The Cosmological Significance of Synchronicity
by John Linn Mackey, Ph.D.

Friday, January 11, 2008  7:30 p.m.,  Lecture.
The Unitarian Universalist Church,
3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota
$10 Members   $15 Non-Members
Students Free

     Synchronicity is one of the most important concepts developed by Carl Jung. In an early lecture, Jung said, "Synchronism is the prejudice of the East, causality is the modern prejudice of the West." In essence, Synchronicity deals with "creative acts" that enter our lives. Working with physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung was able to build a bridge between physics and psychology that resulted in what he called Synchronicity . In science today, and particulary in cosmology, there is a grand struggle underway over the reality or non reality of meaning in the universe. Dr. Mackey will take us into the heart of this exciting debate and reflect on its implications for our place in the universe.

Dr. John Linn Mackey is Emeritus Professor, Appalachian State University. He has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry and a Masters degree in Social Ecology. He taught Chemistry for half his career then moved into Interdisciplinary Studies. He has a long time interest in Jung's work and incorporated this into courses he has taught. In addition to publications in chemistry he has papers published in Issues In Integrative Studies and The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal.