A measured, scientific look at parapsychological faculties — why we are drawn to them, the genuine dangers of reckless development, and the path to conscious mastery By Roberto AssagioliTranslated from the ItalianPublished in UOMINI E IDEE, No. 1, Year III, January 1961Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Le Facoltà Parapsicologiche – Perché Interessano – Pericoli Del Loro […]
The Relationship Between The Psychotherapist and The Patient
A good therapist works to make themselves unnecessary. Assagioli maps the therapist patient relationship in four stages, from transference all the way to friendship. By Roberto Assagioli [1]Doc. #24089, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Il Rapporto fra lo Psicoterapeuta e il MalatoTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle […]
Comments on Henri Baruk’s Technique on the Relationship Between Psychotherapist and Patient
The most powerful thing a therapist can do is sometimes simply believe in the patient. Assagioli on trust in therapy and the part of every person that illness cannot reach. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #19938 (fragment), Assagioli Archive in Florence [1] Original title: Commenti sulla Tecnica di Henri Baruk su il Rapporto fra Psicoterapeuta e PazienteTranslated […]
Visualization Exercises
Try to hold one digit on an imagined blackboard. Assagioli’s visualization exercises reveal how little we master our minds, and how the I emerges from that contrast. By Roberto AssagioliPsychological Exercises and Training [1] lecture series, March 10 and 17, 1963Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Esercizi di VisualizzazioneTranslated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract […]
The Practice Of Silence
When you sit to be silent, you discover the noise was never outside. The practice of silence isn’t about suppressing thoughts, but learning to let them pass without reacting. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives, Florence [1] Original title: La Pratica del SilenzioTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]
Technique Of Substitution
Try to give up a habit by sheer effort, and it usually wins. The technique of substitution replaces renunciation with preference, letting energy quietly follow interest toward something better. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, 26 November 1963 [1]Doc. #23844, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Tecnica della SostituzioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]
Technique Of Acting “As If”
Sad, scared, or stuck in a mood your will cannot reach? The technique of acting as if works through the body first, and the emotion follows where the posture leads. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, 29 November 1963Doc. #23041, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Tecnica dell’Agire “Come Se”Translated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
Repetition and Rhythm
One hammer blow rarely drives a nail. Repetition and rhythm, Assagioli argues, shape the unconscious through patient return, then variation, the way music makes a theme its own. By Roberto Assagioli [1] Docs. #24086 and #24087, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Repetizione e RitmoTranslated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]
Exercise Of Disidentification And Self-Identification
When you catch yourself saying “I am tired” or “I am angry,” you have already confused yourself with a passing state. Assagioli’s disidentification exercise restores the steady Center underneath. By Roberto AssagioliLecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Psychological Exercises and Training, 8 March 1964 [1] Doc. #23994, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Esercizio di Disidentificazione e di Auto-identificazioneTranslated […]
Exercise Of the Ideal Model
Want to become more patient or more courageous? Assagioli’s ideal model exercise has you picture not a perfect self but the next realistic step, and then rehearse becoming it. By Roberto Assagioli1967 Doc. #23382, Assagioli Archives, Florence [1] Original title: Esercizio del Modello Ideale Translated, compiled, and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [2] Editorial […]
