How a psychosynthesis dialogue reveals the path from conditioned reactions through disidentification to authentic freedom, tracing the developmental relationship between will and desire By Anja Bjørlo and Kenneth SørensenFirst published on the YouTube channel Psychosynthesis Self-Mastery Channel, 2025. Editorial NoteThis piece began as an online conversation and has been edited for clarity, precision, and flow […]
Power and Will
From primitive terror before the gods to quiet mastery within – spiritual power is not seized but received, and it radiates only when the personal will yields to the greater. By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Potenza – VolontàIstituto di Psicosintesi, Florence, “Scritti di Roberto Assagioli”Course of Lectures on Individual Psychology (1932), Spiritual Elements in Personality: IVTranslated […]
Struggle – Acceptance – Unification
Will alone cuts like a blade, but will infused with the strength of love becomes a shield: Assagioli traces the path from struggle through acceptance to divine union. By Dr. Roberto AssagioliArchive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Lotta – Accettazione – UnificazioneTranslated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
Adherence of The Will
Surrender sounds like weakness, yet the will that bends to cosmic law rises transfigured: the integral will unites goodness, strength, and wisdom in one act. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence – Doc. #13559 [1]Original Title: Adesione della Volontà.Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by […]
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 voice within speaks, but can you tell Soul from personality? Recognising the transpersonal will through invocation, silence, and the courage to listen. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Come Riconoscere La Volontà Del SéTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, […]
Goodwill
Feel Greater Compassion for the Wicked Than for Their Victims, Even as You Fight – The Will-to-Good as Love Armed with Purpose By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: BUONA VOLONTÀAssagioli Archive Florencetranslated from Italian by Jan Kuniholm & Amanda Mattiussi Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth […]
