Abstract
Fibonacci time patterns may predict future synchronistic events (SEs) by forecasting nonlinear dynamical interactions. This study examined if there were differences between observed distributions of Fibonacci time patterns matching SEs compared to expected distributions based on chance. An online survey link was e-mailed to a random sample of Jungian analysts drawn from membership lists of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP). Two experiments tested the hypothesis that Fibonacci algorithms would predict increased synchronicity matches compared to chance. The two Fibonacci algorithms studied were a golden section model (GSM) and harmonic model (HM). Participants reported a total of 41 synchronicities. Statistical analysis showed a significant difference (p < .001) between observed and expected frequencies of matches based on chance for the HM algorithm, and no significant difference in matches predicted by the GSM algorithm. Synchronicity dynamics were found to exhibit a horizon of predictability between ±34 and ±89 days. The article discusses, among other issues, what these findings might mean for theoretical explanations of synchronicity and clinical practice.
Highlights
One of the central ideas advanced by Carl Jung (1952) was the concept of meaningful coincidence between outer and inner events
Since membership of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) requires extensive training of multiple years of both practical and theoretical aspects of Jungian psychology, the Jungian analysts can be seen as experts in such areas as the psychology of the unconscious, dream interpretation, and synchronicity
The results show that dates generated by the golden section model (GSM) algorithm are not related to the proximity of synchronicity experiences (SEs)
Summary
One of the central ideas advanced by Carl Jung (1952) was the concept of meaningful coincidence between outer and inner events. The concept of synchronicity, explicitly put forward by Jung, refers to an acausal connecting principle. The colloquial term “synchronicity” served as an umbrella for Jung, under which he grouped many paranormal events, including telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance. Synchronicity experiences (SEs) are understood to refer to the subjective evaluation that coincidences between inner and outer events may not be causally related to one another, but connected by some unknown principle
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