Synchronicity is
a
word created by the
Swiss
psychologist
Carl Jung to describe the alignment of "universal
forces" with the life experiences of an individual. Jung
believed that many experiences perceived as coincidences
were not merely due to
chance, but instead reflected the creation of an event
or circumstance by the "co-inciding" or alignment of such
forces1.
The process of becoming
intuitively aware and acting in harmony with these
forces is what Jung labeled "individuation."
Jung said that an individuated person would actually shape
events around them through the communication of their
consciousness with the
collective unconscious2.
Jung spoke of synchronicity as being an "acausal connecting principle" (ie. a pattern of connection that is not explained by causality).
The following paper extends the concept with the support of science and quantum physics.