Reflections on Ontological Diversity and the Unifying Principle of Synthesis in the Psychosynthesis Movement By Kenneth Sørensen, MA PsychosynthesisPublished in the AAP Journal, Oct. 2025 Editorial Note This article reflects on the unity and diversity within the international psychosynthesis community. The abstract, subheading, and cross-sections have been added for clarity and navigation in accordance with […]
Roberto Assagioli and Psychosynthesis
A Personal Reflection on Psychosynthesis and Its Founder By Stuart Miller ,First published in the United States by Popular Psychology (date uncertain).Archival source: Assagioli Archives, Doc. #24343 (dated 1972).Re-formatted and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm (2024). Editorial NoteThis essay is a personal recollection by Stuart Miller. The abstract and subheadings have been added by […]
Psychosynthesis Leads to The Door of the Great Mystery
Psychosynthesis is neutral toward religion, Assagioli wrote. But what kind of neutrality did he mean, and what is the door of the great mystery he leads us to? By Kenneth Sørensen, MA Psychosynthesis, 2024 Editor’s note: Since this article was published, I have done further research into Assagioli’s underlying philosophy and have found substantial evidence […]
Integrate – Elevate – Radiate
Three psychosynthesis processes that take the personality from integration to radiance. Schottland on integrate, elevate, radiate, and the loving observer that quiets the inner war. By Jon Schottland, MA, BCCMarch 2023 Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sørensen, to support readability, navigation, and archival […]
Conflict, Crises, and Synthesis – Introduction
Every major life transition carries a crisis, not failure but the cost of growth. This introduction to our free ebook maps life crises psychology from birth trauma to spiritual awakening. By Kenneth Sørensen, MA PsychosynthesisIntroduction to Conflict, Crises, and Synthesis, a compilation of articles by Roberto Assagioli. The ebook can be downloaded here. Abstract In […]
Experiences of the Self
Experiences of the Self are reached by climbing, not flying: most seekers leap straight to the cosmic and miss the Self entirely, mistaking ecstasy for ascent. By Stuart MillerInterview with Roberto Assagioli, January 23, 1973Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Le Esperienze Del SéTranslated from Italian by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this […]
Roberto Assagioli and Psychosynthesis (Interview by Stuart Miller)
Psychosynthesis is not control but freedom: the harmonization of personality around a Self that can conduct its many parts like an orchestra, instead of being driven by them. By Roberto Assagioli, interviewed by Stuart MillerPublished in Popular Psychology, 1972Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #24343 Editorial NoteThe Assagioli Archives date this interview to 1972, supported by the […]
Roberto Assagioli and Parapsychology
From Séances in Florence to a Science of the Soul: How Parapsychological Research Opened a New Map of Human Consciousness By Francesco Baroni, Ph.D., historian and psychosynthesis counselor.Edited and translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sørensen, to support readability, navigation, […]
Why You Are Not Your Body
I Am Not My Body, Said Assagioli, and His Critics Never Forgave Him: The Contentless Self as the Pivot of Disidentification By Kenneth Sørensen, MA in Psychosynthesis Author of The Soul of Psychosynthesis (revised March 2023 – see update notes at the end) Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen examines why Roberto Assagioli insisted on […]
Subpersonalities
Roberto Assagioli was the first to coin the term subpersonalities, however, he was inspired by William James’s concept of various selves and sees subpersonalities primarily as normal psychological formations based on our social roles and functions. By Kenneth Sørensen, MA2022 The following text is my introduction to the free e-book Subpersonalities , which is a […]
