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Archive for the ‘Synchronicity’ CategoryThe Partial Observer - Bitter Melodies Turning Your Orbit Around by James Leroy Wilson
I am not making this up, because I wouldn’t admit it if it weren’t true. I once had a very disturbing dream. I was watching a legitimate documentary about how pornography exploded in popularity in the 1970’s and was threatening to go mainstream and respectable. Most disturbing was a scene in which major stars were signing on, first Sydney Poitier, and then Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson. (The dream did not get explicit.) Of all the people in Hollywood, those were the two least likely to do such a thing, and for a variety of reasons we need not get into here, dreaming about either in porn is wrong on so many levels. I woke up quite disturbed. But I felt better about myself a few days later when I read a piece by Jesse Walker in Reason which reviewed Guess Who, the remake of Poitier’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and then the documentary Inside Deep Throat about the 1970’s porn movie that enjoyed mainstream popularity. In the Guess Who section, Walker discusses the original and Poitier. So my dream was perhaps not so disturbing; it foreshadowed a link between Poitier and porn came to be when Walker reviewed Guess Who and Inside Deep Throat in the same piece. And Florence Henderson? Well, while I was reading Walker’s piece, in the next room people were watching the movie Yours, Mine, and Ours, a movie that inspired The Brady Bunch. It was “psychic” phenomena, vague enough to lack predictive value obvious when the dream “comes true.” We can not consciously choose what we dream, which means our dreams come from deep within our subconscious, or from outside our bodies, or both. Things appear in our heads that we do not choose to be there, or we think of a “neat idea” but don’t know why. In May, 2001, hip-hop group The Coup shot this cover for their CD Party Music, scheduled for release that November:
After September 11, the easy decision was made to replace the cover. Member “Boots” Riley says, “Any similarities are totally coincidental, and it was originally supposed to be more of a metaphor for destroying capitalism — where the music is making capitalist towers blow up. The politics of the Coup have more to do with the people organizing each other. ” What if the CD was actually released on September 11? That would have been freaky. Even more freaky than a CD that did come out that day. As Jason W. Smith reported that October on the Slayer album God Hates Us All:
What’s that? The story is well-known among rock devotees. Wikipedia provides a good summary: Though “Jesus, Etc.” and elements of other songs (in addition to the album cover itself) are sometimes thought to have been created in memory of the September 11th attacks, the entire album was completed before the attacks; September 11, 2001 was in fact the original intended release date for the album. The album features recordings from numbers stations, and is named after one of them: a looped recording at the end of the song “Poor Places” of a mysterious female voice reciting “yankee hotel foxtrot” over and over. The woman recorded in the clip is alleged to be a Mossad agent. Time Warner, one of the pillars of the American plutocracy, pulls the plug on the Sept 11 release date, only to re-sign with Wilco and release the album seven months later. Was this a blunder by Time Warner, or a “conspiracy” it made with Wilco management to generate more buzz for the album? In any case, the album foreshadows not just the 9-11 attacks, but also the sinister, conspiratorial aspects of an event that raises far more questions than even the JFK assassination. Oh, yeah, the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover:
Maybe not the Twin Towers, but twin towers nonetheless. Wilco is a Chicago band. But for freaky “coincidences” in rock, the best place to go is Pink Floyd’s classic album Dark Side of the Moon, and play it while watching The Wizard of Oz. The “Dark Side of Oz” page can help you set things up, and lists some, but by no means all, of the matches between music and movie. Most noteworthy is that the synchronicity between lyric and the on-screen action exists not just through the first play of the album, but continues by playing the album again and again until the movie ends (while you hear “Home, home again.” And yes, you can be amazed by it even when completely sober. Could Pink Floyd have striven to synchronize the album with The Wizard of Oz? It’s possible to do that through one play, if there were means in 1972 for Pink Floyd to have access to the movie in the studio while they recorded. Moon’s engineer Alan Parsons denies that The Wizard of Oz was ever even discussed, and adds, “There simply wasn’t the mechanics to do it. We had no means of playing videotapes in the room at all. I don’t think VHS had come along by ‘72, had it?” And then to do it again and again, with ever-changing situations and actions in the movie, until the movie ends? It is impossible to accept that the members of Pink Floyd consciously planned an alternative soundtrack to Wizard of Oz, or that members of Slayer, P.O.D., or Wilco consciously