Synchronicity experiences (SEs)—meaningful coincidences between inner events and external occurrences—can strengthen the therapeutic relationship and provide useful information about the therapeutic process. Based on interviews with nine practitioners (counselors, psychologists, and psychotherapists) who reported SEs in their sessions, three themes emerged: a sense of connectedness, the therapeutic process, and professional issues. SEs are perceived as helpful for overcoming communication difficulties and offering insights into a client's experience of themselves and others, whether or not the client acknowledges the SE or the therapist discloses it.
A randomized controlled trial examined whether modern Pagan spell-casting produces measurable healing effects. Forty-four participants were randomly assigned to receive the intervention either early or later. All participants wrote requests, provided a photograph and personal item, and attended weekly guided body-scan meditations before completing the WHOQOL-BREF quality-of-life measure. General health improved significantly across all participants from weeks 1 to 4, and physical and psychological domains also improved. However, there were no significant differences between the groups that received the spell-casting intervention at different times, indicating that the improvements cannot be attributed to the spells themselves.