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, […]
The Practice of Psychosynthesis
Seven Methods for Exploring the Unconscious and Integrating the Personality By Roberto Assagioli Course of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Lesson XI, 1933 (unedited notes) Assagioli Archive, Florence Original title: La Pratica della Psicosintesi Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial NoteThis text is a set of unedited lecture notes from Lesson XI […]
The Transmutation of Sensuality
Roberto Assagioli on Sublimation, Asceticism, and the Transformation of Instinctive Energy By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: La Transmutazione della SensualitàTranslated with notes by Jan KuniholmEditorial NoteThis text is a short archival document by Roberto Assagioli on the transmutation of sensuality. The abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the […]
Two Lectures on The Topic of Fear
Roberto Assagioli on the Psychology of Fear in Psychosynthesis By Roberto Assagioli, MD Part I: Assagioli Archive, Florence — Docs. #23710–11, #23714–15 Part II: Course in Spiritual Psychosynthesis, Lesson II, 1938 — Doc. #23707 Original titles: La Paura / Ostacoli Emotivi: La Paura Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial Note This […]
Moral Conflicts
Are moral conflicts a sign of illness or growth? Assagioli on guilt, conscience, and moral conflicts as necessary spiritual turning points. By Roberto AssagioliFrom The Course of Lessons on Psychosynthesis, Fourth Lesson March 22, 1964. Original Title: I Conflitti Morali . Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco ViglienghiDerived from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Editorial […]
Psychic Conflicts
From Unconscious Complexes to Integration: Assagioli on the Origins and Resolution of Psychic Conflicts By Roberto Assagioli Edited version of unpublished course notes, first given in 1928 Assagioli Archive, Florence Original title: I Conflitti Psichici Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi Editorial Note This text is an early lecture by Roberto Assagioli on the […]
Exercise In Relaxation and Healing Autosuggestion
A Guided Practice for Releasing Tension, Calming the Psyche, and Activating the Healing Energies Within. By Roberto Assagioli Course of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Psychological Exercises and Training, March 1, 1964 Assagioli Archive, Florence Original title: Esercizio di Rilassamento e di Autosuggestione Curative Translated by Jan KuniholmEditorial NoteThis text is a structured healing exercise by Roberto […]
How To Practice Suggestion
You cannot pull on a seedling to make it grow. Assagioli’s 1934 lecture on self-suggestion as an actual practice – relax the body, harmonise with the unconscious, plant the seed, and trust it to do its slow work By Roberto AssagioliLesson VIII, Course of Lectures on The Energies Latent in Us, March 4, 1934 [i]Assagioli […]
How To Work With Subpersonalities
The angry one. The pleaser. The critic at three in the morning. Assagioli’s working manual for working with subpersonalities – how to find them, name them with humour, listen to what they actually need, and bring them into dialogue with the Self By Roberto AssagioliExtract from the Opening Address to the International Conference on Psychosynthesis, […]
Indirect Suggestion
Doomscroll the news, then wonder why you feel scattered? Assagioli on psychological hygiene and the five everyday channels that quietly shape who we become. By Roberto AssagioliFrom the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #21887 [1]Edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the […]
