CME Article

An Initial Study of Extreme, Measurable Forms of Synchronicity

Robert Perry, BA; Mary Kay Landon, PhD; Bruce Greyson, MD; Charles Whitfield, MD, FASAM; Barbara Harris Whitfield, RT, CMT; Nicola Perry, PGCE

  • Psychiatric Annals
  • December 2011 - Volume 41 · Issue 12: 577-583
  • DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20111104-05
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Abstract

However real and significant synchronicities can seem, they are also notoriously subjective. The events of a synchronicity can be simultaneous or years apart. They can be strikingly similar, or one event can merely seem like the answer to the other. What seems beyond chance to one person can seem random to another. What looks like a clear message from one angle can be interpreted differently from another angle, or be viewed as altogether meaningless. How can we study a phenomenon that exists so fully in the eye of the beholder?
AUTHORS

Robert Perry received his BA in psychology from California State University, Fullerton. Mary Kay Landon, PhD, is Research Associate, Education Development Center, Inc. Bruce Greyson, MD, is Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences; and Director, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia. Charles L. Whitfield, MD, FASAM, has a private practice in Atlanta, GA; and is a Senior Member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine; and is a consultant and collaborator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barbara Harris Whitfield, RT, CMT, is a researcher and author in private practice in Atlanta, GA; and is a certified counselor at the American Counseling Association; and a faculty and board member of the Institute for the Study of Empathic Psychotherapy. Nicola Perry received her PGCE from University of Exeter, UK.

Mr. Perry; Drs. Landon, Greyson, and Whitfield; Ms. Whitfield; and Ms. Perry have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Address correspondence to: Robert Perry via email: .robert@circleofa.org

doi: 10.3928/00485713-20111104-05

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