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Coincidance: A Head Test
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Author Robert Anton Wilson
Country United States
Language English
Subject Consciousness, linguistics
Publisher New Falcon Publications
Publication date
1988
Pages258
ISBN 1-56184-004-1

Coincidance: A Head Test is a 1988 book by Robert Anton Wilson, published in 1988 in the United States. It consist of series of essays in four parts prefaced by a foreword from the author. It covers familiar Wilson territory such as the writings of James Joyce, Carl Jung, linguistics and coincidence.

As explained on the back cover the title is a deliberate misspelling suggesting the “mad dervish whirl of coincidence and synchronicity” to be found within.

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