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The Tao of Psychology: Synchronicity and Self
Shows how synchronicity (the phenomenon of meaningful coincidences) occurs in and enriches ordinary life; provides the key for each individual to interpret the synchronistic events in his or her life; and gives fresh insight into those relationships, dreams, and flashes of perception that touch and transform our lives.
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
June 1st 1982
by HarperOne
(first published 1979)
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Interesting little book, just finished reading "The Magic of Believing" by Claude M. Bristol and see definite parallels between these two books. I liked this book quite a bit, makes sense to me that there are things we can't explain but that do exist. It perhaps operates outside of conventional psychology, but that's OK with me, helps me understand that coincidences are not always accidental and provided me a conceptual framework and philosophy that makes much more sense than mainstream religion...more
What a terrible pseudoscience load of crap.
Synchronicity is little more than the human mind creating relationships where there are none.
The book is a plagued with anecdotes of people reading into meaningless situations and claiming that they are examples of this imaginary concept.
This book is a waste of time and effort and brings an aura of understanding to a subject that we collectively misinterpret. The whole idea is as preposterous as society's brief stint with Psychoanalysis.
Synchronicity is little more than the human mind creating relationships where there are none.
The book is a plagued with anecdotes of people reading into meaningless situations and claiming that they are examples of this imaginary concept.
This book is a waste of time and effort and brings an aura of understanding to a subject that we collectively misinterpret. The whole idea is as preposterous as society's brief stint with Psychoanalysis.
Good positioning of concept/theory in the introductory chapter with case studies for the remainder.
Easy to read and will potentially resonate if you like anecdotal 'evidence'. I liked the references to the personal journey of the author.
What I took away from it is that if you are open to seeing patterns in life as a means to learning and perhaps modifying behaviour, you will. If not, then it really doesn't matter does it?!
Easy to read and will potentially resonate if you like anecdotal 'evidence'. I liked the references to the personal journey of the author.
What I took away from it is that if you are open to seeing patterns in life as a means to learning and perhaps modifying behaviour, you will. If not, then it really doesn't matter does it?!
Ch 1 is good, ch 7 is worth reading for the part on quantum mechanics, and the rest is basically a repetition of what's in ch 1. It's told through personal stories, which doesn't lend a lot of support for her argument about synchronicity. Also, if she were looking for an eastern religion to compare the idea of synchronicity with, she would have done better with Buddhism or Hinduism (which she references in ch 1). Both have a much clearer concept of universal oneness than Toaism does.
Disappointed in this book - not sure why, but the writing did not engage me. Not sure if it was because my expectations interfered with my ability to ingest it, but the writing did-engaged me enough not to try it again- yet.
My introduction to Synchronicity, which is a concept/phenomenon I think about almost daily.
Thin little book, to the point, illyuminating.
Love Psychology, it helps to self knowledge.
Good introduction
This is a very good book.
Great book, it had a lot of meaning to me.
Not a bad introduction to syncronicity. Bolen does well to sum up some of Jung's theories, but includes some sections of debatable quality.
A brief introduction to syncronicity and Taoism.
This book is a great intro to Jungian psychology and Eastern philosophy.
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Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing’s "Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award". She is a former board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women.
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