Here comes a short compilation on archetypes by Roberto Assagioli: TD= Transpersonal Development, 2007. PS= Psychosynthesis, 1965.   “The two main symbols of development are the seed and the flower: a seed has all the potential it needs to become a tree, and a flower, from its closed bud, opens up and enables the fruit […]

Here comes a short definition of the collective unconscious, by Roberto Assagioli. (see also unconscious) “Human beings are not isolated, they are not “monads without windows” as Leibnitz thought. They may at times feel subjectively isolated, but the extreme existentialists conception is not true, either psychologically or spiritually. The outer line of the oval of […]

Roberto Assagioli defines seven groups of glamours related to each of the seven psychological types in his study course: Meditation for the New Age. (Year Three) A glamour is an emotional distortion of reality due to an identification with some aspect of the emotional life, defined below. Categories of Glamour To a certain extent, the different glamours […]

A short definition of Attachment, by Roberto Assagioli: “Now we shall discuss the many forms of attachment – to people, things and ways of living – which are like heavy balls of lead tied to the feet of those trying to advance, or snares along the path, things that can sometimes even cause them to […]

A short definition of Inferiority, by Roberto Assagioli: We can distinguish two different causes, or groups of causes, of indecision. One, which may be considered “constitutional,” occurs in introverted types who indulge in excessive and sterile self-analysis. They often have an intense sense of inferiority. Here, an important distinction should be made between a feeling […]

Synthesis in Assagioli’s understanding Synthesis is the central concept in Roberto Assagioli’s Psychosynthesis — the principle from which the discipline takes its name. This synthesis definition rests on a distinction between simple aggregation and the dynamic coordination of multiplicity around a higher unifying principle — a process observable throughout nature, from the atom to the […]

A short definition of inspiration by Roberto Assagioli: INSPIRATION AND CREATION Inspiration and psycho-spiritual creation represent other types of relationship and interaction between the superconscious and consciousness. It is of importance to reach a realization of the differences existing between illumination, inspiration, and creation, and keep them clearly defined, as they are often confused. illumination […]

A short definition of selfishness, by Roberto Assagioli “Selfishness, instead, is the result of the fundamental urges to self-preservation and self-assertion, of the outcome of the desire to possess and to dominate; and as such, continually finding obstacles that prevent its satisfaction, it arouses aggressiveness and violence, the impulse to destroy that which interferes with […]

A short definition of devotion by Roberto Assagioli from his book Psychosynthesis Typology: “… devotion is often called love, but in reality it has a tone and a quality decidedly different from that of love, a fact that justifies and even requires the use of different terms to describe it. Devotion can be considered as […]