Synchronicity: A Dionysian Perspective.

In his Zarathustra seminars, Jung described Nietzsche's ring of eternal recurrence as an individuation symbol that denoted "the absolute completeness of the self" (Jung, 1989, p. 1044). Nietzsche conceived this idea in a moment of visionary experience "6,000 feet beyond man and time" (Nietzsche, 1888/1979, p. 100). Such experiences activate extraordinary synchronistic events. This essay opens up the intriguing question of the relationship between Nietzsche's thought of eternal recurrence and Jung's thought of synchronicity. While I was working on the first draft, I took a break, switched on the TV, and the image of the angelic Little Richard in performance appeared on the screen—a moment of Dionysian synchronicity! [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]