Most people confuse a peak spiritual experience with realising the Self. The Superconscious is active and creative; the Self is motionless, aware, and the source of both. By Roberto AssagioliLecture notes, 28 May 1968Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Didattica GeneraleTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added […]
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Sigmund Freud’s Ideas On Sexuality
What separates healthy mastery of the sexual instinct from destructive repression? Assagioli’s analysis of Freud’s ideas on sexuality turns on exactly that question. By Roberto Assagioli1931Docs. #23472–23475, Assagioli Archive, Florence [1]Published in Biblioteca dei Curiosi, Issue No. 58, “Tre Lezioni di Sessuologia,” 1931Original title: Le Idee di Sigmund Freud sulla SessualitàTranslated and edited with notes […]
Sexual Education
Teaching young people the biology of sex is not the same as educating them about it. Assagioli’s approach to sexual education begins where biological instruction ends. By Roberto AssagioliConference on Psychosynthesis, Rome, 29 September – 3 October 1968Original English Document. [1]Doc. #22275, Assagioli Archive, FlorenceReformatted and annotated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
Psychology And The Science Of Sexuality
Why has the science of sexuality developed so late, given how central it is to human life? Assagioli’s psychology of sexuality surveys the field and calls for an integral approach. By Roberto Assagioli1955Doc. #23833, Assagioli Archive, Florence [1]Published in L’Economia Umana, Year VI, Issue 6, November–December 1955Original title: La psicologia e la scienza della sexualitàTranslated […]
