While researching into coincidences for my PhD I came across the Flammarion engraving, or woodcut, as it was then described. Like so many before and since, I was struck by the breathtaking complexity and depth of the image, especially when enlivened with color. Exploring it further, I found that Marie-Louise von Franz had used the illustration to great effect to explain synchronicity, and so included her insights in an appendix to my thesis. This article has developed out of that; and not only von Franz but many others have found symbolic meanings in the engraving that reinforce their ideas about exploration into the unknown, however that might be conceived.

在为我的博士学位研究巧合时，我遇到了当时描述的 Flammarion 雕刻或木刻版画。像之前和之后的许多人一样，我对图像的惊人复杂性和深度感到震惊，尤其是当它充满色彩时。进一步探索，我发现 Marie-Louise von Franz 使用该插图很好地解释了同步性，因此将她的见解包含在我论文的附录中。本文由此发展而来；不仅是冯弗朗茨，还有许多其他人在雕刻中发现了象征意义，这些意义强化了他们对探索未知世界的想法，但这是可以想象的。