I don't know if my previous post made it, so I felt that I would try again, here it is, as I was doing my best to answer
jdlaw,
Hi.
I am not sure how to use this forum and just coming back to use computer.
Thank you for your reply. OK, I will try my best to present my perception of the topic.
No doubt, the chaos and order within can offer an approach to the operation of this "principle of nature and grace."
In the case of "All S is P" the logical symbols represent both narrow and broad definitions provided by the Swiss psychologist, Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, in which we know coined the technical term, "synchronicity."
It would be a rather long discussion to go into great detail, so hopefully I can make it as less painful as possible.
The DECLARATION“Synchronicity is not a philosophical view
but an empirical concept which postulates
an intellectually necessary principle”
(
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle par 960)
Narrow and Broad Definitions
NARROW Definition“Here I would like to call attention to a possible misunderstanding which may be occasioned by the term ‘synchronicity,’ which simply means the simultaneous occurrence of two events.
“Synchronicity therefore, means the simultaneous occurrence of a certain psychic state with one or more external events which appear as meaningful parallels to the momentary subjective state – and, in certain cases, vice versa” (
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle pars 949-950).
Michael Fordham states, “They are simply ‘meaningful coincidences’” (
ibid, Editorial Preface).
BROAD Definition “The question now arises whether our definition of synchronicity with reference to the equivalence of psychic and physical processes is capable of expansion, or rather, requires expansion. This requirement seems to force itself on us when we consider the above, wider conception of synchronicity as an ‘acausal orderdness.’” (
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle par 965).
“…there are certain regularities and therefore constant factors, from which we must conclude that our narrower conception of synchronicity is probably too narrow and really needs expanding. I incline in fact to the view that synchronicity in the narrow sense is only a particular instance of general acausal orderdness-that, namely, of the equivalence of psychic and physical processes where the observer is in the fortunate position of being able to recognize the tertium comparationalis” (
ibid par 965).
This broader conception provides the basis for the fourth category:
“…I see no reason why synchronicity should always just be a coincidence of two psychic states or a psychic state and a non psychic event. There may also possibly be coincidences of this kind between non psychic events” (
Atom and Archetype: Pauli/Jung Letters 1932-1958 p 60).
Thus, All synchronistic events, narrow and broad definitions (
S), happen in space-time (
P).
This is our
Universal affirmative qualifying proposition for our initial
A Categorical Statement.
ALL S is PQED “Quod erat demonstrandum “ (EUCLID)
Both the narrow and broad definitions have an acausal situation of correspondence between two or more events AND they occur in SPACE-TIME.
The subsets are that SOME SYNCHRONICITY can be observed (as empirical events) in one or more of the categories (previously posted). These definitions and categories are part of the "Concept of Synchronicity."
So, we have ALL
Synchronicity (situations of correspondence between two or more acausal events) are
P (are happening in spacetime) and the subsets Some Synchronicity is Category 1, Some Synchronicity is Category 2, Some Synchronicity is Category 3, and some Synchronicity is Category 4.
After much study, I noticed that there are those that are "compound" sets where there are more Categories involved.
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The next approach from "Concept" is "Interpretive Principle." I noticed you see through science and quantum mechanics. We can utilize these perspectives. I tend to separate "quantum mechanics" from "quantum metaphysics/mysticism."
However, I cannot escape the analogies. In that wonderful collection,
Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters 1932-1958 these two internationally renowned figures provided a cross reference. between physics and psychological terminology.
For example,
Physics:
1.) Mapping
Note. The mapping always appears through a polar field of force, conveyed in such a way that the people mapped are related to each other. A special case of this is
2.) Small dipoles arranged in parallel fashion (as found physically in a magnetic solid body.)
in Psychology:
1. “Pariticipation Mystique”
2.) Many people with an unconscious sense of identity, as in the ease of a hypnotic experiment.
Physics:
3.) The suspension of the mapping comes about in this case when a dipole starts to rotate as a result of its inherent heat.
In another image, the same thing is represented by the separation of iso¬topes. (By isotopes one means chemical elements that occupy the same place in the periodic table and that can be sepa¬rated only by means of extremely diffi¬cult methods.)
Psychology:
3.) Suspension of the participation mystique by means of individual differentiation.
Physics:
4.) A similar symbolic image is the split-ting of spectral lines in a magnetic field.
