Synchronicity and the meaning‐making psyche
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8984476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Warren Colman (St Albans City Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 471-491 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5922.2011.01924.x |
| PMID | 21884094 |
| OpenAlex | W1927474531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper contrasts Jung's account of synchronicity as evidence of an objective principle of meaning in Nature with a view that emphasizes human meaning-making. All synchronicities generate indicative signs but only where this becomes a 'living symbol' of a transcendent intentionality at work in a living universe does synchronicity generate the kind of symbolic meaning that led Jung to posit the existence of a Universal Mind. This is regarded as a form of personal, experiential knowledge belonging to the 'imaginal world of meaning' characteristic of the 'primordial mind', as opposed to the 'rational world of knowledge' in which Jung attempted to present his experiences as if they were empirically and publicly verifiable. Whereas rational knowledge depends on a form of meaning in which causal chains and logical links are paramount, imaginal meaning is generated by forms of congruent correspondence-a feature that synchronicity shares with metaphor and symbol-and the creation of narratives by means of retroactive organization of its constituent elements
Archetype · Epistemology · Intentionality · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Narrative · Psyche · Symbol (formal · Synchronicity · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |