Ian Gordon-Brown, a long time friend of Assagioli, speaks about the core elements of psychosynthesis and what he considers to be the most valuable aspect of psychosynthesis Original title: Ian Gordon-Brown talks to June Posey, translated from Italian by Gordon Symons. Author June Posey Ian works at the Center for Transpersonal Psychology. He knew Roberto […]
A meeting with Assagioli
The author writes about her encounter with Roberto Assagioli in 1972, and remembers his clarity and simplicity, his gentle, loving wisdom, which so many students report was his essential emanation. By Tilde Bozzo; translated by Gordon Symons from Italian. The uphill road is the one that leads to Fiesole. The house I’m looking for is […]
Assagioli – The Man and His Thought
Translated from Italian by Gordon Symons This subject immediately invites me to reflect: the figure of a great man can only be reduced by the mind of whoever interprets it. Aware of this limit, I will try to introduce you to Roberto Assagioli, starting from the consideration that each individual is intimately linked to two […]
My Personal experience with Psychosynthesis
Stuart Miller, the first Vice President of Development at the Esalen Institute, visited Roberto Assagioli in 1970 and was inspired by his profound authority and “lightness.” By Stuart Miller (1938-2014), translated from Italian, by Gordon Symons, ( Archivio Assagioli – Florence ) Michael Murphy, President of the Esalen Institute, my wife and I were in […]
Roberto, Nella and Luisa
By Luisa Lunelli Translated by Gordon Symons, from the Italian edition: Roberto, Nella E Luisa , by Luisa Lunelli. Editorial note: Internal links have been added by the editor to facilitate navigation between related texts and concepts. These links do not imply that the original author created or endorsed the links, and they do not […]
The Power of You
How to develop your power related to each of the seven chakras This is an edited extract from my book Integral Meditation and it focuses on the development of your power through meditation, related to each of the seven chakras. You can read more about the book here: Integral Meditation. An ideal model is a […]
Disidentification – the Way to Freedom
Disidentification is the Psychosynthesis practice of observing the contents of consciousness — our sensations, feelings, and thoughts — without identifying with them. Developed by Roberto Assagioli as the basic technique of his therapeutic system, disidentification creates a neutral distance between the observer and what is observed, revealing the self as a point of pure self-awareness […]
Chapter 5 The self – the Way to Presence
”Because a good personal psychosynthesis is all that we can look for in many of our patients the idea which is of capital importance, and around which the entire personal psychosynthesis revolves, is that of a personal self, of a point of consciousness and self-awareness, coupled with its realization and the use of its directing […]
Chapter 6 The Will – the Way to Power
“The will is the central power of our individuality, the innermost essence of our self; therefore, in a certain sense, the discovery of the will means the discovery of our true being” (Assagioli, Undated 12) Assagioli’s third core concept is the will: ”The aspects of the fully developed human will are the strong will, the […]
Chapter 7 The Ideal Model – the Way to Focus
”Individual psychosynthesis can be said to consist essentially in the actualization of one’s own ideal model” (Assagioli, 1974, p. 185) Let’s take a closer look at Assagioli’s fourth core concept, the Ideal Model, which we discussed briefly in Chapter I. Here we will attempt an overview and examine a few practical applications. We may wonder […]
