Synchronistic events constitute moments in which a 'cosmic' or 'greater' meaning becomes gradually conscious in an individual; generally it is a shaking experience.
Marie-Louise von FranzSynchronicity...means a 'meaningful coincidence' of outer and inner events that are not themselves causally connected. The emphasis lies on the word 'meaningful'.
Marie-Louise von FranzNumber is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness.
Marie-Louise von FranzEspecially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.
Marie-Louise von Franz