The voices within us argue continuously, and our words to others return to us like boomerangs. Assagioli on the art of communication, from semantic error to the discipline of restraint. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence.After 1965. [i]Original title: La Communicazione Nella Nuova EraTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]
Levels Of Understanding
The real problem isn’t that people don’t understand. It’s that they misunderstand and think they understand. Assagioli on the levels of understanding and the wisdom of giving too little. By Roberto AssagioliQ&A session, July 11, 1973.Source: psicoenergetica.com. [i]Original title: Livelli di ComprensioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
Masculine Ideals and Feminine Ideals
Assagioli at thirty-three, in 1921, on masculine and feminine ideals: not which sex is superior, but how each can develop the qualities of the other. By Roberto AssagioliRome, 1921 [i]Doc. #23471, Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Ideali Maschili e Ideali FemminiliTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]
Modes and Rhythms of Psychological Formation
Practise a passage until it falls apart, rest, then return to find it clean: unconscious processing is the law Assagioli traces from music to therapy to the Montessori classroom. By Roberto Assagioli [i]Published in L’Economia Umana, n. 6, 1956Doc. #23677, Assagioli Archive in Florence [ii] Original Title: Modi e Ritmi della Formazione PsicologicaTranslated and edited with notes […]
Moral Education And Psychagogy
Moral codes tell young people what to do; self-mastery teaches them how. Assagioli on psychagogy, the neglected art of inner guidance, and why the unconscious changes everything. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #19549 and #23281 [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
New Educational Problems in Modern Life
Children today are more independent and more sincere than any previous generation; modern education must change the educator, not just the child. Assagioli on Montessori, freedom, and responsibility. By Roberto AssagioliLecture followed by discussion, February 3, 1930Docs. #23689 and #23780, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Nuovi Problemi Educativi nella Vita ModernaTranslated and edited with notes […]
Parents and Children and Fifteen Questions for Parents
A child needs to be understood before they can be guided. Assagioli’s fifteen questions for parents and his framework for psycho-spiritual child development. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #23425 and #23427Original title: Genitori E FigliTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [i] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]
Problems of Adolescence
The adolescent dissolves like a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly; adolescent education means learning to love the contradiction, not resolve it. Assagioli on sudden mutations, will, and spiritual possibility. By Roberto Assagioli Unrevised notes, 1930, Assagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #22044 and #23769 [in]Formatted and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]
Problems of Family Education Part I & II
Telling a child “you are naughty” makes them naughtier. The power of suggestion on children runs deeper than most parents realise: Assagioli on what to avoid and three constructive methods. By Roberto AssagioliConversation held at the Lyceum Club of RomeDocs. #23771 and #23776, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Problemi dell’Educazione Famigliare [i]Translated and edited with […]
Psychic Influences
Sensitivity to psychic influences is not a disorder to fix but a faculty to master. Assagioli maps three levels and a path from open and overwhelmed to grounded and of service. By Roberto AssagioliTranscript of a meeting, 1965Doc. #23489, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Gli Influssi Psichici [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm […]
