Synchromysticism

" Synchromysticism:
The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance."

- Jake Kotze

March 19, 2024

BEAUTY, her BEAST, and the BLOSSOMING SELF?🌹🪞⏰

I finally watched the live action version of Beauty and the Beast after listening to a 'This Jungian Life' podcast episode titled 'BEAUTY, her BEAST, and the BLOSSOMING SELF'.
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
I didn't realize it at the time, but I had watched it on March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) this year, which is exactly 7 years since the film was released.
And it was also Jake Kotze's birthday:-)
The Siren Song, Cults, Sam Harris, Gods and Years Ending in 7?
I watched the movie on a DVD that synchromystically crossed paths with me in an Op Shop a week or two ago and came with the music video as a bonus.
The live action Disney version seems rather Masonic in theme with a character representing time (the clock) and a character representing light (the candelabra). 
And the Beast looks rather Pan like, not that that is a Masonic thing, but isn't Pan the god of music?
And my "old mate" the "Owl Guy" over at "The Hidden Experience" blog would get a kick out of the appearance of an owl as Bell's father lay dying in the woods;-)
Owls, iPads, Crows and Trippy Messages?
Hard Being Me?
And in my hometown of Brisbane, you can't help but see Beauty and the Beast everywhere, especially if you read the newspapers.
I notice that there seems to be a trend lately with Jungians examining fairy tales for Jungian themes, and even the current 'Barbie' movie goes under the Jungian microscope.
C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago
I have to say that being a straight "white" male, that the Beauty and the Beast story has never appealed to me.
Maybe I'll just have to get tickets to the Cinderella ballet instead?-)
4.2% alcohol?!
And I must say that it's easier to watch a movie like 
Beauty and the Beast with 3 cans of Guinness under your belt;-)
Hey, traditions are hard to break from previous years -

March 18, 2024

Is Cyclone Megan Having a Shot at Katherine?👑🌀

OK, so there is a "h" missing from the cyclone's name, but kind of ironic that a cyclone named Meg[h]an isn't far off hitting a Northern Territory town named Katherine:-)
"The Katherine Region was popularised by the novel We of the Never Never (1908) by Jeannie Gunn, the wife of a pioneering pastoralist in the late 1800s. A film version of the book was released in 1982. The feature film Jedda (1955) was partially filmed at Katherine Gorge; however, the last roll of negatives was destroyed in a plane crash on its way for developing in England and the scenes were re-shot at Kanangra Falls in the Blue Mountains. The Australian horror film Rogue, released in 2007, was partly filmed in Katherine Gorge. Katherine is also briefly mentioned in the 1986 film Crocodile" Dundee. Katherine features heavily in Generation, a novel by Andrew MacAllan (a pseudonym of James Leasor)."

March 17, 2024

'The Awakening' of Kate Chopin and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.?😴🍀

I finished reading
/listening to Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' on International Women's Day and should finish 'Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.' on St. Patrick's Day, 2024, oddly enough, in a synchromystic way, as I never planned it that way, as I'm just reading the books out of '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' in chronological order of the one's that I can get my hands on from libraries or free podcast readings.
I had never heard of Kate Chopin before reading the 1001 books book.
I think I was more interested in Kate's biography and writing career than her book 'The Awakening'.
"The Awakening was particularly controversial upon publication in 1899. Although the novel never was technically banned, it was censored. Chopin's novel was considered immoral for its comparatively frank depictions of female sexual desire and for its depiction of a protagonist who chafed against social norms and established gender roles. The public reaction to the novel was similar to the protests that greeted the publication and performance of Henrik Ibsen's landmark drama A Doll's House (1879), a work with which The Awakening shares an almost identical theme. Both contain a female protagonist who abandons her husband and children for self-fulfilment."
I even listened to podcasts about
Kate Chopin, which often involved a reading of one of her short stories as a bonus.
The Catholic Reading Challenge: Kate Chopin 
I realized through listening to the above podcasts that I really like reading and listening to biographies, more than straight fiction (
biographies are always part fiction) and as I was listening to these two Catholic podcasters, I was wondering what made their lives tick, their beliefs and their life stories:-)
The Catholic Reading Challenge Episode 13:
 Biographies -- Getting Lost in a Good Story
Some biographies I have to read still
Everyone has a story to tell it seems, but how many would be best-sellers?-)
Ironically, Kate Chopin's themes of divorce and suicide, etc, would seem anti-Catholic to me, so it's interesting that two Catholic podcasters would be interested in her books and stories, to my mind.
Ah, the spiritual rabbit holes I get into in my reading choices>:-)
It must be getting close to Easter>?-)
St. Patrick's Day2024
Anyway, I've got Guiness to drink and 
'Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.' to finish listening to today, and I'm not even IrishRoman Catholic or religious ... but I am spiritual, though;-)
Cheers.