A Conversation on Energy, Inspiration, Religion, and Reincarnation Dr. Roberto Assagioli(Doc. #23896 – Assagioli Archives – Florence)Conversation with friends following Dr. Assagioli’s lecture“The Use and Transformation of Energies”June 23, 1973[1]Original Title: Idee – Religioni Positive – EvoluzioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial note This text is a transcript of a conversation following […]
A Contribution to The Psychology of Misoneism
Misoneism, Neophilia, and the Psychological Response to Novelty By Roberto Assagioli, (Doc. #23194, 24216 – Assagioli Archives – Florence) Originally Published in Psiche II, 5-6, 1913.Original Title: Contributo alla psicologia del misoneismo . Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial note: The subheadings in this online edition have been added by the […]
The American “New Thought”
Abstract In this extensive 1907 essay, Roberto Assagioli presents a critical and sympathetic analysis of the American New Thought movement, situating it within the broader psychological and mystical currents of the early twentieth century. He examines New Thought’s practical orientation, its dynamic optimism, and its emphasis on inner transformation through the disciplined use of will, […]
Psychology and Psychotherapy
Abstract In this early theoretical essay, Roberto Assagioli examines psychotherapy not primarily as a clinical technique, but as a source of profound psychological knowledge. Surveying the historical development of modern psychotherapy, he argues that psychotherapeutic practice functions as a form of living psychological experimentation, capable of illuminating the nature of consciousness, personality, dissociation, affective conflicts, […]
Adherence of The Will
The Culmination of the Education of the Will By Roberto Assagioli . (Doc.13559 – Assagioli Archive – Florence)[1] Original Title: Adesione della Volontà. Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial note: The subheadings in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sørensen, to support readability and navigation. They were not part of the original […]
Beauty, Art, and the Aesthetic Way
Beauty as a Spiritual Ray and Path of Aesthetic Ascent By Roberto Assagioli.(Doc. #23480, #14471, #13598, #17121 – Assagioli Archives, Florence)Unedited shorthand notes, typed notes, and lectures, 1932–undatedOriginal title: La BellezzaTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial note: This article brings together several texts by Roberto Assagioli on the theme of Beauty, written […]
Joy
Abstract In this composite work, Roberto Assagioli presents joy as a fundamental quality of spiritual consciousness and a practical discipline essential for both individual development and collective transformation. Drawing on texts from the 1930s through the end of his life, Assagioli explores joy as an expression of the soul, inseparable from light, love, and bliss, […]
Conversation on the Psychosynthesis of the Ages
Integrating Childhood, Adolescence, Youth, Maturity, and Old Age Transcribed lecture conversation with Roberto Assagioli Participants include Prof. Cirenei and others Undated, Assagioli Archives, Florence Original title: Conversazione sulla Psicosintesi della Età Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial Note This text is a transcribed conversation involving Roberto Assagioli and other participants. Assagioli […]
Scientific Method, Psychology, and the Origins of Psychosynthesis
A 1968 newspaper interview where Assagioli, eighty years old, walks a journalist through the origins of psychosynthesis, his fascist-era exile, the limits of scientific quantification, and why he refuses to be called a wise man. Conversation with Roberto AssagioliInterview conducted by Mariella Crocellà [i]Published in La Nazione, February 21, 1968Assagioli Archives, Doc. #23493Translated and edited […]
Psychosynthesis, Religion, and Psychotherapy
Assagioli on the meeting of psychotherapy and religion: how to speak each person’s spiritual language without imposing your own, the proper boundary between psychology and theology, and when spiritual material belongs in the therapy room. Lecture discussion led by Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23488, Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Discussione [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm […]
