A sealed object in the hand produces images, but are they memories or metaphors? The symbolizing function explains why psychic material must be read twice before it earns trust. By Roberto AssagioliMarch 9, 1958Doc. #23906 – Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Conversazione del Dottor R.AssagioliTranslated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm[1] Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]
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National and International Psychosynthesis
Why nations are living psychological entities whose maturation from adolescent self-assertion to conscious planetary service depends on recognising global interdependence as a practical necessity By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Psicosintesi Nazionale e InternazionaleReport presented at the Fourth International Congress of Psychosynthesis, Florence, Italy, September 1–7, 1961Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial NoteThe […]
Ideas- Positive Religions – Evolution
A Conversation on Energy, Inspiration, Religion, and Reincarnation By Dr. Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23896 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Idee – Religioni Positive – EvoluzioneConversation with friends following lecture “The Use and Transformation of Energies”, June 23, 1973 [1]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
Lectures, Conversations and Notes on Transformation and Sublimation of Psychic Energies
Anger and ambition need not be repressed. In these lectures the sublimation of psychic energies becomes a practical craft, with humility as the test of whether the change is real. By Roberto Assagioli(Doc. #23894, #23895, #7533, #7599, #7569, #4856, #23896 – Assagioli Archives – Florence)Originally delivered 1933, 1963, 1973Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan […]
Images and Colors: Their Psychological Effects
How contemplation of visual forms, from architectural lines to therapeutic hues, serves psychosynthesis by awakening latent qualities through the influence of color and design By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #24147 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, Florence [1]Original title: Immagini e colori: loro effetti psicologiciTranslated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]
Heroes and Great Men
Why Carlyle’s vision of society built on veneration and Emerson’s account of enrichment converge in a psychosynthesis of the worship of heroes and ideal models By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23320 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceTranslated and edited by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, […]
Desire for Knowledge and the Capacity to Know
How unfinished lecture notes from 1932 trace the ascent from sensory curiosity through rational limits to intuitive realisation and the thirst to know the true Self By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23249 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Desiderio di sapere e capacità di conoscereCourse of Lectures on Individual Psychology, Lesson XIV (1932) Individual (spiritual) elements in […]
Reality Is One: Roberto Assagioli’s Evolutionary Monism
Spirit, Matter, and the Unified Ground of Psychosynthesis By Kenneth Sørensen, MA, Psychosynthesis | Psychotherapist and Author, 2026 Editorial NoteThis paper is based on my earlier research paper, “Reality is One,” a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli. The reader seeking a fuller picture of Assagioli’s monistic philosophy should consult this paper. Abstract This article […]
Static Happiness and Dynamic Joy
How a 1936 lecture contrasts stagnation with the regenerative current of Divine Life, presenting dynamic joy as a volitional resolution for daily rebirth By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23419 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Felicità Statica e Letizia DinamicaA Talk Originally Given in Florence, New Year’s Eve 1936Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
What Is Free Will?
How a psychosynthesis dialogue reveals the path from conditioned reactions through disidentification to authentic freedom, tracing the developmental relationship between will and desire By Anja Bjørlo and Kenneth SørensenFirst published on the YouTube channel Psychosynthesis Self-Mastery Channel, 2025. Editorial NoteThis piece began as an online conversation and has been edited for clarity, precision, and flow […]
