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Newsletter Nr. 1.456
Amsterdam, November 23, 2025


Astrology and Synchronicity: Why Jung's Escape Hatch Doesn't Work - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

Carl Jung was deeply fascinated by astrology. In letters and essays he describes it as a symbolic system reflecting the archetypal dynamics of the psyche. He used astrology in his psychotherapy practice—not as a literal cosmic blueprint, but as a projection screen for unconscious meaning.
Because of this, Jung spoke of astrology as a psychological interface, not a causal mapping of the solar system.
So he introduced synchronicity as a theoretical placeholder—a way to explain meaningful correlations that lacked causal pathways.

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Unicorns Farting Rainbows, How Mathematics Can be Used to Justify Pre-Rational Metaphysics - Joseph Dillard / ChatGPT

While it is true enough that intuition plays a significant and largely under-appreciated role in the advancement of science, so does delusion and emotional investment in pre-rational worldviews. Mathematics is a powerful and effective way to make one's arguments unassailable to those who do not understand the mathematics, and even to many who do, since mathematics are based on internally coherent premises. Once those premises are accepted, the mathematics are logical and coherent.

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https://www.integralworld.net/dillard159.html