{"id":4426,"date":"2017-05-20T02:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?page_id=4426"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:54:00","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cm-glossary table modern\"><div class=\"glossary-container \"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"cmtt-attribute-field\" name=\"glossary_index_style\" value=\"modern-table\">        <div class=\"progress-indicator\" style=\"display:none\">\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/plugins\/TooltipProEcommerce\/assets\/css\/images\/ajax-loader.gif\" alt=\"AJAX progress indicator\"\/>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"glossary_top_filter\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cmtt_help glossary-search-helpitem\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-cmtooltip=\"The search returns the partial search for the given query from both the term title and description. 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This for two reasons: 1.(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/act-as-if\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Act as if \u2014 Assagioli\u2019s Psychosynthesis Technique\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Act as if \u2014 Assagioli\u2019s Psychosynthesis Technique<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nDefinition, Examples, Practice\n\n\n\nActing \u201cas if\u201d is one of Roberto Assagioli\u2019s most practical psychosynthesis techniques for the training of the will. Its principle is disarmingly simple: because the will has only limited direct power over feelings and moods, but considerable direct power(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/anima\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Anima\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Anima<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nThe following is an extract from an article by Roberto Assagioli called Vertical Telepathy, translated from Italian by Gordon Symons. Original Italian title: TELEPATIA VERTICALE from the Assagioli Archive in Florence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"It is good to remember that a lower motive does not exclude a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/animal-consciousness\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Animal consciousness\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Animal consciousness<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere is a couple of quotes by Roberto Assagioli, about animal consciousness:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cI believe\u00a0the will\u00a0is the Cinderella of modern psychology, It has been relegated to the kitchen. The Victorian notion that will power could overcome all obstacles was destroyed by Freud\u2019s discovery(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/animus\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Animus\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Animus<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nThe following is an extract from an article by Roberto Assagioli called Vertical Telepathy, translated from Italian by Gordon Symons. Original Italian title: TELEPATIA VERTICALE from the Assagioli Archive in Florence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"It is good to remember that a lower motive does not exclude a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/archetype\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Archetype\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Archetype<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here comes a short compilation on archetypes by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\nTD= Transpersonal Development, 2007.\r\n\r\nPS= Psychosynthesis, 1965.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cThe 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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/ascent\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Ascent\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Ascent<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of ascent by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development\r\nThe third group of symbols, a frequently occurring one, is that of elevation, ascent or conquest of the 'inner space' in an ascending sense. There is a series of inner worlds, each with its own special(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/asceticism\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Asceticism\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Asceticism<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli, date unknown, original title: Modern Ascetics. Translated from Italian by Gordon Symons, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n1st. The principle, value and necessity of asceticism; purification, detachment, control and discipline; achieving full self-control,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/attachment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Attachment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Attachment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of Attachment, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/authentic\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Authentic\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Authentic<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u201cI have recommended the technique of \u201cacting as if\u201d\u037e that is, of\u00a0acting as if a psychological attitude existed in us, instead of the contrary one. Some\u00a0are shocked at the use of this method because they consider it hypocritical\u037e they\u00a0say in effect: i \u201cIf I am angry and harbor resentment(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/authenticity\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Authenticity\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Authenticity<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u201cI have recommended the technique of \u201cacting as if\u201d\u037e that is, of\u00a0acting as if a psychological attitude existed in us, instead of the contrary one. Some\u00a0are shocked at the use of this method because they consider it hypocritical\u037e they\u00a0say in effect: i \u201cIf I am angry and harbor resentment(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-0\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/awakening\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Awakening\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"A\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Awakening<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of spiritual awakening by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development.\r\n\r\n\"We now come to the fifth group of symbols. These are among the most significant and effective. They are the symbols of reawakening or revival. We might describe our normal state of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>b<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-1\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/benevolence\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Benevolence\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"B\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Benevolence<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of benevolence by Roberto Assagioli and from this source.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis can be described as a disposition to goodness, a tendency towards harmony, peace and the elimination of all strife and conflict. But it is a passive attitude, an acceptance of existing conditions, a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>c<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/centered\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Centered\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Centered<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See Centred<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/centred\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Centred\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Centred<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >What does it mean to be centred?\r\n\r\nIn Psychosynthesis, we speak a lot about being centred, and by that we point to the stable, never changing point of pure awareness and will - embedded in all human beings. It is being aware of oneself as a loving observer and when this permanent, unchanging(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/child-upbringing\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Child Upbringing\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Child Upbringing<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of child development and ideas relevant to upbringing by Roberto\u00a0Assagioli.(Source: Symbols of the Supernormal, Part 2. , Conference of Dr. Roberto Assagioli in 1957.\u00a0Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi.