The Skeptical Witch | Finding Magic in the Mundane | The Psychology of Synchronicity and Approaching Signs as a Skeptic @theskepticalwitch6611 | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Hello lovely people! In this video, I take a look at "signs" and synchronicity from a skeptical perspective. I unpack some of the psychology behind these phenomena, and explore how synchronicities can still be significant for us even if we *know* rationally that they're just coincidences, and *not* supernatural signs from spiritual agents or the universe.

Hope you enjoy the video, and let me know in the comments what your take on signs/synchronicity is!

Watch my video on Magical Thinking: youtube.com/watch?v=PNSjQgwf63Y&t=1s

Read my blog post on Synchronicity for Skeptics: obscureclouds.com/a-skeptics-guide-to-synchronicity

Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/skeptical.witch

Music in this video is Blossom by Lakey Inspired: youtube.com/watch?v=B7ArnZl_zBU

Sources used for this video:
“Apophenia: Meaning and Examples.” PsycholoGenie. psychologenie.com/apophenia-meaning-examples

Bender, Courtney. 2010. The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Hocoy, Dan. 2012. “Sixty Years Later: The Enduring Allure of Synchronicity.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 52, no. 4: 467-478.

Hoopes, John. 2011. “11-11-11, Apophenia, and the Meaning of Life.” Psychology Today. psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/reality-check/201111/11-11-11-apophenia-and-the-meaning-life

Luhrmann, Tanya. 1989. Persuasions of the Witch’s Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Main, Roderick. 2007. Revelations of Chance: Synchronicity as Spiritual Experience. Albany: State University of New York Press.

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