ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some clinical examples, alongside theoretical considerations regarding the principle of synchronicity that point towards a different temporal understanding. It helps the reader to find such elaboration useful in daily life. The clinician will benefit from the exposition of the material which is steeped in unorthodox temporal order. C. G. Jung’s devotion to synchronicity led to the development of his theory and to a deeper understanding about the working of, and the interconnection between, the psyche and the world. As Jung pointed out, this – as all synchronistic incidents – cannot be understood by causality: The dream did not cause the beetle to tap on the window; and certainly, the insect did not cause the dream. The chapter focuses on a particular kind of synchronicity: future-telling dreams, or more accurately prospective dreams. Prospective dreams are one of the possible manifestations – or perhaps ‘types’ – of synchronicity where the workings of the principle are clearly illustrated.
