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In the 1950s, Carl Jung described synchronicity as an `acausal' form of causality that he linked to both quantum physics and to the famous Chinese text, Yijing, or The Book of Changes. Jung's concept fascinates many because it suggests a unified perspective on science and religion, Eastern and Western thinking. In contrast to many who write on this topic, Young Ko knows both the Asian and the Western materials. Jung on Synchronicity and Yijing: A Critical Approach shows unusual sophistication. Dr Ko interrogates Jung's arguments and compares them to a subtle reading of the original Yijing materials. -Volney P. Gay, Vanderbilt University, USA We are in [debt to] Dr Young Woon Ko for his sophisticated and critical study of Jung's notion of synchronicity and the Yijing. It is a relationship that has fascinated scholars of comparative philosophy and psychology for decades. We now have a study that finally throws a great deal of light on the topic. While we might still not fathom fully synchronicity and the Yijing, we now have a greatly improved understanding of their juxtaposition in Jung's thought. -John Berthrong, Boston University, USA

In the 1950s, Carl Jung described synchronicity as an 'acausal' form of causality that he linked to both quantum physics and to the famous Chinese text, Yijing, or The Book of Changes. Jung's concept fascinates many because it suggests a unified perspective on science and religion, Eastern and Western thinking. In contrast to many who write on this topic, Young Ko knows both the Asian and the Western materials. Jung on Synchronicity and Yijing: A Critical Approach shows unusual sophistication. Dr Ko interrogates Jung's arguments and compares them to a subtle reading of the original Yijing materials. -Volney P. Gay, Vanderbilt University, USA We are in [debt to] Dr Young Woon Ko for his sophisticated and critical study of Jung's notion of synchronicity and the Yijing. It is a relationship that has fascinated scholars of comparative philosophy and psychology for decades. We now have a study that finally throws a great deal of light on the topic. While we might still not fathom fully synchronicity and the Yijing, we now have a greatly improved understanding of their juxtaposition in Jung's thought. -John Berthrong, Boston University, USA

In the 1950s, Carl Jung described synchronicity as an 'acausal' form of causality that he linked to both quantum physics and to the famous Chinese text, Yijing, or The Book of Changes. Jung's concept fascinates many because it suggests a unified perspective on science and religion, Eastern and Western thinking. In contrast to many who write on this topic, Young Ko knows both the Asian and the Western materials. Jung on Synchronicity and Yijing: A Critical Approach shows unusual sophistication. Dr Ko interrogates Jung's arguments and compares them to a subtle reading of the original Yijing materials. -Volney P. Gay, Vanderbilt University, USA We are in [debt to] Dr Young Woon Ko for his sophisticated and critical study of Jung's notion of synchronicity and the Yijing. It is a relationship that has fascinated scholars of comparative philosophy and psychology for decades. We now have a study that finally throws a great deal of light on the topic. While we might still not fathom fully synchronicity and the Yijing, we now have a greatly improved understanding of their juxtaposition in Jung's thought. -John Berthrong, Boston University, USA

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Young Woon Ko is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, USA. He earned his PhD in religious studies from Vanderbilt University and is the author of The Beauty of Balance: A Theological Inquiry into Paradox.

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