Synchronicity

In archetypal lore there is the idea that if one prepares a special psychic place, then the being, the creative force, the soul source, will hear of it, sense its way to it, and inhabit that place. Whether this force is summoned by the biblical “go forward and prepare a place for the soul” or, as in the film Field of Dreams, in which a farmer hears a voice urging him to build a baseball diamond for the spirits of players past, “If you build it, they will come,” preparing a fitting place induces the great creative force to advance.

On Saturday I picked up my copy of Women Who Run With the Wolves and read this paragraph. It was the first spot my eyes landed on. I’ve been trying to make my way through this book for months, years even. It had been so long since I’d picked it up, I had totally lost touch with the narrative. The pages smelled musty from neglect.

The weird thing, the amazing synchronicity of it, was the fact that I picked up the book just moments after I had spent the morning spiffing up my little study. I’d been out shopping, buying some colored pencils, a sketch journal and some special crayons. I found a comfy desk chair to replace the one that hurt my legs and my backside – on sale – and I had laminated several of Jen Lemen‘s sayings for artists (a secret project she let me peek at), and pasted them to my wall for inspiration. Then I cleared off some clutter, arranged my collage and my candles just so, and had just sighed a contented sigh. The very next action was to pick up the book and read the passage.

Let’s see. Do you think there’s a message there somewhere?

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