\u00a0Original Title: Simboli del Supernormale(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/collective-unconscious\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Collective unconscious\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Collective unconscious<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here comes a short definition of the collective unconscious, by Roberto Assagioli. (see also unconscious)\r\n\u201cHuman beings are not isolated, they are not \u201cmonads without windows\u201d as Leibnitz thought. They may at times feel subjectively isolated, but the extreme existentialists conception is not(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/concentration\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Concentration\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Concentration<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere is a definition of Concentration by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\nConcentration and meditation\r\n\r\n\"In taking up the subject of concentration the first point to realize is the difference between spontaneous or automatic concentration and deliberate controlled concentration. They are(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/conscious-i\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Conscious &quot;I&quot;\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Conscious \"I\"<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >What is the conscious \u201cI\u201d?,\r\nby Kenneth S\u00f8rensen\r\n\r\nWho am I? This is one of the most important questions, and in answering it psychosynthesis has a unique point of view in comparison with other psychologies. According to psychosynthesis: I am not my thoughts, my emotions or my body, but(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/contemplation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Contemplation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Contemplation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nThis is a quote by Roberto Assagioli defining contemplation. It is from the article Meditation and Contemplation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n...there is another internal exercise with which at higher levels of consciousness, deeper and more precious energies are aroused, more powerful results are obtained, both(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/crisis\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Crisis\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Crisis<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli from\u00a0Il Cammino Spirituale,\u00a0Assagioli Archive Florence, translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Not all spiritual evolution takes place in light. Stages of light alternate with stages of darkness, of gloom, in which the mind no longer sees anything;(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/criticism\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Criticism\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Criticism<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli in his booklet\u00a0Meditation for The New Age, vol. 3, booklet one:\r\n\r\n\"Criticism is one of the most insidious of the glamours which goodwill can eradicate because it is a double-edged glamour, that is, it affects both its originator and its object. To think of someone critically(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-2\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/criticism-2\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Criticism\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"C\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Criticism<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A Short definition of criticism, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"We will now examine another of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of spiritual development: the tendency towards personal self- affirmation, and the aggressive ways in which this manifests itself. It can take various forms:(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>d<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/dark-night-of-the-soul\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Dark Night of the Soul\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Dark Night of the Soul<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >What is The Dark Night of the Soul?\r\n\r\nHere is a short introduction and a collection of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about the spiritual crisis called The Dark Night of the Soul, by several mystics. It is a crisis before achieving full spiritual liberation or oneness with the Spirit and must(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/depth-psychology\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Depth Psychology\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Depth Psychology<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of Depth Psychology by Roberto\u00a0Assagioli.(Source: Symbols of the Supernormal, Part 1. , Conference of Dr. Roberto Assagioli in 1957.\u00a0Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi.\u00a0Original Title: Simboli del Supernormale I)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe will now begin to examine(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/descent\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Descent\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Descent<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of descent and going deeper by Roberto Assagioli, from his book Transpersonal Development\r\n\r\n\"The second group of symbols has to do with the idea of going deeper, descending to the 'bottom\/depth' of our being.\r\n\r\nExploration of the unconscious is regarded symbolically as a descent(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/desire\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Desire\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Desire<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >This is a short compilation of quotes on desire, by Roberto Assagioli. Desire or Impulse are one of the psychological functions according to psychosynthesis theory:\r\n\r\n\"Another group of functions that must be accorded a similar consideration are the dynamic or \u201chormic\u201d func\u00adtions (from the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/detachment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Detachment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Detachment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of detachment by Roberto Assagioli from the article Exploration of the Unconscious.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStrengthening the Center. Development of Spiritual Self-Consciousness, of the Will that Masters and Organizes.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn order to broaden the field of consciousness, extend(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/devotion\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Devotion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Devotion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of devotion by Roberto Assagioli from his book Psychosynthesis Typology:\r\n\r\n\"... 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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-3\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/disidentification\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Disidentification Exercise (Roberto Assagioli)\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"D\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Disidentification Exercise (Roberto Assagioli)<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\n\n\n\n\nDefinition of disidentification\n\n\n\nDisidentification is one of the most fundamental techniques in psychosynthesis, developed by Roberto Assagioli. The disidentification exercise is the practice of consciously stepping back from the contents of our awareness \u2014 our body, emotions, and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>e<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/earth\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Earth\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Earth<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nA perspective from Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cFirst of all we must abandon the usual external and materialistic conception of nature, we must recognize that nothing exists in the universe that is not vibrant with life and consciousness, that every form and every force of nature are the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/emanation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Emanation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Emanation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere are a couple of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about involution or emanation. See also the related entries of The Great Chain of Being, and Immanence\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCosmic Involution or emanation\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cIn order to fully understand the nature and power of beauty we need to remember the spiritual(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/embodiment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Embodiment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Embodiment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\n\u201cAlthough Psychosynthesis postulates the\u00a0presence\u00a0in man of a transpersonal essence, it maintains that man\u2019s purpose in life is to \u201cembody\u201d and manifest this Self or essence as completely as possible in the world of daily life.\u201d\u00a0(Assagioli, from\u00a0What Is Psychosynthesis?)