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Connecting with Coincidence
- Type
- Book
- By
- Bernard Beitman
- Publisher
- HCI Books
- Source
- HCI Books
- Published
- 2016
A psychiatrist's modern case for taking coincidence seriously as a real feature of how minds work.
Connecting with Coincidence (2016) is Bernard Beitman's first book-length case for the field he went on to found. A practicing psychiatrist, he catalogues the types of coincidence people report and argues that the experience is common enough to deserve systematic attention rather than a shrug.
The book brought clinical credibility to a topic that had long lived on the fringe. Its method is case collection, and its claims stop short of the supernatural — Beitman is careful to describe the experience rather than assert an external cause. That care is precisely what makes it a useful bridge between the believers and the researchers.
The meaning
Beitman, a trained psychiatrist, catalogues coincidence types and argues they are common enough to study, not shrug off.
The skeptic
The book leans on self report and pattern seeking. Mainstream psychiatry still treats these experiences as cognition, not as a signal from outside.
About the author
Psychiatrist and founder of the Coincidence Project, a global archive of coincidence stories.
Key takeaways
- Introduces a taxonomy of coincidence experiences.
- Argues coincidence is common enough to deserve systematic study.
- The author's first book-length case for the field he went on to found.