Without field |
With field |||
Groups of corresponding lines, so- called doublets, triplets, or multiplets, also frequently appear as an image.
Psychology:
4.) Process of differentiation
But what does the polar field mean in psychological terms? It must be essential as the cause of the differentiation. All I know is that the same polarity is also represented by dominoes, playing cards, or other games (in two or in fours!)— The polar field must express a sort of dynamic regularity of the collective unconscious.
Physics:
5.) Radioactive nucleus
Psychology:
5.) "Self"
It is clear that "nucleus" means the same as the individual center. But what does "radioactivity" mean in psychological terms? On the one hand it seems to indicate a gradual transformation of the center, and on the other hand an effect radiating outwards (rays!).
Physics:
6.) Resonances
Every engineer knows what the cata-strophic effects can be of the coincidence of 2 vibration frequencies. But what the simple worker docs not usually know is that one can escape the resonance by raising the rate of revolution.
Psychology
6.) Archetypes
= falling into the archetype by identification
Physics:
Field of Force
Radioactivity
Psychology:
Synchronicity
Physics:
Equivalences
Psychology:
Meaning
Physics:
Spectral Lines
Isotope
Isotope Separation
Psychology:
Incarnation
( Please note: I would also use the term “avatare”)
Physics:
Nucleus
Psychology:
“the center” totality of the Psyche, The self.
Physics:
Isomorphy
(the identity of form, reproduction of the same form)
Psychology:
Personates: (Singular element)
Physics:
Automorphy
Psychology:
Personates (Group of elements) product is representation of isomorphy.
Physics:
Corpuscle and wave Resonance
Psychology:
Archetype
Physics:
Energy
Psychology:
"Psychic Intensity”
Physics:
Quantum Physics
Psychology:
Psychology of the individual process and the unconscious in general
Physics:
Mutually exclusive complementary experimental setups, to measure the position as well as momentum
Psychology:
Wholesness of man consisting of consciousness and unconsciousness
Physics:
Impossibility of subdividing the experimental set up without basically changing the phenomena.
Psychology:
Change in consciousness and the unconscious when the conscious is acquired, especially in the process of the
coniuntio.
Physics:
The result of the observation is an irrational actuality of the unique occurrence
Psychology:
The result of the
coiuntio, is the
infans solaris, individuation
Physics:
The new theory is the objective, rational and hence symbolic grasping of the possibilities of natural occurrences, a sufficiently broad framework to accommodate the irrational actuality of the unique occurrence.
Psychology:
The objective, rational, and hence symbolic grasping of the psychology of the individuation process, broad enough to accommodate the irrational actuality of the unique individual
Physics
U-fieldPsychology
Colllective Unconscious
You also brought up interesting perspectives, like gestalt. There is no doubt that we each "live in a different world." That is, we each are the center of the universe because we all have different and similar nodes of associations, experiences, circumstances, typologies and so on. We each are the center of our own drama while at the same time figuring in other's drama(s).
Your take seems to remind me of some of the scientific approaches, like F. David Peat in his
Synchronicity: A Bridge Between Matter and Mind and his
Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything. He has many other works, which help those of us that are not mathematicians, thanks to his approach. I like his contribution in
Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat? .
You also brought up an interesting correlation about our vocal expressions that stem from our inner physiology. Dr. Marie Von Franz, in her
Psyche and Matter noted the same with the word "POOH."
Other writers on this topic I found, like Eric Fromm, noted the same. I believe that all animals express their internal whereabouts into external signs in much the same way. My pet dog, Oreo reminds me that they have feelings and a spirit capable, even deserving of an eternal existence, in my opinion.
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In my particular efforts, if for example, you are ready to "SIGH" and say the TV shows someone sighing at the same time, this would be a category one synchronicity. The audio would be an "acoustical knot" typology. It would be like a stereophonic echoing.
Arthur Koestler noted in one of his books, that as he was traveling on a train, the sound of the rythmic wheels seemed to be saying "I told you so, I told you so." This "acoustical knot" if we go deeper, probes into his psychology. I am not sure, but I believe he was working on the Case of the Midwife Toad at the time, which was about the tragic suicide of the Biologist Paul Kammerer.
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I will post a "coincidence game" on another post that should help those of us that would like to have an easy way to categorize any narrative that describes an authentic case of synchronicity, trivial thru profound, easy to complex.
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Thank you for your reply.
