Who really teaches the young person the way, the practical methods, the technique of mastery and self-improvement? By Roberto Assagioli, undated, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Docs #19549 and 23281.[i]Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm[ii] Every young person who does not live in an entirely superficial way, who does not passively allow himself […]
New Educational Problems in Modern Life
How to educate a new generation? Briefly, one can answer: We need to change ourselves; that is, it is necessary for the educator to be attuned to the new times. By Roberto Assagioli, February 3, 1930, lecture followed by Discussion. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #23689 and 23780. Original Title: Nuovi Problemi Educativi nella Vita Moderna. Translated and […]
Parents and Children and Fifteen Questions for Parents
We must have a deep understanding of our children’s psychological types and unique characteristics to help them unfold their authentic being By Roberto Assagioli, Part I: Parents and Children, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #23425 and 23427. Original Title: Genitori E Figli. Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm[i] One of the most important and most […]
Problems of Adolescence
Adolescence is an age in which the lowest and highest aspects of human nature flourish simultaneously and follow one another rapidly. By Roberto Assagioli, unrevised notes of 1930, from the Assagioli Archives in Florence, Doc. #22044 and 23769[i]. Formatted and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Adolescence is a very strange age — full of contrasts […]
Problems of Family Education Part I & II
Assagioli offers wise insights on how to help children flourish in the family through a loving and wise approach, the psychological method of suggestion is of particular importance. By Roberto Assagioli, (A Conversation held at the Lyceum Club of Rome), from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, doc.s #23771 and 23776. Original Title: Problemi dell’ Educazione Famigliare […]
Psychic Influences
At every level of being — from animal biological nature to the highest spirituality — there are corresponding classes of supernormal or metapsychic or parapsychological phenomena. By Roberto Assagioli, 1965, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #23489. Original Title: Gli Influssi Psichici[i]Transcript from tape of a meeting held in 1965 on this subject. Translated and […]
Psychology’s Contribution to Right Human Relations
Psychology can give us insight into the subconscious and the various energies and motivations that cause conflicts, as well as the means to solve them. By Roberto Assagioli, 1952, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #23209 and 23210. Original Title: Contributo della psicologia ai retti rapporti umani. A Talk Given by Roberto Assagioli at Poppi, Oct. […]
Spiritual Education
The attitude of the educator will be of one who always remembers that there is an immortal soul behind the child’s personality By Roberto Assagioli, 1930, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #23284, from the Lessons of 1930 [i]. Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm[ii] Image: Anna Lund Sørensen The spirituality of children […]
The Multiplicities Within The Human Being
Our personality is not a unified whole, but consist of a multitude of different subpersonalities or parts, which can be integrated and synthesised. By Roberto Assagioli, Monday, 12th August, 10.a.m. (no date), The Assagioli Archive Florence. (Editors note: This is a transcript of a recorded lecture, and a few words were inaudibly marked by this […]
Understanding
It is the lack of understanding that causes a lot of conflicts, according to Assagioli, due to the misconceptions induced by our senses, emotions, and mental illusions. By Roberto Assagioli, 1968, A Talk With Discussion, (Transcript from a 1968 Recording), from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, [i] Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm[ii] Image by: […]