anticipated a terrorist attack on their albums’ planned release dates. They seem to be manifestations of what Carl Jung called “synchronicity” and the “collective unconscious.” After all, who believed before 9-11 that everything in America will go on swimmingly for the indefinite future? There were several (ignored) commentators and academics who predicted “blowback,” terrorist reprisals from the USA’s unceasing interventions in other countries, particularly in the Middle East. Prophesies do not go into details. A vague sense of doom and gloom is just that - a sense. But it’s something we can having without wishing to have it. It can nevertheless direct what we do or what we write. I see the possibility of words and phrases taking on meanings not consciously intended by the author. But when something, whether it is an idea or a lyrical line, just “pops” into one’s head, is that the product of conscious thought? Or does it come from a higher, more powerful Mind, and we just become its unwitting agents? When this is done by Christians, it is called the Holy Spirit working, or answered prayer. Self-help and get-rich gurus talk about the “Law of Attraction,” in which thoughts are energy, and energy attracts like energy. (The gurus say that quantum physics affirms this worldview, though I haven’t checked up on that.) It isn’t just conscious thoughts, but “unconscious” thoughts perhaps not created through ourselves, that attract. In a multi-dimensional universe in which linear time is an illusion, thoughts and images can “attract” each other even when separated by days, months or even decades. The themes of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot have nothing to do with terrorism, and the themes of Dark Side of the Moon have nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. Yet they are connected all the same. Do we live in a world of blind, unintelligent chance? Do we live in a world of coincidence? Is that the most rational explanation for things we can’t otherwise explain? Or does thought exist as energy at the smallest sub-atomic energy, bringing forces together for specific purposes? I do not believe in coincidence. We seem to be conscious agents both of our own will, but also unconscious agents of powers beyond ourselves. We receive messages that come to us in dreams or just pop into our heads. We are unwitting psychics and prophets. We do things that attract other things we do not expect or plan. Our world is more wonderful than we can even imagine. About the Author:
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Professor Chaos: September 2006 Archives
Significant Dreams CE 1:30PM–3:35 pm Symposium Cohen Researching Big Dreams, Their Correlates, and Their Effects Significant Dreams and Transpersonal Awareness Matthew S. Allen, Roger M. Knudson This paper reviews the literature on significant dreams and transpersonal states of awareness. An attempt is made to examine the role of significant dreams in the development of transpersonal awareness. Reference will be made to dreams provided by research participants. Neuropsychological Correlates of Big Dreams Kelly Bulkeley This presentation will present preliminary findings from a research project on highly memorable dreams, and will discuss the possible neuropsychological correlates of these unusual types of dreams. The chief argument will be that “big dreams” (Jung’s phrase) represent distinctive modes of neural activation that differ in significant ways from ordinary dreaming.
1:45 pm–3:45 pm Workshop Eaton 201 Understanding, Exploring, and Transforming Posttraumatic Nightmares Alan B. Siegel This workshop will demonstrate the meanings and therapeutic potential of exploring posttraumatic dreams and nightmares following disasters such as those on September 11th, as well as after other accidents, violence, abuse, or losses. Recurring themes, issues surfacing from the past, anniversary reactions and the stages of recovery from trauma will be explored using participants’ dreams and dreams from patients of participating practitioners. Handouts on posttraumatic dreams and recovery will be provided. 1:45 pm–3:35 pm Workshop Eaton 202 Dream Activism: Making a Difference in Our World Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Rita Dwyer Our dreams affect all of humanity. Learn how to use your dreams for community and global peace and prosperity. Participants will develop and initiate a dream activism platform for the dreaming community to use individually and in groups. Dream Interpretation CE 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Panel Eaton 201 Comparative Analysis of a Dream Series of a Trauma Survivor Alan B. Siegel, Deirdre Barrett, G. William Domhoff, Kelly Bulkeley This symposium will provide a panel discussion with audience participation of three viewpoints on a dream series related to the September 11th events. Special theoretical and clinical issues and advantages to working with a dream series after a discrete trauma event will be discussed and debated from contrasting viewpoints including a Jungian, Psychoanalytic or Self Psychological, and Cognitive point of view. The moderator will encourage active discussion from participants who will be able to receive the dream series in advance.
