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How long does it take to read Synchronicity?

science, myth, and the trickster

Allan Combs, Mark Holland

Synchronicity by Allan Combs, Mark Holland takes about 3 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 22 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1990. 184 pages, about 50,600 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 37 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 22 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 7 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Carl Jung coined the term 'synchronicity' to describe meaningful concidences that conventional notions of time and causality cannot explain. Working with the great quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung sought to reveal these coincidences as phenomena that involve mind and matter, science and spirit. This could provide rational explanations for parapsychological events like telepathy, precognition and intuition. This book examines the work of Jung and Pauli, as well as the noted scientists Paul Kammerer, Werner Heisenberg and David Bohm. The authors give examples of synchronicity from everyday life, literature and mythology, particularly the Greek legend of Hermes the Trickster. They provide an accessible and intelligent exploration of this intriguing concept, giving a glimpse into the hidden patterns of nature.

Subjects: Science, Philosophy, Mythology, Coincidence, Folklore & Mythology, Parapsychology - General

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