The Power of Coincidence: The Mysterious Role of Synchronicity in Shaping Our Lives

by Frank Joseph

We have all experienced unexplainable occurrences-such as thinking about an old friend just before the phone rings and it happens to be that old friend. The Power of Coincidence reveals that such occurrences are not merely insignificant episodes of random chance, but are important pieces in the puzzle of our lives. If we solve the riddle of these mysterious occurrences, their meanings can have a positive impact.

Genres: Reference

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Frank Joseph is the pen name of Francis Joseph Collin, a former activist with the American Nazi Party/National Socialist White People's Party and the founder of the National Socialist Party of America. In 1979, Collin was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to seven years in prison, and he lost his position in the party.

Upon his release from prison, Collin reinvented himself under the pseudonym of Frank Joseph, a New Age writer and a pagan worshiper. In 1987, he had his first New Age book published, The Destruction of Atlantis: Compelling Evidence of the Sudden Fall of the Legendary Civilization.

He wrote articles for the magazine Fate, and between 1993 and 2007 he was also an editor of Ancient American. This magazine focuses on what it considers to be evidence of ancient, pre-Columbian transoceanic contact between the Old World and North America, with the implication that all complex aspects of North America's indigenous cultures must have originated on other continents.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took me over 3 years but I finally finished it! I put this book down for months at a time which is the reason for the length of time it took to finish it. It’s obviously not a book that you can’t put down - not that I ever expected it to be.

The book is okay. It makes you think and the research that went into it is truly remarkable.

My biggest complaint is the writing. There were numerous sentences that had several adjectives and adverbs, making me have to read them a few times over to understand them. On top of that, there were more than a couple run-on sentences. They would be saying one thing, then break the train of thought with a lengthy side note. It was very distracting!

The end dragged on and it seemed to repeat the same idea multiple times in different ways in the last chapter.

Certainly, the most interesting part was the middle, in which the author discussed the different types of synchronicities and gave examples of each of them.

Overall, 5 stars for the research that went into the book, but 2 stars for the confusing phrasing and the repetitive ending.

[EC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every breath you take every move you make I'll be watching you.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book, worth the read

[Vincenzo di Vincenzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro contrastate. La maggior parte delle pagine è dedicate agli esempi che dimostrano l'effettività delle sincronicità (o coincidenze), ma comunque riesce ad essere apprezzato per il suo contenuto affrontato con testimonianze di autori e figure eminenti nel campo psicologico, filosofico e spirituale.

[Deepak · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing new...

[Ezette Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

what a way to approach every day going forward.