What if the war ends and we get one chance to rebuild? Assagioli’s 1944 vision of a new world order grounded in goodwill, justice, and the practical work of men and women who can actually build it By Roberto Assagioli Likely written 1944–1945, during or just after his period of hiding from the Nazi occupation […]
Inner Life
The mountaineer of the soul climbs by his own muscles, but with maps from those who went before. Assagioli’s introduction to the inner world and the psychospiritual work that meets the chaos found there with discipline and grace By Roberto Assagioli, MD [i]Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #1279Original title: Vita InternaTranscribed from an original written document […]
Mental Development
We don’t actually think – we rationalise. Assagioli on mental development as the slow work of freeing the mind from the service of desire, and bringing it into harmony with love By Roberto AssagioliSource: psicoenergetica.com [i] Original title: Sviluppo MentaleTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this […]
Meeting Of Doctors From Perugia With Dr. R. Assagioli
A doctor sits across from a patient and they actually meet. Assagioli’s 1970 conversation on the therapist patient relationship as real human encounter, and on what psychosynthesis offers in therapy, education, and art By Roberto Assagioli, MDMeeting with doctors from Perugia, March 15, 1970 [1]Source: psicoenergetica.com [1].Original title: Riunione dei Medici di Perugia con il […]
The Awakening and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
Dismissing spiritual experience as illusion is not scepticism, it is prejudice. Assagioli maps spiritual consciousness from William James to the young seekers religion has lost. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #24085, Assagioli Archive in FlorenceOriginal title: Il Risveglio e lo Sviluppo della Coscienza SpiritualeTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [i] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
Bio-psychosynthesis
A patient wishes to be healed but keeps drinking. A surgeon halves the anaesthesia by reaching the patient’s mind first. Assagioli’s 1966 London talk on the will to heal and why the body belongs inside any real psychosynthesis By Roberto Assagioli, MDA talk given at the Knightsbridge Hotel, London, August 1966Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #23617Original […]
Discourse on Illusion
Inside, we wish we were one. Outside, we ache to belong. Assagioli’s 1964 lecture on the illusion of separateness, the secret multiplicity of every self, and the long work of meeting both honestly By Roberto AssagioliA talk given December 9, 1964Assagioli Archives, Florence [in] Original title: Discorso sull’IllusioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [ii] […]
Appeal To People of Good Will
Twelve apostles started one era. Hundreds of thousands could start another. Assagioli’s appeal to people of good will to organise themselves into a worldwide movement built on the most accessible form of love By Roberto Assagioli [1]Adapted from material first published in Alice A. Bailey’s The Problems of Humanity (1947) [2]Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #23067Original […]
Roberto Assagioli and Parapsychology
Assagioli was an ardent student of parapsychology and esotericism for many decades. In this eminent overview, we learn about his research and the historical times they played out – a truly astonishing piece of research by Mr. Barony. By Francesco Baroni , Ph.D., historian and psychosynthesis counselor. Edited and translated by Jan Kuniholm Introduction Parapsychology […]
Spiritual Psychosynthesis
The conscious “I” manifests itself above all as a conscious, resolute and tenacious will, directed relentlessly towards the goal; a will that unceasingly works to master the areas of the unconscious. By Roberto Assagioli , XX Lecture – July 25, 1933. From the Assagioli Archives in Florence, Doc. #24183. Original Title : La Psicosintesi spiritual. […]
