Editing Synchronicity (section)

== Analytical psychology ==
In [[analytical psychology]], the recognition of seemingly-meaningful coincidences is a mechanism by which unconscious material is brought to the attention of the conscious mind. A harmful or developmental outcome can then result only from the individual's response to such material.<ref name=Campbell2010/><ref name=IDoP/> Jung proposed that the concept could have [[psychiatric]] use in mitigating the negative effects of [[Rationalization (psychology)|over-rationalisation]]<ref name=Campbell2010/> and proclivities towards [[mind–body dualism]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tacey|first=David|year=2009|title=Mind and earth: Psychic Influence Beneath the Surface|journal=Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche|volume=3|number=2|pages=15–32|jstor=10.1525/jung.2009.3.2.15|doi=10.1525/jung.2009.3.2.15|s2cid=170711587}}</ref>

Analytical psychology considers modern modes of thought to rest upon the pre-modern and primordial structures of the psyche. Causal connections thus form the basis of modern [[worldview]]s, and connections which lack [[causal reasoning]] are seen as {{em|chance}}. This chance-based interpretation, however, is incongruent with the primordial mind, which instead interprets this [[Categorization|category]] as {{em|[[intention]]}}.<ref name=Bishop2008/> The primordial framework in fact places emphasis on these connections, just as the modern framework emphasizes causal ones. In this regard, causality, like synchronicity, is a human interpretation imposed onto external phenomena.<ref name=Bishop2008/> Primordial modes of thought are however, according to Jung, necessary constituents of the modern psyche that inevitably protrude into modern life—providing the basis for meaningful interpretation of the world by way of meaning-based connections.<ref name=Bishop2008/> Just as the principles of psychological causality provide meaningful understanding of causal connections, so too the principle of synchronicity attempts to provide meaningful understanding of acasual connections. Jung placed synchronicity as one of three main conceptual elements in understanding the psyche:<ref name=Campbell2010/>

# {{em|Psychological causality}}, as understood in [[Freudian theory]], by which repressed [[libido|libidinal energy]] is discharged across the psyche in response to principles of cause and effect—though Jung broadened this to a more generalized mental energy that is "particular to the unfolding of the individual psyche"<ref name=Campbell2010/>
# {{em|Psychological [[teleology]]}}, by which [[self-actualisation]] is an element of the psyche as [[potential]]
# {{em|Psychological synchronicity}}, or meaningful chance, by which the potential for self-actualisation is either enhanced or negated

Jung felt synchronicity to be a principle that had [[Explanation|explanatory]] power towards his concepts of [[Jungian archetypes|archetypes]] and the [[collective unconscious]].<ref group="lower-roman">''[[Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious]]'': Jung defines the 'collective unconscious' as akin to [[instinct]]s.</ref> It described a governing dynamic which underlies the whole of human experience and history—[[social]], [[emotion]]al, [[psychological]], and [[Spirituality|spiritual]]. The emergence of the synchronistic [[paradigm]] was a significant move away from [[Cartesian dualism]] towards an underlying philosophy of [[double-aspect theory]]. Some argue this shift was essential in bringing theoretical coherence to Jung's earlier work.<ref>Brown, R. S. 2014. "Evolving Attitudes". ''International Journal of Jungian Studies'' 6(3):243–53.</ref><ref group="lower-roman">In the final two pages of the Conclusion to ''[[Synchronicity (book)|Synchronicity]]'', Jung states that not all coincidences are meaningful and further explains the creative causes of this [[phenomenon]].</ref>