Every novelty is a tremor that the mind would rather not feel – the reflex to preserve psychic equilibrium silences truth and refuses the unknown a hearing. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23194, 24216 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Contributo alla psicologia del misoneismoOriginally Published in: Psiche II, 5-6, 1913Translated and edited by Jan Kuniholm [1] […]
Archives for February 2026
The American “New Thought”
Quiet the mind, release every fear, and something unexpected happens – cosmic consciousness opens a direct communion with the living whole that dissolves no identity. By Roberto Grego AssagioliDoc. #23701 – Assagioli Archives – Florence Originally published in Leonardo, Florence, Anno V, April-June 1907 Original Title: ll “Nuovo pensiero” americanoTranslated and Edited with Notes by […]
Psychology and Psychotherapy
Behind every phobia, every lapse of memory, every mysterious pain lies an unseen battle: affective conflicts reveal the secret architecture of the suffering mind. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23960 – Assagioli Archive – FlorenceOriginally Published in Psyche , Vol. II, No.3 (1913) [1]Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm [2] Editorial NoteThis article was written […]
Adherence of The Will
Surrender sounds like weakness, yet the will that bends to cosmic law rises transfigured: the integral will unites goodness, strength, and wisdom in one act. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence – Doc. #13559 [1]Original Title: Adesione della Volontà.Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by […]
Toward a Modern Psychagogy
Schools stuff the vessel and forget the fire: psychagogy proposes a lifelong art of harmonious development, drawing on therapy, mysticism, and the trained will alike. By Roberto AssagioliFrom La Voce, Year I, No. 11, February 25, 1909Translated from the Italian by Jan Kuniholm, February 2022 Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]
Beauty, Art, and the Aesthetic Way
The loveliest things in creation are also the most binding: aesthetic consciousness reveals how to climb from material enchantment toward essential splendour beyond every form. By Roberto Assagioli.Doc. #23480, #14471, #13598, #17121 – Assagioli Archives, FlorenceUnedited shorthand notes, typed notes, and lectures, 1932–undatedOriginal title: La BellezzaTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis […]
Nella Ciapetti Assagioli: A Feminist of the Spirit
Behind the founder of psychosynthesis stood an equal partner: a spiritual feminist who led a torch-bearing circle and gave her own voice to the inner life. By William EspositoTranslated by Jan Kuniholm (with permission from the author)Originally published in Rivista Italiana di Teosofia, no. 1–2, 2025, pp. 34–37Previously published (with changes) in Psicosintesi, October 2024, […]
Joy
Pain was the keynote of a departing age, but a new note is sounding: the discipline of joy asks us to radiate what the soul already knows. By Roberto AssagioliTalks, writings, notes, and an exerciseCompiled and edited by Jan Kuniholm(Doc. #23438, #23435, #22960, #2904 et al. – Assagioli Archives, Florence) Editorial NoteThis is a compilation […]
Fantasia of the Inner King
A castle shines above the clouds, a king waits in chains of enchantment, and only one who dares the inner way will learn what the mountain conceals. By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Fantasia in Re interioreOriginally published in Leonardo, Series III, Year V, No. 1, Florence, 1907Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis text is a symbolic […]
