Table of Contents

Foreword                                                                                                                           

PART I

Introduction                           

What is a Complex System?                                                            

A Brief History of Chaos Theory                                               

A Brief History of Complexity Theory                                                                     

A Brief Biography of C. G. Jung                 

Chaos and the Psyche        

Attractors                  

Bifurcations               

Equilibrium                

Entropy                      

Feedback Loops                 

Information Theory               

Irreversibility              

Phase Locking                     

Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions                     

Synergetics               

Unpredictability                    

Jungian Models of the Psyche                

Order as Consciousness                

The Ego                    

Spontaneity               

The Mandala                         

Laminar Flow vs Turbulence                       

Light from Darkness            

Complexity and the Personal Unconscious                                         

The Personal Unconscious                         

The Shadow             

Deterministic Chaos and the Collective Unconscious                   

Non-deterministic Chaos and the Unconscious              

Sensitive Decision Points in the Unconscious                 

Individuation              

Synchronicity            

A Meaningful Coincidence              

The Psychic Continuum                   

Quantum Unpredictability

PART 2                                             

The Complex Dynamic Psyche                                                    

A Phase Space of the Ego                                     

Bifurcations in Phase Space                                  

Energy and Consciousness                                    

Some Basic Definitions                                          

Psychic Functions                                        

Psychic Perturbations Leading to Chaos                         

Measuring Intelligence                                             

Measuring Entropy                                       

A Complex Equation                                   

Experience and the Synchronicity Equation                                 

The Dream State                                         

The Transpersonal State                                         

The Sleep State                                           

The Quantum Interface                                  

In Conclusion                        

GLOSSARY                          

REFERENCES                                                                                                                    

 

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