synchronicity stories

by **Dreams End** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:11 am

Okay, not too many Magick stories forthcoming...here's a chance to "troll" for another kind of interesting story: synchronicity stories. I'm going to post two which happened to me. One is a repeat from another post, but maybe not all saw it who would come here. Second one hasn't been posted. Join me! Story one: I was on a peace walk back in the late eighties with a Buddhist monk from Japan. We walked from St. Mary's, GA all the way to Amarillo, TX on a rather serpentine route along rail tracks over which Trident missile parts were transported. This explains how we ended up walking through Kansas...not exactly between the two endpoints. There was, at this point, only the two of us. At other times, more people would join us for awhile. And we were supposed to have had another member of our party for the whole trip, a fellow named Norbert who went by the nom de paix of "No Nuke Norb"but he decided to attend some sort of peace conference in Russia. It was f*&%$ing hot, literally about 110 degrees. It was only noon and we were out of water. Trusting for the universe to provide is one thing, but just being stupid is something else entirely. Houses were sparse as we were in the midst of farm country. And there were some massive farms on this stretch of road. Luckily, we happened upon a young man who was watering in the front yard. We asked if we could have some water and he said sure. And we asked if we could sit under his wonderful shade tree to have our lunch (meager as it was) and he assented again. Now, throughout the southeast and in the heartland, the site of my friend the monk was an odd one. He wore orange robes , a strange white hat and beat a prayer drum while chanting. And though we were shot at once (over our head, at least) most of the time people warmed to my friend quickly and completely. It was no different this time and soon we were invited in to have lunch with his whole family. They were gracious and fed us well. Naturally, they wanted to know what on earth we were doing and we explained. " Hmm," replied one of them... "You know, we have a cousin who is a big peace activist. Actually, we need to contact him as a family member has died and we don't know how to get ahold of him. Maybe you've met him before? Crazy guy....goes by "No Nukes Norb." Story 2 This one is pretty wild. For the last couple of years, I've been doing private tutoring for a living. In fact, the bulk of that work has been with a family of boys who are homeschooled. They are all brilliant but due to issues such as Asperger syndrome and bipolar disorder, they didn't do well in a regular classroom. Some months ago, I happen to wonder where a book of mine had gotten to. I hadn't noticed it in some years. It was autographed and had some other special significance to me. The book was The Convention by Will Campbell, a Mississippi preacher of great wit and common sense. Two days later, after a search turned up nothing, I was at the house of this family I worked with. They were preparing to move to a new house and the father had a side book business, so he had hundreds of books to pack up. He deals, to a degree, in first editions and that sort of thing, and he was checking editions and for autographs in the books to see which ones were valuable and should not be given away. He emerged from his book basement with a copy of The Convention. "You want this back?" he asked. I didn't remember having lent it to them, and asked him how he'd gotten it. "Oh," he replied, "I bought it second hand at a Goodwill or someplace 5 or 6 years ago." I wondered how he knew I'd lost MY copy. Until he opened the cover. It WAS my copy. Autographed to me. He'd bought the book years before we'd ever even met. I pondered the significance of this. It seemed like a blatant "slap in the face" from the universe...but to what end. I had been feeling rather disconnected from the world and had lost all the certainty of my youth as to what my place in it is. In fact, my wordview was really one of despair, if anything. And then I noticed the inscription, which I'd all but forgotten. The inscription was only one word. The word was this: HOPE!

by **professorpan** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:24 am

Dreams End, you've blown my mind! I had just posted a story in the magic thread *seconds* ago about a "whopper synchronicity." I was going to talk about another synchronistic events, but thought I'd go to bed instead. Thank you for posting this, and for the cool synch. Tonight is high on the synch meter for me, and this post was the cherry on the top. I have a lot to say about this topic, but I'll save it for tomorrow. There's a definite Trickster aspect to synchronistic manifestations that is very similar to other psi phenomena like UFOs.

by **Dreams End** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:27 am

I was reading your post as you hopped over here. Fitting, no?

by **hmm** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:23 am

thread yet,and am short of time,but deja-vu is close to synchronicity?And i have a strange deja-vu like tale. I used to dream alot as a teenager,but i also forgot many of the ones that didnt repeat soon after waking from them. So i'm sitting in class one day,and someone turns round from the seat in front of me and said something.And i remembered a dream. Recognising it for what it was,and as someone interested in the mysterious i called out "stop". And the 3 people stopped and looked at me strangely. (we were sitting in rows of 2 desks and the 2 boys sitting infront of me where turned towards me) So i told them i had seen this in a dream.And knew what everyone was going to say now.I got more strange looks,and before anyone could interrupt me i related the conversation we would have and the reactions they would have to what was said (ie what would have happened had i not "interrupted") They were shocked,and the shock on their faces and their puzzled reaction confirmed my "vision".Nobody contradicted me and that was "it". It was also odd in that there was nothing special about the conversation or the event except for the event itself. It was completely mundane. And thats my story, I have always wondered in a way if it was wrong of me to interrupt "the future" and at the time i was quite smugly pleased with myself that i had "altered reality" (i was really into Sci-Fi at that time) I wasn't sure if that fit better here or in the magic thread but as i might add something there later i posted this here.