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE USE(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/empathy\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Empathy\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Empathy<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Empathy. \u201cRegardless of one's intellectual understanding, genuine existential understanding is not possible without empathy, i.e., the projection of one's consciousness into that of another being. Its development and use demand an attitude of impersonality and selfforgetfulness\u037e it can be(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/empowerment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Empowerment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Empowerment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of empowerment by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development.\r\n\r\n\"The ninth group of symbols, and a very up-to-date one, is that of 'empowerment' or 'intensification'. Spiritual conquest may be regarded as an empowerment, an intensification of one's awareness of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/enlightenment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Enlightenment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Enlightenment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here comes a couple of definitions of Enlightenment by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"One of the most frequent manifestations of the superconscious in the conscious mind is that of enlightenment, which results from the opening of the 'inner eye'.\r\n\r\nThere are many similarities between intuition and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/equality\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Equality\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Equality<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere is a short compilation on equality, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nHigher, Lower and Equality\r\n\r\nThe denomination \u201chigh\u201d and \u201cheights\u201d has been used both in the East and in the West to designate what are called religious or mystical attainments. Mountains were considered to be the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/eternity\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Eternity\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Eternity<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli about Eternity\u00a0from his booklet\u00a0Meditation for The New Age, Year Three:\r\n\r\n\"In connection with the concept of Eternity, we should realise that this word has two meanings: the one just referred to, unlimited duration of time, and the other, which is in a sense the opposite\u2014the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/evolution\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Evolution\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Evolution<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A couple of definitions of evolution by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"The eighth group of symbols, which has much in common with human experience, is indicated by the words 'evolution' and 'development'. In a sense we might say that these words are synonymous. To develop, which literally means 'to(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/exercise-for-psychic-health\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Exercise for psychic health\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Exercise for psychic health<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nEXERCISE FOR PHYSICAL AND PSYCHIC HEALTH\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli. From the Assagioli Archives-Florence. Original Title: Esercizio per La Salute Fisica e Psichica. Translated by Jan Kuniholm\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGet into a comfortable position, lying down. Take a few deep, slow and regular(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/expansion\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Expansion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Expansion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of spiritual expansion by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development\r\n\r\nThe fourth group of symbols includes those of expansion, or broadening, of consciousness. It is helpful to remember that though different symbols may appear contradictory, actually they(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/experience-of-personal-self\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Experience of the personal self\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Experience of the personal self<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a compilation of quotes about the experience of the personal self, the conscious \"I\", which in Assagioli's understanding is the inner observer, the centre of pure self-awareness, and will.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe experience of the personal self or conscious \u201cI\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n1) \u201cIf we eliminate the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/extravert\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Extravert\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Extravert<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See Extrovert<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/extroversion\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Extroversion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Extroversion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nSee extrovert\n<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-4\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/extrovert\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Extrovert\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"E\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Extrovert<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli's definition of introvert versus extrovert from the article Jung and Psychosynthesis:\u00a0 (See also the article Extroverts and Introverts by Roberto Assagioli)\r\n\r\n\u201cWe now come to the\u00a0direction of the vital interest, and so pass from the descriptive to the dynamic aspect. One of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>f<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-5\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/fear\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Fear\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"F\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Fear<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli from\u00a0Il Cammino Spirituale,\u00a0Assagioli Archive Florence, translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFear is often the main obstacle in the inner path. Each of us has his own sensitive points, from which arise his particular fears, sometimes conditioned by(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-5\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/free-will\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Free Will\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"F\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Free Will<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >What is Free Will?\r\nAnd The Three Conditions for Free Will\r\n\r\nFree will is the capacity of the conscious self \u2014 the personal \"I\" \u2014 to choose and act from genuine inner freedom, rather than from conditioning, impulse, or desire. In psychosynthesis, free will is not treated as a given(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-5\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/freedom\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Freedom\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"F\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Freedom<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of freedom and liberation by Roberto Assagioli, in his book Transpersonal Development:\r\n\r\n\"The fourteenth group of symbols is that of 'liberation'. This is related to symbols of development. The removing of the 'tangles' is a process of liberation from our complexes and illusions(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-5\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/friendship\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Friendship\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"F\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Friendship<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nA definition of friendship by Roberto Assagioli: \"Friendship, ... is actually one of the highest expressions of the human soul. It is the basis of mutual understanding, and of all understanding and cooperation in common work.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Dear friends:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst of all I give you my happy and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-5\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/full-moon\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Full Moon\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"F\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Full Moon<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of the incoming energies at full moon by Roberto Assagioli. It is from the article Relationship with the Soul. See also the article about Full Moon Meditation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere are cosmic influences, as already discussed in the first lecture and subsequent conversation(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>g<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/glamour\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Glamour\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Glamour<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli defines seven groups of glamours related to each of the seven psychological types in his study course:\u00a0Meditation for the New Age.