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The angel in annunciation and synchronicity :

0739175777 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780739175774 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780739175781 (electronic)

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The angel in annunciation and synchronicity :

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knowledge and belief in C.G. Jung /

Tammy Montgomery

xviii, 133 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Fear grips those who doubt that their existence has meaning. The prevailing notion that humans are situated on a dot in the middle of a cold, dark universe leaves people shivering in cosmic insignificance. Many would argue that science and technology have separated individuals from God, while others would say that people have lost their faith, and some would assert that God is dead. Today's self-help industry is a testament to the search for meaning in an age of uncertainty and faltering religious structures. The truth is that technology and science now answer many of the questions that used to be left to God. This development has confounded people's ability to integrate what is known today with what was once thought. The disparity between past and present beliefs may be observed in the concept of the angel. There are many who claim that any lingering belief in angels is merely the residue of imaginary or wishful thinking, and there are others who hold that angels (wings, halos, and harps) literally exist. How is one to reconcile such contradictory beliefs? C. G. Jung's theory of synchronicity (meaningful coincidence) provides a vehicle for the exploration and possible reconciliation of such questions. Rather than echoing the skeptic who says angels cannot exist or the religious enthusiast who affirms their immanence, one might reframe the entire discussion. Like the biblical concept of annunciation, in which an angel delivers a heavenly message to an earthly individual, synchronicity defines the moment at which the eternal touches the temporal. Book jacket

Jung, C. G., (Carl Gustav),1875-1961

Angels

Coincidence-- Psychic aspects

Jungian psychology-- Religious aspects

Psychoanalysis and religion

Psychology and religion

Montgomery, Tammy L., (Tammy Lynn),1958-

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