Synchro detective Jim Banholzer has scooped out another good one. This time he has pointed us to a very unusual synchronicity that was first published in Incredible Coincidences, by Alan Vaughn.
“On Dec. 5, 1664, the first date in the greatest series of coincidences in history occurred. On this date, a ship in the Menai Strait, off north Wales, sank with 81 passengers on board. There was one survivor–a man named Hugh Williams. On the same date in 1785, a ship sank with 60 passengers aboard. There was one survivor–a man named Hugh Williams. On the very same date in 1860, a ship sank with 25 passengers on board. There was one survivor–a man named Hugh Williams.”
We don’t know if that’s the greatest series of coincidences in history, but it’s certainly ranks up there with Edgar Alan Poe’s astonishing fiction to real life cannibalism story and Morgan Robertson’s fiction to real life ship-sinking tale in his novel Futility.
Jim’s e-mail also included one of the most unique expamples of stichomancy, which is about posing questions and randomly pointing at a page in a dictionary or another book for an answer.Sometimes the answers are quite startling. In this case, a fly chose the word and it was synchronicity.
This one was reported by Leah Garchik, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Garchik wrote that a woman named Charlotte Muse and her co-workers were chasing a fly around their office swatting at it with a rolled up newspaper. The fly finally landed on an open dictionary and someone slammed shut. When the dictionary was opened, everyone was amazed to see that that fly had been squashed against the word ‘housefly.’
I do it everyday on waking, and it is startling how apt the readings are.
I LOVED that Hugh Williams story, what are the chances??????
"A MAN ALSO OR WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT, OR THAT IS A WIZARD, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH: THEY SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONES: THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THEM. " Leviticus 20:27
I'm in deep poop, Rob!!
WV: ovenet cj
I've done dictionary readings for years, and find the answers astonishing. Many times, though, they seem to reflect the question accurately without providing a firm answer. In other words, the oracle is saying: "You figure it out."
If I used a bible, I'd probably put my finger right on Leviticus 20:27. – R
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+20%3A27&version=KJV
incredibly amazing ship stories! and cj's beautifully poignant one! now i just need to pull out a big book and ask a few questions myself! great post, you two!
I love asking a question and letting a book fall open to a page! It always amazes me how the amswer seems to be there. Many, many years ago when my sister-in-law was terminally ill and suffering terribly from cervical cancer, I was in a quandary. i didn't know what to "ask for" in her behalf. I couldn't ask for her to die, yet I couldn't bear the thought of her continuing suffering. So I dug out my Dad's old Bible, and laid it on the side of the bed. Then I got on my knees, and out loud I asked, "What must I ask for, for Lois? Please help me to know." I let Dad's Bible fall open, and lo and behold, it was on a page where he had underlined a verse that stated God hears what is in our hearts that has no words, and He answers.
I was soooo comforted, and knew then that there weren't any words and that I must simply release her with love and not with fear or with agonizing over her suffering.
I use various books for guidance, depending on where I feel guided. The synchronicities are just astonishing. Do we do this with our own minds, or is there a greater Force at work? I think it is the latter! cj
A classic story, quite incredible.
Didn't know the word 'stichomancy' before but have used and experimented with the idea – though must be a few years back now. Got some interesting results at the time. I found the dictionary worked best for me.
I remember reading about someone who used this when she was wondering about a new man in her life. The word she 'chose' from the dictionary was 'nitroglycerine' – and that's how the relationship turned out!