Synthesis in Psychosynthesis is the central principle from which Roberto Assagioli’s psychology takes its name. It is the process by which the elements of the psyche — conscious and unconscious, personal and transpersonal, opposing tendencies and diverse functions — are coordinated into a living unity around a higher centre. It operates at every level of […]
Ideas- Positive Religions – Evolution
A Conversation on Energy, Inspiration, Religion, and Reincarnation By Dr. Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23896 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Idee – Religioni Positive – EvoluzioneConversation with friends following lecture “The Use and Transformation of Energies”, June 23, 1973 [1]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
Desire for Knowledge and the Capacity to Know
How unfinished lecture notes from 1932 trace the ascent from sensory curiosity through rational limits to intuitive realisation and the thirst to know the true Self By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23249 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Desiderio di sapere e capacità di conoscereCourse of Lectures on Individual Psychology, Lesson XIV (1932) Individual (spiritual) elements in […]
Reality Is One: Roberto Assagioli’s Evolutionary Monism
Spirit, Matter, and the Unified Ground of Psychosynthesis By Kenneth Sørensen, MA, Psychosynthesis | Psychotherapist and Author, 2026 Editorial NoteThis paper is based on my earlier research paper, “Reality is One,” a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli. The reader seeking a fuller picture of Assagioli’s monistic philosophy should consult this paper. Abstract This article […]
Current Orientations and Tasks
The old world is ending, not breaking – what rises in its place depends on inner renewal and on a form of group cooperation that no solitary pioneer can replace. By Roberto AssagioliArchive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Orientamenti e Compiti AttualiTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis essay was written by Roberto […]
Crises of Spiritual Growth
Meaning drains, guilt sharpens, and the ground gives way beneath a life once felt to be solid: inner dissolution is the price the soul pays for its own awakening. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23243–23244 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Le crisi di crescenza spiritualeTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial NoteThis article […]
The American “New Thought”
Abstract In this extensive 1907 essay, Roberto Assagioli presents a critical and sympathetic analysis of the American New Thought movement, situating it within the broader psychological and mystical currents of the early twentieth century. He examines New Thought’s practical orientation, its dynamic optimism, and its emphasis on inner transformation through the disciplined use of will, […]
Two Lectures About Precognition
Precognition, Determinism, and the Degrees of Freedom in Human Life By Roberto Assagioli Two lectures delivered on March 10 and March 17, 1957 Assagioli Archive, Florence — Docs. #23754, #24234 Original titles: La Precognizione / Seguito della Conference del Dott. Assagioli Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial NoteThis text is a […]
The Purification of The Soul Through Dantes Divine Comedy
By Roberto Assagioli Assagioli Archive – Florence. Doc. #24108 Original Title: La Purificazione dell’Anima. (Italian)Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial Note This text is a lecture by Roberto Assagioli on the purification of the soul, read through the allegorical lens of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The abstract, contextual subtitle, and cross-section headings in this […]
From Pain to Peace
Pain, Meditation, Understanding, and the Living Peace of Spiritual Evolution: Assagioli’s Complete Map of the Inner Journey By Roberto Assagioli Assagioli Archive, Florence — undated Original title: Dal Dolore alla Pace Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis text is an essay by Roberto Assagioli on the inner journey from pain to peace. The abstract and […]