by **Dreams End** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:59 am

Well, it's interesting, either way. The "explanation" for deja vu is that your brain processes info on one level before it gets to a conscious level and sometimes it sort of leaks into memory...so that when it does hit consciousness, it's already there in memory. However, anytime you are able to actually stop and predict the next thing that should happen and it does..well, that would seem to suggest that the explanation is not correct. At least not always. Thanks for the story.

by **vondardenelle** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:58 am

this isn't really synchronicity I think, but it struck me as odd. One my drive into work today (from Philly to the western suburbs) i drove for a while behind a big truck which had "Nanticoke, PA" written on the back of it. I had never heard of that town and I noticed it because the name was kind of strange (and it was in front of me for a good 20 minutes). and then i came to the board and saw the posting about a possible occult killing in Nanticoke, PA. lame story, sorry.

by **professorpan** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:19 pm

That's not a lame story at all, Vondardenelle. I've found it to be very important to pay attention to synchronicities. I don't think they always carry messages, but sometimes they serve as alerts to patterns in our lives that deserve scrutiny. One of my favorite synchs: I was explaining the concept of synchronicity, as posited by Jung, to a friend as we drove to a local bar. Something had happened to us that was mildly synchronistic, though I can't remember it, but it made for an interesting conversation. We had to wait in a line to get into the bar. A woman walked past carrying a book -- "Reader's Digest Mysteries of the Unexplained" -- a large hardback book. I immediately recognized it as my *personal* copy of the book. I could tell by the rips in the dust jacket and other signs of wear that it was my book. I stopped her and asked her where she got the book. A friend of mine, Laura, had loaned it to her. I had completely forgotten giving it to my Laura to read. To the woman's credit, she believed me and said, "Well, here. Take your book back. I'm finished reading it." I said to my shocked friend, "See? That's synchroncity." I flipped open the book at random, and staring me in the face was a picture of Jung, with a caption about his theory of synchronicity right below it. Spooky! One other quickie, but goodie. I had started working in a magazine production company, and on my second day there I took in some items to personalize my office space. One of those items was a replica of an Olmec head. The Olmecs are considered the "mother" culture of Mesoamerica, and their most famous artifacts are colossal stone heads. An ad rep walked by and said, "Olmeca!" I was surprised that she knew what it was, but she explained to me that she had studied Central American art in school. We chatted about the Olmecs a bit. When I got home, I told my roommate about my surprise at finding someone who knew a lot about the Olmecs. Later that night, I watched an episode of The Simpsons (a new episode) with my roommate. That show has played a role in many synchronicities for me, oddly enough. In the episode, Bart is riding his skateboard and Mr. Burns runs into Bart in his limo. Burns decides to make up for the accident by giving a gift to the Simpson family -- a giant crate. The Simpson family opens the crate, anticipating something expensive, only to find a giant stone head. Lisa Simpson says, "An Olmec head!" My roommate and I both nearly screamed. I try to keep a journal of all my synchronistic experiences, particularly the ones that feel very resonant or "big." I find that the more you think about/pay attention to them, the more they happen. I also try to distinguish "synchronicity" from simple coincidence. Synchs to me are the more profound forms of coincidence, and have more psychological resonance and depth.

by **Dreams End** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:12 pm

I forgot to mention in my own book story that I had not lent the book to anyone. I don't know how it left my possession, though I moved several times and somehow it got left behind somewhere, I guess. And when your synchronicity actually involved text about synchronicity...bonus points to you! Don't want to steer the thread off topic, but oh, wait..it IS a synchronicity story... I really enjoyed My Dinner with Andre, in which two people, Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn have dinner and simply converse. It's not a documentary, but the the two "characters" are played by their namesakes. Andre has had a plethora of wild experiences and Wallace is kind of a stick in the mud. The story involves several wild synchonicities...and I don't know how much actually happened and how much is just the script. During a sort of spiritual retreat 18 years ago or so, I wanted to share this movie with a friend of mine. We watched it, and as I predicted, he loved. We went back our separate ways, he to New Jersey. He decided to share the movie with his Dad, and since he worked in a video store, he simply grabbed the film and brought it home. Soon after, a day or so, he looks up, and there in his video store is Andre Gregory! As proof, he sent me the carbon copy of his rental agreement, which I proudly have to this day!

by **Col Quisp** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:55 pm

No time to post now, but will say that I've noticed an increase in synch. lately. I don't know what it means, but if lots of people are experiencing more synch. events, then something may be afoot.

by **Miz Untitled** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:29 pm

Daniel Pinchbeck addresses synchronicity in his column for the current issue of Arthur magazine. It's a free music rag, very well-done. He does mention that there's been an uptick in synchronicities - there are more happening or more people are noticing. Me, I've just picked up a penny off the ground every day for the last twenty days. And I don't look at the ground that much.... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek">

synchronicity stories

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yep

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interesting

sort of...

Not lame at all

Great stories, pan!

Re: Great stories, pan!

Yes!

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