Assagioli analyses 14 different symbols related to transpersonal development and experience and endeavour in this way to throw light over the process of Self-Realization.
Psychological Mountain-Climbing and meditation
Self-realization happens through an ascent where the personal and ordinary point of consciousness is raised to and unified with the higher spiritual Self. This process shares many similarities with mountaineering.
A new method of healing: Psychosynthesis
Medical Science is going through great and rapid changes. One might say that it is actually in a state of revolution and of strife. But it is not the strife of mere discord, it is the “stress and storm” of growth of creative evolution. Many limitations are being overcome, much resistance is being vanquished; new fields, wide and promising, are being discovered, new light is obtained on the causes of human ills, and new efficient methods to heal them are constantly being found and used.
Individual Psychology and Spiritual Development (1)
If we consider, even superficially, the various human beings who surround us, we soon discover that they are not equally developed from the psychological and spiritual standpoint. By Roberto Assagioli, Oct. 1930, The Beacon This is an extract from an article that first appeared in the Journal: the Beacon, the editor’s (KS) input in the […]
Individual Psychology and Spiritual Development (2)
Assagioli explains the difference between our personality and our soul and how to unite them. By Roberto Assagioli, Nov. 1930, The Beacon This is an extract from a five-part article that first appeared in the Journal The Beacon; the editor’s (KS) input in the text is bracketed […]. The above lecture is the first of […]
Individual Psychology and Spiritual Development (3)
The Four Fundamental Types, Their Combinations, and Relations to the Four Levels and the Chakras By Roberto Assagioli , Dec. 1930, The Beacon This is an extract from a five-part article that first appeared in the Journal The Beacon; the editor’s (KS) input in the text is bracketed […]. The above lecture is the third […]
Individual psychology and spiritual development (4), Extraverts and Introverts
Roberto Assagioli offers an in-depth presentation of his view on extroverts and introverts, using historical figures to exemplify how we can be extravert on one level and introvert on another. By Roberto Assagioli, Jan. 1931, first published in The Beacon. Original title: Individual psychology and spiritual development, part 4 – Extraverts and Introverts. Today we […]
Individual Psychology and Spiritual Development (5)
Roberto Assagioli Gives A Short Introduction to the Seven Rays, the Personality and Soul Rays By Roberto Assagioli, Feb. 1931, first published in The Beacon. This is an extract from a five-part article that first appeared in the journal: The Beacon. The editor’s (KS) input in the text is bracketed […]. The above lecture is […]
Astro-Psychology and Emotional Control
Astrological Types and the Psychological Development of Human Character By Roberto Assagioli The Beacon, December 1931 Editorial Note: In this article Roberto Assagioli explores the relationship between astrology and psychology, outlining a series of astro-psychological types corresponding to planetary principles and zodiacal signs. Each type expresses particular psychological tendencies, virtues, and challenges that shape human […]
