I think we can all agree that it’s a funny old world, and I’m fascinated by why it’s so odd and the different ways people perceive it. Recently I watched a documentary series, Hellier. A It follows a paranormal research group after they receive an email about Goblins being spotted in the caves and abandoned mines of a small town in Kentucky, Hellier. Goblins are one thing but after the initial investigation the story starts to spiral; following a series of further emails, findings, and synchronicities they are taken on a mystic journey that may or may not result in a magical rite to open a gate for the god Pan to re-enter the world.
It’s a brilliantly made show and well worth your time if you are interested at all in the weird or wider supernatural. However, whether you believe some of the conclusions that the team, and show, reaches I will leave to you. I’m not sure what I believe, but then I’m not sure the people in the show entirely believe what they are seeing and experiencing either. I’m not going to comment on the larger story that manifests, what I would like to consider is the repeated synchronicities that occur.
Let’s start by trying to explain what a synchronicity is. In essence it’s a coincidence, two or more events that don’t appear to be causally linked but can be considered linked by the person that experiences them. A simple example would be thinking about someone and then bumping into them later in the day. Your thinking of them did not have a causal impact on your chance of seeing that person later in the day. So how do these differ to synchronicities?
The key would be that synchronicities have more meaning, or at least perceived meaning, for the experiencer. Usually driving a personal narrative or purpose forward. Take the same example, if what you were thinking about the person was that you wanted to confront them about something. Bumping into that person has given you the opportunity for confrontation. The event has personal meaning.
The other thing to note about synchronicities is that they often appear to happen in bursts. This burst, in itself, is noticeable to the experiencer.
After watching Hellier I took more interest in this subject and started reading and listening to other things about synchronicities and some of the wider supernatural elements. I was (and still am) questioning if these synchronicities in the show were of any value or just a manufactured narrative trick to get to the next twist.
So, what happens when you start questioning coincidences and synchronicities? Do you experience more, or are you more likely to notice the things in life that fit the bill but were already likely to happen?
Well in the last week I have experienced three synchronicity type events, but how should they be perceived?
The first noticeable event happened at the start of last week (Monday 21st June). I have been moaning about my job and have discussed with Alex (my wife) about whether I should start looking for other jobs. I hadn’t made any active progress to start looking, no changes to LinkedIn or status updates on social media. However on the Monday and Tuesday I was contacted by two separate agencies about job opportunities that I would be able to apply for and have a strong chance of getting.
The second was about my second vaccine jab. I had my first on May 15th and on Thursday morning I sat in bed thinking that I really needed to follow up and try and book my second jab before I go on holiday. Within 3 hours I received a text message with a link to book my second jab, It’s now booked and I’ll be fine to travel to Scotland.
The final one happened the day after. My bike has been in for repairs for a several weeks, waiting on a part. I talked to Alex about giving the shop a call to chase up the repairs. Again, within a few hours, I was sent a message from the shop letting me know that they had found a way of doing the repair without the part and my bike was ready to pick up.
Yeah, I agree these all pretty mundane, but they have an impact on what happens next in my life, on different levels. They do impact my personal narrative
I could explain that as we exit the lockdown period there are going to be more job opportunities, coming up and therefore agencies reaching out. Or that the timing for the vaccine was a natural body clock, I knew how far it is between the two jabs and it popped into my mind just as it was my time. Each taken on their own is a lucky coincidence, a fortuitous event, but they didn’t happen on their own. They all happened in a 5 day period, while I had started to think about, and research, synchronicities and the wider weird of Hellier.
A part of me could write this off as nothing. My brain filling in gaps between events that have no meaning. Another part however is curious. I asked the question, in my own mind at least. Is something giving me a glimpse of an answer? I’m not expecting, or wanting, a grand journey but I am going to push things a little further.
I’ve ordered a book on Sigil magic and one on the secret cipher of the ufonaughts, the higher beings Aleister Crowley was allegedly in contact with. Over the summer I’m going to conduct a couple of experiments and document them in this blog. Let’s see if there is something more out there and if they are interdimensional Praying Mantis.
Hellier is available on Amazon Prime and on YouTube on the Planet Weird Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2NwCAEpwXKuHIc2v6jgXw )