Psychic life is essentially made up of a continuous, very complicated and wonderful interplay of a myriad of forces, of the most varied origin and nature, associating and fighting, diverting or transforming each other in a thousand guises. By Roberto Assagioli. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. # 23421. Original Title: Le Forze Psichiche […]
Parapsychological Faculties And Nervous Disorders
The study of parapsychology, the accumulation of established facts, of evidence, has forced open the doors of some universities and academies. The study of those facts, under the name of parapsychology, is becoming “respectable!” By Roberto Assagioli, MD. From the magazine UOMINI E IDEE, January 1961, Year III, No. 1. From the Assagioli Archives, Florence. […]
The Parapsychological Faculties
Parapsychological faculties are generally regarded as something exceptional, extraordinary and marvelous, but this does not correspond to the truth, and today I aim precisely to highlight their universality and normality. By Roberto Assagioli , A Talk Given May 7, 1961. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Translated by Jan Kuniholm. Download the free e-book Psychosynthesis […]
Psychosynthesis And Psychotherapy (II)
Psychosynthesis has this firm existential, anti-theoretical and anti-doctrinal position that almost no one takes, because everyone hooks their techniques to a conception or doctrine By Roberto Assagioli (Undated) from the Assagioli Archives in Florence. Doc. #24173 Original Title: Psicosintesi e psicoterapia (II) , Translated With Notes by Jan Kuniholm What distinguishes psychosynthesis above all is […]
Meditation – Contemplation – Enlightenment
Contemplation implies a silence of all faculties — a special state that on the one hand is intense concentration, and on the other is complete receptivity to what is contemplated. By Roberto Assagioli , Year IV – Lesson XXI – July 21, 1931. From the Assagioli Archives in Florence. Doc.#13567 [1] Transcription from Handwritten Notes […]
Meditation and the Psychological Functions
When we meditate, we must embody the ideals we meditate on and make them a living reality – here. By Roberto Assagioli , original English title: Meditation . July 14, 1931, Lesson XX Year IV, Original Italian title : La Meditazione . From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Doc. #10815. Translated with Notes by Jan […]
Inner Life II – The Inner World
There is a series of inner worlds that are just as real as the external world and we must learn to conquer them if we are to become masters of our life. By Roberto Assagioli, Transcribed from an Original Written Document by Istituto di Psicosintesi, Translated with Notes by Jan Kuniholm. From the Assagioli Archive […]
Disidentification From the Emotions and the Body
Identifying with our emotions and body is a major obstacle to spiritual development. It creates a veil that distorts the reality of who we are as a pure center of self-awareness and will. By Roberto Assagioli, Unrevised notes of Lesson XI, March 29, 1931, and Year IV Lecture X – March 22, 1931, From the […]
Development Of Deficient Faculties
The harmonious development of our psychological functions is one of the primary goals of psychosynthesis counseling because deficient functions may cause many problems By Roberto Assagioli, Course of Lectures on Psychosynthesis 1933, (Unrevised notes), from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Original Title: Sviluppo delle Facoltà Carenti. Translated with Notes by Jan Kuniholm In our exposition […]
The Study of Self
One must know himself: for what good actions he is naturally most prepared; to what evils he is most inclined; to what studies he should most strongly attend; and against what evils he should be most vigilant; by what exercises he can best go forward. By Roberto Assagioli, in Amore. Rivista di giovani, II,3, 1922, pp. […]
