Queer Friends,  

Psychonauts,

and Allies

I set out on this peculiar journey in the knowledge that life is considerably more mysterious than we are ordinarily led to believe. I am delighted to present the first edition: A Collection of Magical Trees, Birds, and Portals. My aim is to present a compilation of narratives, including prose, prose poetry, and poems. A blend of factual accounts with fiction, drawing from my personal encounters with the uncanny and those of others, all of whom are queer. In The Money Tree, I reveal a real-life first-hand account of a strange experience that happened to me. In fact, it was technically a Jungian synchronicity. I intend to reveal many more synchronicities in future editions. Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity is based on the idea that seemingly unrelated events can be connected through meaning, rather than causality. According to Jung, these meaningful coincidences or "synchronicities" occur when an individual's unconscious psyche becomes linked with the external world in a way that goes beyond the realm of chance. You can see Keira Knightley experience synchronicity in the 2011 film

A Dangerous Method. 

I sincerely hope you gain something from The Money Tree and our Zine as a whole, at the very least along the lines of fun. 

The Editor

R I Shaw 

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