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Jung, Synchronicity, and Human Destiny
- Type
- Book
- By
- Ira Progoff
- Publisher
- Julian Press
- Source
- out of print
- Published
- 1975
An early, serious study of Jung's synchronicity, written by someone who trained near Jung and treats the idea as a live question.
Ira Progoff studied with Jung in Zurich and later built a career of his own around the intensive journal method. His Jung, Synchronicity, and Human Destiny (1973) was one of the first book-length treatments of the concept, written by someone who had absorbed it at the source.
The book is now out of print, and its value is historical. Progoff takes the idea seriously and maps its roots in Jung's thought, but he is interpreting, not experimenting. For readers who want the first generation of scholarship that followed Jung, this is a genuine deep cut.
The meaning
Progoff takes the concept seriously and maps its roots in Jung's thought, which makes it a useful deep cut for anyone past the intro level.
The skeptic
It is a work of interpretation, not experiment. Its value is historical, and later psychology has mostly moved on.
About the author
Psychologist who studied with Jung in Zurich and later founded the intensive journal method.
Key takeaways
- One of the first book-length studies of Jung's synchronicity.
- Written by a psychologist who studied directly with Jung.
- Valuable as intellectual history rather than as evidence.