"Scholarly... fascinating." -- OMNI A real gem." -- Minneapolis Tribune Successfully presented, with the freshness of a personal response... interesting and very instructive... " -- The Journal of Analytical Psychology Who hasn't experienced that eerie coincidence, that sudden, baffling insight, that occasional flash of extrasensory perception that astonishes? Can these events be dismissed as mere chance, or do they have some deeper significance for us? Now The Tao of Psychology offers an "Agatha Christie" approach for uncovering the hidden messages in such happenings and finding out their meaning in our lives. At a deeper level, Dr. Jean Bolen explores the interrelationship between these "meaningful coincidences" and the intuitive sense that we are part of some deep oneness with the universe. This underlying principle is called Tao in Eastern philosophy and synchronicity in Jungian psychology. We see it manifested in everyday life by those "coincidences" that suggest to us an inner significance we cannot explain in a rational way. By relating the concepts of Tao and synchronicity, Jean Bolen reveals important links between psychology and mysticism, right brain and left, the individual and the external world. The Tao of Psychology also sheds light on parapsychological research, especially in the areas of precognition, telepathy, and clairvoyance. Jean Bolen explains these exciting ideas clearly and convincingly, and she uses illuminating examples from daily life to show just how synchronicity can operate in anyone's life. Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. A Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Medical Center, Dr. Bolen is an internationally known teacher who links archetypal and spiritual realms with social, political, and ecological concerns. She has two children and lives in Mill Valley, California.