Jung in the World | Synchronicity and Meaning at the Deathbed with Daniel Ross

Carl Jung called it “an acausal connecting principle” — but for Dan Ross, a Jungian analyst working in hospice care, synchronicity isn’t just theoretical. In this episode, Dan reveals what thirty years of end-of-life work taught him about Jung’s most misappropriated theory, its roots in Jung’s relationship with physicist Wolfgang Pauli, and why studying synchronicity seems to produce more of it. This episode is rich with poignant examples blended that will leave you thinking differently about how synchronicity works in your own life. Daniel Ross, RN, PMHNP, MSN, MBA has been a nurse for 40 years and in hospice for over 30. As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, he brings both a medical and psychiatric experience to the field of end-of-life care. He is a Jungian Analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago where he has been Director of Training in the Analyst Training Program and Co-Director of the Jungian Psychotherapy Program and Jungian Studies Program. Dan works in the field of Hospice and Palliative Care and is in private practice as a psychotherapist in Chicago. Patricia Martin is the creator and host of Jung in the World, now in its sixth season, and the director of the Institute for Psyche and Culture. A cultural researcher, critic and author of four books, including Will the Future Like You? (Karnac, 2026), she writes and speaks on depth psychology's role in digital culture. She is a graduate of the Jungian Studies Program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, where she remains a professional affiliate. She holds an MFA in nonfiction from Bennington College and an MA from University College Dublin in Irish culture and literature. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Psyche Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and Riverteeth, among others." Visit the Jung in the World Podcast at The Institute for Psyche & Culture at https://institutepsycheandculture.org/