Inside, we wish we were one. Outside, we ache to belong. Assagioli’s 1964 lecture on the illusion of separateness, the secret multiplicity of every self, and the long work of meeting both honestly By Roberto AssagioliA talk given December 9, 1964Assagioli Archives, Florence [in] Original title: Discorso sull’IllusioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] […]
Appeal To People of Good Will
Twelve apostles started one era. Hundreds of thousands could start another. Assagioli’s appeal to people of good will to organise themselves into a worldwide movement built on the most accessible form of love By Roberto Assagioli [1]Adapted from material first published in Alice A. Bailey’s The Problems of Humanity (1947) [2]Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #23067Original […]
From Indecision To Choice
Inside us, a clever lawyer is winning a bad case with sentimental appeals. Assagioli on making right decisions, the rationalisations we mistake for our own voice, and the harder discipline of choosing from somewhere truer By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #24218Original title: Dell’indecisione alla Scelta [1]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [2] […]
Group Life – A Living Entity
Half of what you think is yours was caught from a crowd, an audience, a tribe. Assagioli on group consciousness and the slow practice of staying yourself while becoming part of something larger By Roberto Assagioli [i]Assagioli ArchivesEdited version of a longer English typescript found in the papers of the late Phyllis ClayFormatted and edited […]
How To Practice Suggestion
You cannot pull on a seedling to make it grow. Assagioli’s 1934 lecture on self-suggestion as an actual practice – relax the body, harmonise with the unconscious, plant the seed, and trust it to do its slow work By Roberto AssagioliLesson VIII, Course of Lectures on The Energies Latent in Us, March 4, 1934 [i]Assagioli […]
How To Work With Subpersonalities
The angry one. The pleaser. The critic at three in the morning. Assagioli’s working manual for working with subpersonalities – how to find them, name them with humour, listen to what they actually need, and bring them into dialogue with the Self By Roberto AssagioliExtract from the Opening Address to the International Conference on Psychosynthesis, […]
In The Theater Of The World
Most of us play our parts in life unconsciously, and therefore we play them badly. Assagioli on playing roles in life as the pivotal technique of psychosynthesis, and on acting each part fully without ever forgetting you are not the character By Roberto AssagioliExcerpted from Filo Conduttore – Research Notebook of the Rome Center, No. […]
Indirect Suggestion
Doomscroll the news, then wonder why you feel scattered? Assagioli on psychological hygiene and the five everyday channels that quietly shape who we become. By Roberto AssagioliFrom the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #21887 [1]Edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the […]
Interindividual Psychosynthesis And International Cooperation
The psychology of international cooperation begins between two people, not two nations. Assagioli’s 1965 UN-year lecture on the four conditions that have to be in place before cooperation works at any scale, from a marriage to a treaty. By Roberto AssagioliLecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Lecture 1, January 17, 1965. [i],From the Assagioli Archive in Florence.Translated […]
Introduction To The Book “Wu-Wei”
The Wu-Wei meaning everyone gets wrong: not “inaction,” but something Lao-Tse uses paradox to point at on purpose. Assagioli’s 1932 introduction to Henri Borel’s book on what the phrase asks of us in practice, and why ordinary language cannot carry it. By Roberto Assagioli [in]Rome, June 11, 1932.Assagioli Archives, Florence – Doc. #23562Original title: Introduzione […]