From The Wilderness Publications: How to Use This Website Carl Jung wrote: “The foundation of all mental illness is the … The World Since September 11th This is where you will find almost ALL stories published … The Century of the Self posted 03/21/2006, 9:29 PM (InformationLiberation) We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized.” - Edward Bernays THE CENTURY OF THE SELF Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund’s devoted daughter; and present-day PR guru and Sigmund’s great grandson, Matthew Freud. Sigmund Freud’s work into the bubbling and murky world of the subconscious changed the world. By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society’s belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man’s ultimate goal. Internet connectedness before and after September 11th Kim, Yong-Chan., Jung, Joo-Young., Ball-Rokeach, Sandra. and Cohen, Elisia. … activities in response to September 11th, than low- and non-connectors did. Citation: URL: http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111369_index.html MLA citation: APA citation:
Jung & Analytical Psychology books - Jung Arena Jung & Analytical Psychology titles from Psychology Press and Routledge Mental Health (and Guilford Press in … Published September 11th 1986 by Routledge. … www.jungarena.com/books/browse/Jung–Analytical-Psychology-BE051000/13 - 18k - Cached GLOCOM Platform - Books & Journals - Journal Abstracts Civic Actions after September 11th: Exploring the Role of Multi-Level Storytelling Elisia L. Cohen, Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, Joo-Young Jung, and Yong-Chan … www.glocom.org/books_and_journals/journal_abstracts/20020402_ja_s53/index.html - 31k - Cached
A Dangerous opportunity, the spiritual challenges of the events of … September 11th, however, has changed this. The events of that date have … Jung invented the term shadow to refer to the “other side” of our nature, … A DANGEROUS OPPORTUNITY Published in the December 2001 issue of “A new order on earth will not begin, I believe, until we all learn to see the pollution in our hearts. And that will not happen until many of us, a critical mass, experience with remorse, a real change of consciousness.” When the Terrorist planes flew into the Twin Towers on the fateful morning of September 11th, something became activated in the planetary psyche that changed the world forever. Before that shock, a complacency existed. Before that shock, many of us had never really wanted to open our eyes to see and face the imbalances and violence in our world, and if we did we would simply say to ourselves: “Well, that is the way things are and always have been. C’est la vie!” But no longer. As those towers crumbled, something also shattered in our own psyches, which in many people gave rise to the realisation that violence and terrorism was no longer something that happened over there, to them; it was also a reality in our own midst and belonged to all of us. It was Gurdjieff who warned us never to underestimate the transformational possibilities of shock. In his eyes, man being the “spiritually asleep” creature that he was, if he wished to wake up he generally needed to experience a shock greater than the sum of his own inertia. And that is exactly what has happened. The word crisis in Chinese is translated “dangerous opportunity.” And this is what we now face. For a long time, there has existed what we might call an “Alternative Movement” on the planet. Whether we refer to those comprising it as Alternativists, social or spiritual activists, or Aquarian Conspirators, radical philosophers, ecological warriors, peacemakers, New-Agers or whatever, does not matter. What is significant is that many people have come up with ingenious solutions to our world problems, and are in touch with important antidotes to help our planet work more effectively and be a healthier place in which to live. But always the problem has been the “powers that be”, or the pedagogical forces - those who “run things”. They have always resisted, closed their eyes, said, “no” to innovation. September 11th, however, has changed this. The events of that date have catalysed a whole new climate of potential openness to change, and while this may not yet be visible (as I write, bombs are still dropping in Afghanistan) we must not forget to look beneath the surface. I have travelled quite extensively since September 11th and wherever I have been, I have encountered people asking many new questions – talking about the need to have a new kind of world come into being, a kinder, gentler more humane world, and who are prepared now, for the first time, to do something to have this come about. In the words of Christopher Fry in his play A Sleep of Prisoners “Dark and cold we may be,but this is no winter now. Why these September 11th events are so different from all other previous crises that have also exposed anomalies in the system, is that this crisis went right to the very jugular of western society; it has highlighted certain wrongs so forcefully that we can no longer avoid seeing them. Facing the Shadow Another Meaning To September 11th To September 11th. by Butler Shaffer …. as Carl Jung has suggested, that “the salvation of the world consists in the salvation of the individual soul.” … www.lewrockwell.com/orig/shaffer2.html - 17k - Cached Another Meaning The shocking attacks upon the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have struck far deeper into our conscious and unconscious minds than any of us has begun to imagine. The anger that has now settled into the minds of most of us is certainly understandable, deriving as it does from a fear of our vulnerability and a failure of expectations that our political systems would protect us from such harm. This anger, driven by a desire for revenge, does not subside, for the perpetrators of this crime are dead, and it is unclear to most of us who else might be implicated. So intense is this anger that those among us who fail to voice it with sufficient heat, or resist the cries of “war,” themselves become subject to attack. I have devoted the majority of my adult years to addressing the deadly, destructive, and dehumanized nature of the world in which we live. We live in conflict because