, that is, of a parallel, non-causal relationship between the development of celestial phenomena and those marked by terrestrial time.
A gold-coloured Cetonia aurata
Analytical psychology is a term referring to the psychological practices of Carl Jung. It was designed to distinguish it from Freud's psychoanalytic theories as their seven-year collaboration on psych
Synchronicity
…Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept introduced by Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, to describe events that coincide in time and appear meaningfully related, yet lack a discoverable causal connection. Jung held that this was a healthy…
An 1890 etching of Burghölzli hospital where Carl Jung began his career
Still talking, Jung with psychoanalytic colleagues. Front row: Sigmund Freud, G. Stanley Hall, Carl Jung. Back row: Abraham Brill, Ernest Jones, Sándor Ferenczi. 1909 in front of Clark University.
Psychology of the Unconscious (1916), the book which precipitated Jung's break with Freud
American philosopher of pragmatism William James greatly influenced C. G. Jung's thinking.