Clarity in complexity! Roderick Main brilliantly describes a sequential synchronicity involving the magical praying mantis and its symbolism throughout cultures and time. Synchronicity shatters the rigid walls of contemporary scientific meaninglessness by re-introducing magic, mystery and the sacred into Western consciousness. Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is the Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. To register for the Coincidence Cafe to tell your coincidence stories https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcuqtpzgpGtVC3wPGbWi_v_bxk786mUId#/registration https://www.innertraditions.com/books/meaningful-coincidences to purchase Dr. Beitman's newest book "Meaningful Coincidences" Visit https://www.coincider.com to learn more about Dr. Beitman's research