This book identifies what the theory of synchronicity is, how it relates to Jungian psychology and other branches of knowledge, and what the broader cultural significance of the theory might be.

Introduction. A Radical Challenge. Part I: The Theory of Synchronicity. Synchronicity and Analytical Psychology. Intellectual Difficulties. Part II: Synchronicity in Context. Sources and Influences. Religion, Science, and Synchronicity. Part III: Synchronicity Applied. Synchronicity and Jung's Critique of Science, Religion, and Society. Synchronicity and the Spiritual Revolution. Conclusion. The Rupture of Time.

Roderick Main is Lecturer in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, and the editor of Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal (Routledge, 1997).