Most of us play our parts in life unconsciously, and therefore we play them badly. Assagioli on playing roles in life as the pivotal technique of psychosynthesis, and on acting each part fully without ever forgetting you are not the character By Roberto AssagioliExcerpted from Filo Conduttore – Research Notebook of the Rome Center, No. […]
Interindividual Psychosynthesis And International Cooperation
The psychology of international cooperation begins between two people, not two nations. Assagioli’s 1965 UN-year lecture on the four conditions that have to be in place before cooperation works at any scale, from a marriage to a treaty. By Roberto AssagioliLecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Lecture 1, January 17, 1965. [i],From the Assagioli Archive in Florence.Translated […]
Introduction To The Book “Wu-Wei”
The Wu-Wei meaning everyone gets wrong: not “inaction,” but something Lao-Tse uses paradox to point at on purpose. Assagioli’s 1932 introduction to Henri Borel’s book on what the phrase asks of us in practice, and why ordinary language cannot carry it. By Roberto Assagioli [in]Rome, June 11, 1932.Assagioli Archives, Florence – Doc. #23562Original title: Introduzione […]
Let Us Understand Each Other
Why does the news always sound like the world is ending, when most of life is quietly constructive? An essay written on the brink of war, calling for constructive news, real cross-cultural contact, and the slow work of clearing prejudice on both sides of the Atlantic. By Roberto AssagioliFirst published in The World Observer, Vol. […]
Poetry and Philosophy
Seventeen years before he founded the Institute of Psychosynthesis, Assagioli on poetry and philosophy: why analysis without synthesis is the great flaw of Western culture, and what philosophical poetry can do that prose argument cannot. By Roberto AssagioliLecture delivered at the Philosophical Library, Florence, January 3, 1909.Doc. #18451, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Poesia e filosofia […]
Spiritual Lessons From The Economic Crisis
Decades before behavioural economics, Assagioli’s spiritual lessons from the economic crisis: we are more than homo economicus, money degrades or elevates by inner attitude, and hardship has its gifts. By Roberto AssagioliPamphlet excerpt from Antieuropa, Issue No. 6, June 1932. [i]Docs. #23602 and #24228, Assagioli Archives, Florence.Original title: Lezioni spirituali della crisi economicaTranslated and edited […]
The Group of World Servers
Some members of the Group of World Servers don’t know they belong. Assagioli on what unites them, how they work, and how to tell if you’re already one. By Roberto Assagioli [i]Assagioli Archives, Florence. [ii]Original title: Il Gruppo di Servitori MondialiTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [iii] Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle […]
The Psychosynthetic Face of Compassion
Reactive compassion can burden the people it tries to help. Assagioli on spiritual love as a synthesis of feeling, wisdom, and will. By Roberto AssagioliCompilation of three pieces: “Spiritual Love,” “Notes on Psycho-Spiritual Work,” and “Letter to Friends.” [i]Published in Filo Conduttore – Research Notebook of the Rome Centre, No. 6, Year IV.Source: psicoenergetica.com.Original title: […]
The Wisdom Of The Inner Master
The master you’re looking for is already inside, Assagioli writes. On the inner master, the technique of asking the Self, and why patience does what effort cannot. By Roberto Assagioli [1] Original title: La Saggezza del Maestro InternoTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition […]
“The House of Peace”
A vision for a hilltop retreat in central Italy where people of any faith could seek inner peace. Assagioli’s 1924 vision for the House of Peace. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23122, Assagioli Archives, Florence.November 1924.Original title: La Casa di PaceTranslated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added […]
