Why does the news always sound like the world is ending, when most of life is quietly constructive? An essay written on the brink of war, calling for constructive news, real cross-cultural contact, and the slow work of clearing prejudice on both sides of the Atlantic. By Roberto AssagioliFirst published in The World Observer, Vol. […]
On Survival After Death
Assagioli’s case for the science of survival after death: out-of-body experiences as evidence, subtle-body traditions as framework, and the instruments he believed would one day answer the question. By Roberto AssagioliResponse to an inquiry from the journal Parapsicologia.Doc. #16677, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Risposta all’inchiesta della revista “Parapsicologia”Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm […]
Poetry and Philosophy
Seventeen years before he founded the Institute of Psychosynthesis, Assagioli on poetry and philosophy: why analysis without synthesis is the great flaw of Western culture, and what philosophical poetry can do that prose argument cannot. By Roberto AssagioliLecture delivered at the Philosophical Library, Florence, January 3, 1909.Doc. #18451, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Poesia e filosofia […]
Spiritual Lessons From The Economic Crisis
Decades before behavioural economics, Assagioli’s spiritual lessons from the economic crisis: we are more than homo economicus, money degrades or elevates by inner attitude, and hardship has its gifts. By Roberto AssagioliPamphlet excerpt from Antieuropa, Issue No. 6, June 1932. [i]Docs. #23602 and #24228, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Lezioni spirituali della crisi economicaTranslated and edited […]
The Group of World Servers
Some members of the Group of World Servers don’t know they belong. Assagioli on what unites them, how they work, and how to tell if you’re already one. By Roberto Assagioli [i]Assagioli Archives, Florence. [ii]Original title: Il Gruppo di Servitori MondialiTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [iii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle […]
The Psychosynthetic Face of Compassion
Reactive compassion can burden the people it tries to help. Assagioli on spiritual love as a synthesis of feeling, wisdom, and will. By Roberto AssagioliCompilation of three pieces: “Spiritual Love,” “Notes on Psycho-Spiritual Work,” and “Letter to Friends.” [i]Published in Filo Conduttore – Research Notebook of the Rome Centre, No. 6, Year IV.Source: psicoenergetica.com.Original title: […]
The Subconscious
Decades before Internal Family Systems, the twenty-three-year-old Assagioli on the subconscious and what would become subpersonalities. A 1911 paper he later called foundational. By Roberto AssagioliPaper presented at the Fourth International Conference of Philosophy, Bologna, April 1911.Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Il SubconscienteTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial Note (KS)Roberto Assagioli considered his article The Subconscious to […]
The “Wrong Choice” And Other Errors
What looks like making wrong choices is often just trying. Assagioli on the difference between attempts and errors, and why mistakes are valuable for the soul. By Roberto AssagioliPublished in UOMINI e IDEE (Men and Ideas), No. 11, Year I, November 1959, p. 345.Docs. #23988-23989, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: La Scelta Sbagliata e Altri Errori […]
The Wisdom Of The Inner Master
The master you’re looking for is already inside, Assagioli writes. On the inner master, the technique of asking the Self, and why patience does what effort cannot. By Roberto Assagioli [1] Original title: La Saggezza del Maestro InternoTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]
Suggestion: Its Nature And Laws
Affirmations only work if you know the laws of suggestion. Assagioli on imagination’s quiet victory over willpower, and the self-observation that makes the difference. By Roberto AssagioliLecture VII of The Energies Latent in Us, February 25, 1934. [i]Doc. #24061, Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: La Suggestione: Sua Natura e Sue LeggiTranslated and edited with notes by […]
