To speak the Truth, means (esoterically) to express the Transcendent Glory through one’s form (personality). By Roberto Assagioli, undated, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence[1]. Original Title: Essere. Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm. By making a vital distinction between having a Soul (in which the first place is given to personality, and […]
The Seven Ways – General Didactics
Speak above all of the Superconscious, that is, of the region of superconscious life, and SELF as a transcendent background. By Roberto Assagioli, 28th May 1968, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Original title: Didattica Generale. Translated by Gordon Symons. We should go and see if there is such a thing as the “Superconscious”. That […]
The Devotional and Mental Way
The essential goal of Psychosynthesis is an ever-increasing communication, an ever broader and more intimate union between the conscious self and the spiritual self By Roberto Assagioli, undated unrevised notes, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, docs. #23326 and 1452. Original Title: Esercizi Interiori. Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm Before beginning the […]
Exploration and Conquest of The Inner Worlds
Enlargements of consciousness can occur in three directions: 1. Downward; 2. Horizontally; 3. Upward. Roberto Assagioli, 12 February 1972, Published in La Cultura Nel Mondo, Anno XXVI, Maggio – Agosto 1972 No.3-4, pp.11-20. Also Saved as a Typed Manuscript in the Assagioli Archives Doc. #23481[1] of Lezione 1 — 12 Febbraio 1972. Original Title: Espansioni […]
Communication With the Soul
The Soul can communicate to us in three ways: directly, symbolic and from the outside By Roberto Assagioli, date unknown, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Translated by Gordon Symons. Original title: Come Decidere? (How to Decide) The Soul, the spiritual “I” is the first Master. It is like a Sage, like an Instructor ready […]
To Be A Soul, Having A Personality
Being a Soul breaks down the materialistic illusion of being bodies, bundles of emotions, sensations, thoughts, and leads into the realm of Truth. By Roberto Assagioli, date unknown, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Translated by Gordon Symons. Original Title: Essere (To Be). By making a vital distinction between having a Soul, (in which the […]
Spiritual Experience
A conversation between Assagioli and a group of students about the spiritual experience and the nature of the spiritual Self. By Roberto Assagioli, date unknown. The original is a corrected typed extract, Pages 7 -11 of a longer verbal discussion. Translated and Edited with Notes by Jan Kuniholm[1] Doc. #23390, from the Assagioli Archives in […]
Transcendence of the Self
The Transpersonal Self does not itself become immanent. The Self radiates into the superconscious but remains at its own level. By Roberto Assagioli, date unknown, Translated and edited with Notes by Jan Kuniholm. Original Title: Transcenza del Sè. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. (Editors note: The book that is mentioned in the conversation might be […]
Experiences of the Self
In this conversation, Stuart Miller (Esalen) and Assagioli discuss Assagioli’s future book, which was never completed: Height Psychology and the Self Interview with Roberto Assagioli by Stuart Miller, January 23, 1973. From the Assagioli Archive, derived from psicoenergetica.it. Translated by Gordon Symons from Italian. Original title: Le Esperienze Del Sé. (Editors note: Stuart Miller (1938-2014) […]
The Self – Individuality and Universality
When the spiritual Self is reached, then the universal aspect is spontaneously perceived, because the spiritual Self is aware of the universal aspect of the Self without losing the Center of Self-consciousness. By Roberto Assagioli, Commentary on the enclosed scheme, during a meeting with Lama Govinda, in Castiglioncello, in August 1972. From the Assagioli Archive, […]
