Abstract:One of the most prospective directions of study of C.G. Jung's synchronicity phenomenon is reviewed considering the latest achievements of modern science. The attention is focused mainly on the quantum entanglement and related phenomena -quantum coherence and quantum superposition. It is shown that the quantum non-locality capable of solving the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox represents one of the most adequate physical mechanisms in terms of conformity with the Jung's synchronicity hypothesis. An attempt is … Show more
“…It is here that Jung's conception of synchronicity as acausal orderedness, emphasised by Limar (2011) as bridging quantum physics and biological levels, can be conceived in spatial terms. Whereas diametric space is a necessary condition for traditional causality, concentric space of assumed connection offers not only a contrast to this diametric cause-effect conception but also a structured, hence ordered, systemic organising principle which offers a connective spatial movement -an influence upon a system of diametric space to bring restructuring from this causal type of space towards a more proximate mode of interaction than simple causality.…”
Section: From Diametric Space Underlying Causal Explanations To Synchmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Without making explicit the need for a neutral bridging language to mediate the domains of quantum physics and biology, Limar's (2011) review of the relation between these domains seeks to adopt a Jungian framework of acausal order, namely, synchronicity. This argument rests at a highly tentative stage.…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This argument rests at a highly tentative stage. Building on the work of Michael Hyland (2004), Limar (2011) interrogates what physiological mechanism may be responsible for the existence of quantum entanglement between cells of the same and different human bodies. The possible role of quantum entanglement in meiosis processes at DNA level within the same body is considered by Limar (2011), while recognising the need for a wider framework for quantum entanglement across different people, given that during meiosis, genetic materials may be transferred to descendants only.…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…A further step taken by Limar's (2011) framework is to engage with the hypothesis that molecular orbitals (electron shells) of molecules, biologically active during meiosis and mitosis are in some way material carriers of consciousness. Again here he draws not only on synchronicity but on interpretations of it as a phenomenological dimension based on Jung's analytical psychology (Limar 2011, p.317).…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…An implicit spatial understanding regarding division underpins Limar's (2011) recognition that quantum entanglement may exist not only between nuclear DNAs of different cells. Summarising issues highlighted by Hameroff (2004) and Tulub (2004), Limar observes that any cellular structures interacting both before and during mitosis and meiosis processes, and after cells have divided, ending up in different cells, may potentially represent elements related to quantum entanglement between molecules of different cells.…”
Section: Assumed Separation (Quantum Particle) Versus An Inherently Rmentioning
Pauli (1949) postulated a neutral bridge language between the physical and psychological world but left this idea underdeveloped. This article proposes a candidate neutral bridge language between quantum physics and neuropsychology in terms of specific contrasting spaces, concentric and diametric spaces. Concentric and diametric spaces are explored in terms of symmetry, assumed connection and separation, as well as relatively open and closed systems of foreground-background interaction. Structural commonalities are highlighted between these concentric and diametric spaces and aspects of quantum physics, such as Pauli's Exclusion Principle and antiparticles, as well as in neuropsychology, for mirror neurons. Such structural commonalities are not to reduce this proposed spatial-phenomenological bridge language to either the quantum physical or neuropsychological level.
“…It is here that Jung's conception of synchronicity as acausal orderedness, emphasised by Limar (2011) as bridging quantum physics and biological levels, can be conceived in spatial terms. Whereas diametric space is a necessary condition for traditional causality, concentric space of assumed connection offers not only a contrast to this diametric cause-effect conception but also a structured, hence ordered, systemic organising principle which offers a connective spatial movement -an influence upon a system of diametric space to bring restructuring from this causal type of space towards a more proximate mode of interaction than simple causality.…”
Section: From Diametric Space Underlying Causal Explanations To Synchmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Without making explicit the need for a neutral bridging language to mediate the domains of quantum physics and biology, Limar's (2011) review of the relation between these domains seeks to adopt a Jungian framework of acausal order, namely, synchronicity. This argument rests at a highly tentative stage.…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This argument rests at a highly tentative stage. Building on the work of Michael Hyland (2004), Limar (2011) interrogates what physiological mechanism may be responsible for the existence of quantum entanglement between cells of the same and different human bodies. The possible role of quantum entanglement in meiosis processes at DNA level within the same body is considered by Limar (2011), while recognising the need for a wider framework for quantum entanglement across different people, given that during meiosis, genetic materials may be transferred to descendants only.…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…A further step taken by Limar's (2011) framework is to engage with the hypothesis that molecular orbitals (electron shells) of molecules, biologically active during meiosis and mitosis are in some way material carriers of consciousness. Again here he draws not only on synchronicity but on interpretations of it as a phenomenological dimension based on Jung's analytical psychology (Limar 2011, p.317).…”
Section: A Neutral Bridge Language and Spacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…An implicit spatial understanding regarding division underpins Limar's (2011) recognition that quantum entanglement may exist not only between nuclear DNAs of different cells. Summarising issues highlighted by Hameroff (2004) and Tulub (2004), Limar observes that any cellular structures interacting both before and during mitosis and meiosis processes, and after cells have divided, ending up in different cells, may potentially represent elements related to quantum entanglement between molecules of different cells.…”
Section: Assumed Separation (Quantum Particle) Versus An Inherently Rmentioning
Pauli (1949) postulated a neutral bridge language between the physical and psychological world but left this idea underdeveloped. This article proposes a candidate neutral bridge language between quantum physics and neuropsychology in terms of specific contrasting spaces, concentric and diametric spaces. Concentric and diametric spaces are explored in terms of symmetry, assumed connection and separation, as well as relatively open and closed systems of foreground-background interaction. Structural commonalities are highlighted between these concentric and diametric spaces and aspects of quantum physics, such as Pauli's Exclusion Principle and antiparticles, as well as in neuropsychology, for mirror neurons. Such structural commonalities are not to reduce this proposed spatial-phenomenological bridge language to either the quantum physical or neuropsychological level.
This paper deals with the version of Jung's synchronicity in which correlation between mental processes of two different persons takes place not just in the case when at a certain moment of time the subjects are located at a distance from each other, but also in the case when both persons are alternately (and sequentially, one after the other) located in the same point of space. In this case, a certain period of time lapses between manifestation of mental process in one person and manifestation of mental process in the other person. Transmission of information from one person to the other via classical communication channel is ruled out. The author proposes a hypothesis, whereby such manifestation of synchronicity may become possible thanks to existence of quantum entanglement between the past and the future within the light cone. This hypothesis is based on the latest perception of the nature of quantum vacuum. The synchronicity phenomenon described by Carl Gustav Jung remains of contemporary interest, and the study of this phenomenon continues until present time. One of the main hypotheses involves assumption of existence of quantum entanglement (quantum nonlocality, quantum coherence) of the objects of microworld in one person with the similar objects of microworld in the brain of another person
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