Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, C. G. Jung's 1952 primary text from Rascher Verlag, published alongside a companion essay by physicist Wolfgang Pauli, is Jung's full statement of his theory of meaningful coincidence. Its strength is that it is the primary text itself, the origin of the concept in Jung's own words. Its limit is that it is a psychoanalyst's own theoretical statement, not independent scholarship testing or validating the concept, which should be checked against critical assessment of Jung's broader theory.
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AuthorC. G. Jung
PublisherRascher Verlag
Zurich, 1952 German original, issued jointly with Wolfgang Pauli's essay as Naturerklarung und Psyche. The English translation (Routledge & Kegan Paul, Bollingen Series) followed later. Publication Year1952
Source Typeprimary-text
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: the primary text itself in its originator's own words, a psychoanalyst's theoretical statement rather than independent scholarship testing the concept. NotesJung's full statement of synchronicity, published alongside work by Wolfgang Pauli.
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