Will and Desire in Psychosynthesis By Anja Bjørlo and Kenneth SørensenFirst published on the YouTube channel Psychosynthesis Self-Mastery Channel, 2025. Editorial Note: This piece began as an online conversation and has been edited for clarity, precision, and flow while remaining faithful to the original exchange. Section headings have been added for readability. Abstract In this […]
Power and Will
Spiritual Power and the Awakening of the Inner Will in Psychosynthesis By Roberto Assagioli (Istituto di Psicosintesi – Florence – “Scritti di Roberto Assagioli”) Institute of Psychosynthesis, Course of Lectures on Individual Psychology (1932) Spiritual Elements in Personality: IV Original Title: Potenza – Volontà Translated and Edited with Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial Note: The […]
Struggle – Acceptance – Unification
Will, Love, and Alignment with the Divine Will in Psychosynthesis By Dr. Roberto Assagioli (Assagioli Archives – Florence) Original Title: Lotta – Accettazione – Unificazione Translated With Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial Note: The abstract and subheadings in this online edition have been added by Kenneth Sørensen for clarity and navigational purposes. They were not […]
Adherence of The Will
The Culmination of the Education of the Will By Roberto Assagioli . (Doc.13559 – Assagioli Archive – Florence)[1] Original Title: Adesione della Volontà. Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial note: The subheadings in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sørensen, to support readability and navigation. They were not part of the original […]
Roberto Assagioli’s Experiments in Training of the Will
Stand still, raise your arms, watch your mind protest. Assagioli’s 1929 notebook of self-experiments in training the will, complete with bored mornings, intrusive thoughts, and the moment he saw his own personality try to talk him out of it By Roberto AssagioliApril–May 1929 experimental notebookAssagioli Archives, Florence, Docs. #3044 and #3045 [i].Translated and edited with […]
From Indecision To Choice
Inside us, a clever lawyer is winning a bad case with sentimental appeals. Assagioli on making right decisions, the rationalisations we mistake for our own voice, and the harder discipline of choosing from somewhere truer By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #24218Original title: Dell’indecisione alla Scelta [1]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [2] […]
The “Wrong Choice” And Other Errors
What looks like making wrong choices is often just trying. Assagioli on the difference between attempts and errors, and why mistakes are valuable for the soul. By Roberto AssagioliPublished in UOMINI e IDEE (Men and Ideas), No. 11, Year I, November 1959, p. 345.Docs. #23988-23989, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: La Scelta Sbagliata e Altri Errori […]
A Conversation About the Will between Roberto Assagioli and Renzo Giacomini
Either the will is free, or it doesn’t exist at all. Assagioli’s conversation on free will in psychosynthesis draws a sharp line between genuine volition and unconscious determination. By Roberto Assagioli in conversation with Renzo Giacomini18 January 1972Taken from a Typed Transcript of R. GiacominiDoc. #23518, Assagioli Archive, FlorenceTranslated and edited with notes by Jan […]
How To Recognise the Will of the Self
The harmonization, communion, unification and merger of the personal and universal will is the highest need of humanity. By Roberto Assagioli, Translated by Gordon Symons, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Original title: Come Riconoscere La Volontà Del Sé Question from student: “Being quite intuitive I often let myself be guided by the intimate voice […]
Goodwill
We must differentiate between Benevolence, Goodwill and Will-to-Good, they are all combinations of love and will, however, they have very different qualities. By Roberto Assagioli , translated from Italian by Jan Kuniholm & Amanda Mattiussi, Original Title: BUONA VOLONTÀ, From The Assagioli Archive Florence. Editor’s Note: This essay appears to have been part of the […]
