Objects – like Max’s two teapots – are often involved in synchronicities. But the following story, also from Mysteries of the Unexplained, defies any rational explanation.
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In Japan in 1657, there was a kimono that was successively owned by three teenage girls. All three girls died before they had a chance to wear the kimono. It was considered so unlucky that a Japanese priest decided to cremate it in February 1657. “As the garment was being burned, a violent wind sprang up, fanning the flames and spreading them beyond control.” The result? The subsequent fire burned most of Tokyo, wiped out 300 temples, 500 palaces, 9,000 shops, more than 60 bridges, and killed 100,000 people.
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Sounds like an urban legend, right? But it’s apparently documented in a book by Noel Nouet, Histoire de Tokyo, page 98. I’d love to hear anyone explain this.
Mind-Blowing Synchronicities
aliens in the bsckyard
The Shift: Reports from the Mystical Underground
White Crows
We’re going from kimonos today to blue saris tomorrow.
It always comes back to that Zen koan, doesn’t it? This story reminds me of that movie – title escapes me – about how everyone who owned a particular car died. Or was that Stephen King’s Christine?
I wish I could believe stories like this, but it’s really hard to do so, knowing how manipulated history and even modern media is … good thing I experience my own personal (and less murderous) synchronicities, or I’d couldn’t believe in a darn thing at all … then again, what’s the real difference between believing in nothing and believing in something not just unknown but unknowable? Is the answer to that the same as to the sound of one hand clapping? lol
Hmm. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants this is not!