Lecture XI: The Role of Suggestion and the Unconscious in Education (March 25, 1934) By Dr. Roberto Assagioli Course of Lectures on The Latent Energies in Us and Their Use in Medicine and Education Lecture XI – March 25, 1934 (Doc. #23730 – Assagioli Archives – Florence) Original Title: Per Meglio Educare Translated and Edited […]

Adults perpetuate their own wounds in the children they love. Assagioli on adult understanding of children, Montessori’s call, and the inner work parenting requires. By Roberto AssagioliFour-part series published in Montessori (monthly magazine of the Opera Montessori foundation), 1931-1932.Docs. #23741, #23743, #23744, #23748, #23751, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Parole Franche Agli Adulti — I-4 [1]Translated […]

The voices within us argue continuously, and our words to others return to us like boomerangs. Assagioli on the art of communication, from semantic error to the discipline of restraint. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence.After 1965. [i]Original title: La Communicazione Nella Nuova EraTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]

The real problem isn’t that people don’t understand. It’s that they misunderstand and think they understand. Assagioli on the levels of understanding and the wisdom of giving too little. By Roberto AssagioliQ&A session, July 11, 1973.Source: psicoenergetica.com. [i]Original title: Livelli di ComprensioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]

Practise a passage until it falls apart, rest, then return to find it clean: unconscious processing is the law Assagioli traces from music to therapy to the Montessori classroom. By Roberto Assagioli [i]Published in L’Economia Umana, n. 6, 1956Doc. #23677, Assagioli Archive in Florence [ii] Original Title: Modi e Ritmi della Formazione PsicologicaTranslated and edited with notes […]

Moral codes tell young people what to do; self-mastery teaches them how. Assagioli on psychagogy, the neglected art of inner guidance, and why the unconscious changes everything. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #19549 and #23281 [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]

Children today are more independent and more sincere than any previous generation; modern education must change the educator, not just the child. Assagioli on Montessori, freedom, and responsibility. By Roberto AssagioliLecture followed by discussion, February 3, 1930Docs. #23689 and #23780, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Nuovi Problemi Educativi nella Vita ModernaTranslated and edited with notes […]

A child needs to be understood before they can be guided. Assagioli’s fifteen questions for parents and his framework for psycho-spiritual child development. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #23425 and #23427Original title: Genitori E FigliTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [i] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]

The adolescent dissolves like a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly; adolescent education means learning to love the contradiction, not resolve it. Assagioli on sudden mutations, will, and spiritual possibility. By Roberto Assagioli Unrevised notes, 1930, Assagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #22044 and #23769 [in]Formatted and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]