The inner life
Synchronicity
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Synchronicity is Jungian language for a meaningful coincidence, where an inner state and outer event seem connected by significance rather than obvious cause.
Synchronicity means a meaningful coincidence that feels symbolically connected to inner life.
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Synchronicity means a meaningful coincidence that feels symbolically connected to inner life.
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What sets Synchronicity apart
Synchronicity is Jung's name for a meaningful coincidence that he held was not explained by cause. He first used the word in public in 1930 and gave it full treatment in 1952 in a paper written alongside the physicist Wolfgang Pauli's essay. His standard example is a patient who was telling a dream of a golden scarab when a scarab-like beetle tapped at the window. It is a claim about meaning in the mind, and it is not a method of prediction.
- Coined by: Carl Gustav Jung, first used in public in 1930
- Main work: Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, 1952, with Pauli's essay
- Defining test: an inner state and an outer event that match in meaning, with no known cause between them
- Famous case: the golden scarab and the beetle at the window
- Status: a concept in analytical psychology, not an established physical effect
Often mistaken for something else: Ordinary coincidence is accepted as chance; Jung's synchronicity is a coincidence that carries personal meaning for the one who notices it.
The story behind Synchronicity
Carl Jung developed synchronicity as a concept for meaningful acausal connection, later adopted widely in spirituality and popular culture.
The spiritual meaning of Synchronicity
Spiritually, Synchronicity asks whether signs are producing wisdom or compulsion.
Synchronicity in the Bible
Christian readers should test signs carefully and avoid letting coincidence replace wisdom, Scripture, prayer, and responsibility.
Why Synchronicity matters
Synchronicity matters because meaningful coincidence can sharpen attention, but it can also feed obsession. The term works best when it leads to reflection rather than compulsive sign-chasing.
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Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
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- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Consciousness & Spiritual Psychology
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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What is synchronicity?
Synchronicity is Jungian language for a meaningful coincidence, where an inner state and outer event seem connected by significance rather than obvious cause.
Where does synchronicity come from?
Carl Jung developed synchronicity as a concept for meaningful acausal connection, later adopted widely in spirituality and popular culture.
What does synchronicity mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Synchronicity asks whether signs are producing wisdom or compulsion.
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