our thinking is in conflict. We have organized ourselves into rigidly-defined categories based upon race, ethnicity, nationality, ideology, religion, economic interests, geography, and countless other identities, and vigorously defend the boundaries of such categories from those outside. Politics mobilizes such identities, promising each of these groups the coercive backing of the state to advance their interests. Political systems operate upon a vertical, top-down model of decision-making, as was best represented in the pyramidal structuring of Plato’s Republic. Those in authority are presumed to have a superior wisdom and access to information to justify their making decisions for all of society. Most of us have been conditioned to buy into this model, as reflected in the oft-quoted phrase “the more complex society, the greater the need for government.” In recent years, however, there has been a growing awareness of the fallacy of such a premise, and an understanding that only decentralized, spontaneous systems and practices – such as the marketplace – are capable of dealing with the uncertainties of a complex world. We have been witnessing the collapse of the vertical, and the emergence of a more horizontal, model of social organizations. Institutionalized health care is being challenged by alternative, individually-directed health practices. The awareness that police are unable to protect us from crime has generated an interest in martial arts, private weapons, and electronic protection of homes. The failure of government schools has led increasing numbers of parents into private schools and homeschooling. Most of us no longer depend on the vertically structured institutional media (”we will tell you what we want you to know”) for information, but communicate with one another through the horizontally driven Internet. Even political systems have become subject to such decentralizing trends: secession movements and the collapse of the Soviet Union being the more evident examples. The terrifying events of September 11th provided perhaps the most chilling evidence of the failure of the political model. [PDF] Estimating the Effects of September 11th and Other Forms of Violence
Abstract 2004, Vol. 8, No. 3, Pages 111-129 (doi:10.1207/s1532480xads0803_2) Estimating the Effects of September 11th and Other Forms of Violence on the Mental Health and Social Development of New York City’s Youth: A Matter of Context J. Lawrence Aber New York University Elizabeth T. Gershoff Columbia University Angelica Ware Columbia University Jennifer A. Kotler Columbia University
This longitudinal study examines the effects of exposure to the terrorist attack of September 11th as well as exposure to other forms of community violence on change in the mental health and social attitudes of youths in New York City. Three quarters of the youths reported some form of direct exposure to the events of September 11th, and 80% reported a lot of exposure to at least 1 form of media coverage of September 11th; these rates were comparable with the citywide survey of public school students in New York City conducted by the New York City Department of Education. Results of a structural equation model that included controls for previous levels of mental health and social attitudes, as well as a range of demographic factors, indicated that direct exposure and family exposure to the event did not predict change in any mental health outcomes, but did predict change in levels of social mistrust; media exposure did predict posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. In contrast, victimization by other forms of violence was strongly associated with change in or current levels of all of the examined mental health symptoms, whereas witnessing other forms of violence was associated with change in or levels of 3 of 4 mental health symptoms and with increased hostile attribution bias and levels of social mistrust. Implications of the results for applied developmental and public mental health strategies in response to traumatic events are discussed. Cited by J. Lawrence Aber “September 11th: Piercing Our Unconscious.” The C.G. Jung Page (September 2001). “On the Borderland:” in: The Institute of Noetic Sciences Review, … List of Publications
Community: Atonement” in: Jung and the Shadow of Anti-Semitism, Aryeh Maidenbaum, ed. (Nicholas-Hays, 2003) of the International Association for Analytical Psychology,” in: “Collective Shadow Integration of the Jungian Community: Atonement” in: Jung and the Shadow of Anti-Semitism, Aryeh Maidenbaum, ed. (Nicholas-Hays, 2003) C.G. Jung Society, Seattle Inside Pages In- Depth (September 2001)
Psybertron Asks » Synchronicity, Jung and I Ching On-line copy of the Foreword to I Ching by Carl Gustav Jung. … When taking stock I noticed that I started this Blog 2 days after September 11th 2001. … www.psybertron.org/?p=86 - 36k - Cached - Similar pages April 2, 2002 Synchronicity, Jung and I Ching Synchronicity, Jung and I Ching - start a new thread. Meanwhile picked-up the Synergetics thread, prompted by Brian Josephson Spooky synchronicity developing between non-locality, paranormal, quantum computing & information. Stapp and Josephson would clearly appear to be onto something. Flight to New Reason When taking stock I noticed that I started this Blog 2 days after September 11th 2001. The lines of thought here had been keeping me awake at nights long before 9/11 woke the world. Nothing in this Blog has anything directly to do with those events, but I’m not alone in being awoken to the power of the Blog by their information aftermath. Perhaps in some small way the idea that western rational arrogance, which dogs progress in so many aspects of life, can be influenced by my puny efforts to bring alternative philosophies into the mainstream. Many greater people than I have tried before and failed over three millennia, so I’m not holding my breath. If 9/11 brings anything new to this ancient debate, apart from its awful significance, it is the fact that the antidote to classical logic is sure as hell not a flight from reason. That way lies only evil. The words “creative destruction” can never again be used lightly. | |||||||||||||||||||||
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.