Telling a child “you are naughty” makes them naughtier. The power of suggestion on children runs deeper than most parents realise: Assagioli on what to avoid and three constructive methods. By Roberto AssagioliConversation held at the Lyceum Club of RomeDocs. #23771 and #23776, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Problemi dell’Educazione Famigliare [i]Translated and edited with […]

Behind every child’s personality is a soul waiting to be recognised. Assagioli maps spiritual education in three stages, from cultivating wonder in children to facilitating awakening in young adults. By Roberto AssagioliFrom the Lessons of 1930 [i]Doc. #23284, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]

Desire fogs us, anger blinds us, and our deepest convictions can be the greatest illusions of all. Assagioli on illusion and understanding: from material attachment to the ideological mind. By Roberto AssagioliTalk with discussion, 1968Assagioli Archive in Florence [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this […]

You can love someone deeply and still completely miss what they need. Assagioli on understanding others as a spiritual practice, and the transformation that happens when someone feels truly seen. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #24213, Assagioli Archive in Florence [i] Original title: Comprendere gli AltriTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]

Man is becoming the tool of the system. We are being trained to conform to the growing requirements of proliferating social structures and institutions, even though those institutions are rapidly losing their capacity to serve our needs. Traditional education emphasizes competition, scholarship, and the performance of tasks; the quest for higher ideals and values, for the meaning of being human, is considered a superfluous luxury, only incidentally related to the formal educational process.

Roberto Assagioli gives in this article his view on a holistic or synthetic education that must develop all the psychological functions of the children

Spiritual values and principles can be implemented in education without endorsing one religion above another. Meditation is a primary instrument in this respect.

This article deals with the principles behind the necessary special education of gifted children. The development of a well-integrated personality to balance the special gifts.

This paper highlight the necessity for including creative expression as a way to foster the growth of the psychological energies and the higher superconscious talents.