Across Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the same messianic expectancy keeps returning. This address traces the pattern, and asks what active preparation the waiting is supposed to involve. By Roberto AssagioliAddress delivered in Rome and read in Venice, Florence and Bologna, June 1952, also given in German in Zurich, September 1952Published in: The Beacon, April […]

Before the foundation legally existed, its founders wrote down what they hoped for. This psychosynthesis research program named the superconscious, the will, gifted children, and the training of practitioners. By Roberto Assagioli and Co-WorkersWritten circa April 1957 (Derived from AAP Archive, Folder PRF_AAP_Correspondences, 1957) Preliminary Vision Statement Prior to Legal Incorporation (November 1957) Editorial NoteThe […]

How a 1929 pamphlet on psychic culture mapped the practical, therapeutic, and social dimensions of conscious inner development, foreshadowing the full programme of psychosynthesis By Dr. Roberto AssagioliDirector of the Institute of Psychic Culture and Therapy Doc. #23914–23915 | Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Il valore pratico ed umano della cultura psichicaPublished as a pamphlet in […]

Why a post-war essay prescribed moral regeneration as the remedy for chauvinistic nationalism, envisioning each homeland’s distinct mission within a brotherhood of peoples By Roberto Assagioli1922Doc. #23492 | Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: L’Internationale dello SpiritoTranslated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added […]

Why nations are living psychological entities whose maturation from adolescent self-assertion to conscious planetary service depends on recognising global interdependence as a practical necessity By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Psicosintesi Nazionale e InternazionaleReport presented at the Fourth International Congress of Psychosynthesis, Florence, Italy, September 1–7, 1961Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm [1] Editorial NoteThe […]

Every novelty is a tremor that the mind would rather not feel – the reflex to preserve psychic equilibrium silences truth and refuses the unknown a hearing. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23194, 24216 | Archive: Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Contributo alla psicologia del misoneismoOriginally Published in: Psiche II, 5-6, 1913Translated and edited by Jan Kuniholm [1] […]

Schools stuff the vessel and forget the fire: psychagogy proposes a lifelong art of harmonious development, drawing on therapy, mysticism, and the trained will alike. By Roberto AssagioliFrom La Voce, Year I, No. 11, February 25, 1909Translated from the Italian by Jan Kuniholm, February 2022 Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]

Pain was the keynote of a departing age, but a new note is sounding: the discipline of joy asks us to radiate what the soul already knows. By Roberto AssagioliTalks, writings, notes, and an exerciseCompiled and edited by Jan Kuniholm(Doc. #23438, #23435, #22960, #2904 et al. – Assagioli Archives, Florence) Editorial NoteThis is a compilation […]

A castle shines above the clouds, a king waits in chains of enchantment, and only one who dares the inner way will learn what the mountain conceals. By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Fantasia in Re interioreOriginally published in Leonardo, Series III, Year V, No. 1, Florence, 1907Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThis text is a symbolic […]

Roberto Assagioli on Inner Peace, Meditation, and the Spiritual Traditions By Roberto Assagioli Assagioli Archive, Florence – Doc. #21634 Original title: La Pace Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial Note This text is an essay by Roberto Assagioli on the cultivation of inner peace as an active spiritual discipline. The abstract, contextual […]