: While a patient was describing a dream about being given a golden scarab, Jung heard a tapping at his window. He opened it to find a scarabaeid beetle (a rose-chafer) of a similar golden-green colour, which he then presented to the patient. This event famously helped break the patient's rigid rationalism and advanced her therapy.
: Unlike cause-and-effect relationships (e.g., flipping a switch to turn on a light), synchronistic events are not triggered by one another; they simply occur in a parallel, meaningful way. Famous Examples 1.Synchronicity
: In 1950, all 15 members of a church choir in Nebraska were separately delayed for various "random" reasons (a car not starting, a dress needing re-ironing). Their collective lateness meant no one was in the building at 7:30 p.m. when it was destroyed by a furnace explosion. Scientific & Philosophical Perspectives : While a patient was describing a dream