Decades before Internal Family Systems, the twenty-three-year-old Assagioli on the subconscious and what would become subpersonalities. A 1911 paper he later called foundational. By Roberto AssagioliPaper presented at the Fourth International Conference of Philosophy, Bologna, April 1911.Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Il SubconscienteTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial Note (KS)Roberto Assagioli considered his article The Subconscious to […]
Suggestion: Its Nature And Laws
Affirmations only work if you know the laws of suggestion. Assagioli on imagination’s quiet victory over willpower, and the self-observation that makes the difference. By Roberto AssagioliLecture VII of The Energies Latent in Us, February 25, 1934. [i]Doc. #24061, Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: La Suggestione: Sua Natura e Sue LeggiTranslated and edited with notes by […]
Subpersonalities
The shy employee becomes a tyrant at home. Assagioli on subpersonalities and roles, and the surprising rule: the less you identify with a part, the better you play it. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Subpersonalità Translated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the […]
Psychosomatic Causes and Psychotherapy
Anger that causes strokes, worry that causes atherosclerosis, emotions that change a nursing mother’s milk. Assagioli on the mind body connection and why a psychic wound needs psychic healing. By Roberto AssagioliLesson X of The Energies Latent in Us, March 18, 1934.Doc. #20492, Assagioli Archive, Florence. [i]Original title: L’Azione del Morale sul Fisico e la […]
Bio-Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy
Assagioli’s history of the methods of psychotherapy and their importance for the healing of psychological conflicts, ending in the four-stage psychosynthesis he offers as the synthesis of them all. By Dr. Roberto AssagioliPublished in RADIESTESIA, July–September 1950.Doc. #23111, Assagioli Archive, Florence.Original title: Bio-psicodinamica e PsicoterapiaTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract […]
Psychic Influences
Sensitivity to psychic influences is not a disorder to fix but a faculty to master. Assagioli maps three levels and a path from open and overwhelmed to grounded and of service. By Roberto AssagioliTranscript of a meeting, 1965Doc. #23489, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Gli Influssi Psichici [i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm […]
The Multiplicities Within The Human Being
You are one person with your boss, another with your mother, and someone else entirely alone. Assagioli on multiple self psychology and what it takes to become whole. By Roberto AssagioliTranscript of a recorded lectureAssagioli Archive in FlorenceTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis is a transcript of a recorded lecture, and […]
Parapsychological Faculties and the Power of Emanation
Some people fill a room with energy; others leave you drained without a word. Assagioli on the power of emanation as a faculty everyone has and can learn to use. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, March 7, 1961Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Le Facoltà ParapsicologicheTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
Psychosynthesis and Parapsychology – Part Two
Of all the psychological systems developed in the twentieth century, psychosynthesis and parapsychology belong together as a matter of principle. Assagioli explains why, in his own unfinished 1961 notes. By Roberto AssagioliLecture notes, June 7, 1961, Tiberina Academy, RomeAssagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Psicosintesi E Parapsicologia IITranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
Psychosynthesis and Parapsychology – Part One
Most psychology helps you understand what went wrong. But what about the person you are becoming? Psychosynthesis parapsychology maps the whole journey, from your roots to your soul. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, June 7, 1961, Tiberina Academy, RomeAssagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Psicosintesi E Parapsicologia ITranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]









