You cannot avoid pain, only choose its kind. The pain of growth or the pain of stagnation, and the difference between symptoms that go forward and symptoms that go back. By Kenneth Sørensen, MA, Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist and Researcher. Published August 2026. (This article is based on the e-book Conflict, Crises and Synthesis, a compilation of […]

In a public clinic the word itself can be risky. Two practitioners talk about holding a transpersonal framework in the room, and about the moment the joy collapses. By Kenneth Sørensen and Anja Bjørlo2026 Editorial NoteThis article is based on a conversation between Kenneth Sørensen and Anja Bjørlo on Psychosynthesis, Meaning, and the Soul’s Emergence; […]

Two clients, two outcomes. This keynote on psychosynthesis coaching sets surface identity against the contentless witness, and asks the question that separates them: who is speaking? By Kenneth Sørensen, MAKeynote address delivered at the Sixth Psychosynthesis Coaching Symposium, NCVO, London, 10 April 2026 Editorial NoteThis article has been adapted from a recorded keynote address. An […]

Higher octave is how Assagioli explained telepathy and precognition: not anomalies but the ordinary senses running further up the scale, with dangers he took seriously. By Kenneth Sørensen, MA 2026 Abstract In this introduction, the archive of Assagioli’s writing on the parapsychological faculties is set out, with an account of why it belongs inside a […]

Seven criteria of psychosynthetic therapy, set down in a lecture manuscript: the body counted in, energy put to work, the superconscious invited, and often the patient trained out of therapy. By Roberto AssagioliDocs. #23763, #23764, #23765 | Archive: Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Principi informatori e risultati della terapia psicosinteticaLecture manuscript, (post-1966)Translated and edited with notes […]

A breakdown can be the pressure of something trying to wake up. In this interview Assagioli names his integral method: uncover, rebuild, then open to energies from above. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #236936 | Archive: Assagioli Archive, FlorenceInterview in the Italian magazine Ultra, 1923Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]

How an eighteen-year-old Assagioli mapped the intellectual, moral, and pedagogical effects of laughter, linking comic detachment to the serene perspective of wisdom By Roberto Grego AssagioliDoc. #23288–23289 | Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Gli effetti del riso e le loro applicazioni pedagogicheJournal of Psychology Applied to Pedagogy and Psychopathology, Florence, March–April 1906Translated and Edited With Notes […]

A sealed object in the hand produces images, but are they memories or metaphors? The symbolizing function explains why psychic material must be read twice before it earns trust. By Roberto AssagioliMarch 9, 1958Doc. #23906 – Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Conversazione del Dottor R.AssagioliTranslated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm[1] Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]

Anger and ambition need not be repressed. In these lectures the sublimation of psychic energies becomes a practical craft, with humility as the test of whether the change is real. By Roberto Assagioli(Doc. #23894, #23895, #7533, #7599, #7569, #4856, #23896 – Assagioli Archives – Florence)Originally delivered 1933, 1963, 1973Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan […]

How contemplation of visual forms, from architectural lines to therapeutic hues, serves psychosynthesis by awakening latent qualities through the influence of color and design By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #24147 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, Florence [1]Original title: Immagini e colori: loro effetti psicologiciTranslated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]