Hidden Synchronicities (of the Memetic Kind)

From the sketchbook of Franz Kafka,  Untitled - pen & ink - circa 1901.
(Note: The orientation of this drawing which seems slightly askew is the way it appears on the page of Kafka's sketchpad.) 

"The year 2019 brought a sensational discovery: hundreds of drawings by the writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924) were found in a private collection that for decades had been kept under lock and key. Until now, only a few of Kafka’s drawings were widely known. Although Kafka is renowned for his written work, his drawings are evidence of what his literary executor Max Brod termed his 'double talent'."

- From a page devoted to a recent Yale University publication: Franz Kafka, The Drawings. The precise vision evident in Kafka's drawings gives us a window to his remarkable mind. His shapes are so clean and uncluttered they are almost like graphic symbols snapping to our attention by his keen usage of unique symmetries, perspective, and playful angles. And, noting the humor in his linework may be a key to understanding Kafka's approach to his work overall.*

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"By way of example, I shall mention an incident from my own observation. A young woman I was treating had, at a critical moment, a dream in which she was given a golden scarab. While she was telling me this dream I sat with my back to the closed window. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me, like a gentle tapping. I turned round and saw a flying insect knocking against the window pane from outside. I opened the window and caught the creature in the air as it flew in. It was the nearest analogy to a golden scarab that one finds in our latitudes, a scarabaeid beetle, the common rose-chafer (Cetonia aurata), which contrary to its usual habits had evidently felt an urge to get into a dark room at this particular moment."

- Carl Jung, from Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, 1960. Possibly one of the most famous synchronicities is Jung's own eureka experience regarding the beetle which tapped on his window just in time to go down in history. Inset right is a photo of the scarabaeid Jung logically saw, the European Rose-Chafer.

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But, had he lived in Peru, he might have seen the truly golden scarab in the photo inset left, Chrysina Resplendens.

It is said that the ancient Egyptians from all social classes carried a scarab emblem throughout their lives and then were buried with one after death.

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"Friday, December 17, 2004

Your soul is bound to the Solitary Rose: The Alone.

'When I wake up alone, the shades are still drawn on the cold window pane so they cast 

their lines on my bed and lines on my face.'

The Solitary Rose is associated with loneliness, melancholy, and patience. It is governed by the goddess Merope and its sign is The Sword, or Unrequited Love.

As a Solitary Rose, you may be summed up as a hopeless romantic. You desire love and have so much love to give, but things just never seem to work out the way you want them to. In life, you can be very optimistic, even when things are gray and nothing works out to your expectations."

(What Rose Is Your Soul Bound To?
brought to you by Quizilla)

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I can't say I didn't see this one coming. On the subject of doomed romance, I finally got around to starting Kathi Diamant's Kafka's Last Love."

- From Posthuman Blues, Mac Tonnies reporting his most recent encounter with romantic irony via a weird little personality "oracle" he fell for at the end of 2004. I must confess that (for all reasons) I found this post a little strange when it mysteriously popped up on the screen.

But, considering that Quizilla specialized in quizzes of a similar nature, and, keeping in mind that Quizilla thrived for 12 years (2002-2014), Mac was not the only one attracted to psycho-magical babble when searching for insight into the mystery of his own nature. Today there are many (allegedly) mystical cyber-oracles out there offering similar insights into our mysterious realms. For more regarding the psychology of quizzes, try this article.

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Star Wars: Disclosure 2026 Update

Source: The Hill.

"The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government's understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration's earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency."

- Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth

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A look at the government's 'never-before-seen' UFO files

The new Pentagon website includes 162 declassified files on UFOs, or unidentified aerial phenomena. Some experts wonder if they contain anything new

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Nearly a century of wondering:

The American 

UFO saga, in reality and in fiction

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Today's distraction is brought to you LIVE from the Pentagon: the new "transparent" disclosure website (see 1st article for link) with only "slightly redacted" declassified documents of the UAP activity the feds have been holding hostage for up to 80 years.

Are we being enlightened? You tell me.