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After reading about Dr. X's recent experience with synchronicity, I wanted to read more about synchronicity, because I've been experiencing an accelerated level of it lately.

From Wikipedia:

One of Jung's favourite quotes on synchronicity was from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, in which the White Queen says to Alice: "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards".

'The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday--

but never jam to-day.'

'It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"' Alice objected.

'No, it can't,' said the Queen. 'It's jam every OTHER day:

to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know.'

'I don't understand you,' said Alice. 'It's dreadfully confusing!'

'That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly:

'it always makes one a little giddy at first--'

'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment.

'I never heard of such a thing!'

'--but there's one great advantage in it,

that one's memory works both ways.'

'I'm sure MINE only works one way,' Alice remarked.

'I can't remember things before they happen.'

'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,'

the Queen remarked.