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This post is a follow-up from yesterday’s in which we took a look at the new issue of Psychiatric Annals, which is devoted to synchronicity. We commented on the first two articles. Now we’ll move on the other two.<\/p>\n

We’ll start with\u00a0\u00a0Exploration of Anomalous Mind-Matter Correspondences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This study is interesting, especially since it focuses on the law of attraction and unexpected money. Here’s how it begins.<\/p>\n

“The study of unexpected money, conducted as part of a dissertation project,\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>follows the discussion in the online edition of\u00a0Psychiatric Annals<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>of using experimental methods to determine whether participants under controlled conditions can apply intention to attract \u201cunexpected\u201d money.<\/p>\n

So the jargon term in this study moves from WCS-2 (Weird Coincidences Scale-2), to the appropriate and clever acronym of SUM (Seeking Unexpected Money). \u00a0Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n

“The study incorporated methodologies from psi laboratory experiments, prayer studies, and the social sciences to explore whether anomalous mind-matter correspondences (AMMCs) happen more frequently to people who have been instructed to engage in intentional activities. It resembled the psi studies in that it employed a true experimental design: Randomized groups, each blind to the activities of the other groups, received differing instructions to perform a new task. Yet, it differed from these studies in that the new task \u2014 to be attentive to receipts of unexpected money \u2014 carried\u00a0a priori<\/em>\u00a0meaning for the participants.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the definition of unexpected money.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoney that comes into your hands surprisingly and suddenly (\u2018out of the blue\u2019), without your earning it, soliciting it, specifically seeking it out, or otherwise expecting it.\u201d Examples of unexpected-money events included finding cash on the street, inheriting money unexpectedly, winning money in a lottery or contest, receiving money through an unexpected credit or class action settlement. Even windfall capital gains, wage increases, new work, or return of monies borrowed were considered valid events if there was some aspect to their receipt that felt highly out of the ordinary.”<\/p>\n

(Interestingly, the day I wrote this post, we received two checks totalling $36 from a class action settlement against American Express. It was definitely unexpected money. Too bad is wasn’t more!)<\/p>\n

And what were the results of the study? It looks like the ol’ trickster stepped into this one, which involved 64 people. \u00a0The control group apparently did better at gaining unexpected money than the ones applying intention.<\/p>\n

The article summarized: “The fact that the controls prevailed seems to indicate that the act of paying attention was enough, and that performing any additional intentional activities actually deterred participants from achieving the desired outcome. These findings support those from prayer studies\u00a0and PK experiments, \u00a0<\/span>which have discovered that the best results often are achieved when participants are not applying rigorous intentionality to the psi task.”<\/p>\n

We’re glad that some people got unexpected money. Certainly, the control group did not expect it!<\/p>\n

The final study is called\u00a0\u00a0Measurement of Synchronicity in a Clinical Context<\/a>. It’s about whether or not a synchronicity can be generated<\/em> under controlled conditions rather than happening unpredictably.<\/p>\n

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The study made use of divination, specifically, the I Ching, the book of changes. References to Jung and his use of the I Ching \u00a0were at the heart of the study.<\/p>\n

“Jung considered synchronicity to be the I Ching\u2019s basic mode of operation.\u00a0In light of his lifelong use of the book and beliefs about its underlying process, researchers such as Lance Storm question why Jung never undertook empirical studies with the instrument. Nevertheless, Jung found the uncanny results he received when consulting the I Ching for his personal questions intriguing, referring to the book\u2019s content as a ‘catalog of archetypal information.'”<\/p>\n

The author notes: “This study hypothesized that when the I Ching is employed in a psychotherapy-like context, sufficient contingent conditions will be present to cause the occurrence of a synchronicity.”<\/p>\n

While Jung believed that the I Ching and other divination systems are examples of synchronicity, he also thought that synchronicity cannot be \u201ccaused,\u201d or at least not caused by the principles of modern science. \u00a0That’s why he called it an \u201cacausal connecting principle.\u201d<\/p>\n

I might be over simplifying the results, but it appears that the study found that I Ching readings were accurate only about one out of three times. I’m not sure how such a conclusion was made since I Ching readings are highly subjective. One person might find a reading highly accurate while another person in a similar situation might find the same reading questionable or worthless.<\/p>\n

As the author noted: “A person\u2019s level of psychological insight is also thought to contribute to his or her recognizing and extracting relevant meaning from a synchronistic occurrence.”<\/p>\n

One Jungian scholar \u00a0<\/sup>stated, \u201cJung maintained that to use the I Ching effectively one must possess considerable psychological insight, just as such insight must also be possessed to accurately interpret the full meaning of any synchronistic pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study ended, as the others in this issue of Psychiatric Annals, saying that more research was needed. I think that’s a boiler plate ending for most studies. I’ve never read one that concluded by saying no more studies on this subject are needed. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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