\u00a0(Year Three)\n\nA glamour is an emotional distortion of reality due to an identification with some aspect of the emotional life, defined(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/goodwill\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Goodwill\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Goodwill<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of Goodwill by Roberto Assagioli from\u00a0this source.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere, the\u00a0love\u00a0element and\u00a0the will\u00a0element are both present and active, in more or less balanced proportions. It can be said that the fundamental or primary quality of goodwill is love, in its aspects of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/gratitude-and-creativity\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Gratitude and Creativity\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Gratitude and Creativity<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nGRATITUDE\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRoberto Assagioli, (Assagioli Archives - Florence)[1]Original Title: Gratitudine. Translated by Jan Kuniholm\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere is a thinking substance from which all things proceed and which, in its original state, permeates, interpenetrates and fills the interspaces of the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/great-chain-of-being\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Great Chain of Being\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Great Chain of Being<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a short explanation of what has been called the Great Chain of Being by Arthur Lovejoy and how it relates to psychosynthesis according to Roberto Assagioli.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBy Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, This text is an extract from my unpublished book Two Versions of Psychosynthesis: A Comparison(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/grounded\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Grounded\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Grounded<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See grounding<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-6\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/grounding\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Grounding\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"G\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Grounding<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nWhat does it mean to be grounded?\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\nTo be grounded is important, particularly for people who tread the spiritual path because the inflow of spiritual energies can easily inflate our ego. \r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Assagioli\u2019s words: \u201cAn incapacity of the mind to stand the illumination, or a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>h<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-7\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/height-psychology\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Height Psychology\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"H\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Height Psychology<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nHeight Psychology\n\n\n\nBy Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, MA Psychosynthesis\n\n\n\nHeight Psychology is Roberto Assagioli\u2019s name for the scientific study of the higher reaches of the human psyche \u2014 the superconscious or higher unconscious, peak experiences, intuition, inspiration, the experience of the Self,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-7\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/hierarchy\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Hierarchy\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"H\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Hierarchy<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nA spiritual perspective on Hierarchy by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"In order to understand the nature of these states of consciousness well, it is necessary to recall some facts and laws concerning the nature and\u00a0evolution\u00a0of the universe.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst of all we must abandon the usual(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>i<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/idealism\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Idealism\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Idealism<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen there is the glamour of idealism. This is a more or less subtle obfuscation, but one that can have very ugly consequences. It is the illusion that the higher level, the ideal, must be pursued at all costs; that is, narrowly, fanatically or prematurely.(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/illumination\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Illumination\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Illumination<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of Illumination by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"III. ILLUMINATION\r\n\r\nOne of the ways in which the superconscious manifests most frequently in the consciousness is illumination, which follows the opening of the \u201cinner eye\u201d. Although intuition and illumination have a close affinity,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/imagination\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Imagination\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Imagination<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Short definitions of imagination by Roberto Assagioli, one of the psychological functions of psychosynthesis:\r\n\r\n\"Imagination is a function which in itself is to some extent synthetic, since imagination can operate at several levels concurrently: those of sensation, feeling, thinking and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/imagination-2\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Imagination\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Imagination<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nRoberto Assagioli about Imagination:\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cImagination is a function which in itself is to some extent synthetic, since imagination can operate at several levels concurrently: those of sensation, feeling, thinking and intuition. In one sense it is a cross-section of these four(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/immanence\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Immanence\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Immanence<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere is a compilation of quotes about immanence from the writings of Roberto Assagioli. The articles Roberto Assagioli about panentheism and What is reality, also contain many important insights into immanence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"We have already referred to the two main aspects of divinity: immanence(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/immanent\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Immanent\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Immanent<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nSee immanence\n<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/inferiority\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Inferiority\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Inferiority<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of Inferiority, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\nWe 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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/inner-person\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Inner person\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Inner person<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >The self, the inner person and the subpersonalities\r\n\r\nWhen we endeavour to identify with the loving observer, we often pass through different layers of mental and emotional content we must disidentify from before we can identify with consciousness itself. Some of the most important obstacles(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/inspiration\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Inspiration\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Inspiration<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of inspiration by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\nINSPIRATION AND CREATION\r\n\r\nInspiration 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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/instinct\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Instinct\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Instinct<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nThe Five Main Instincts according to Roberto Assagioli\nHere is a short definition of instinct in relation to fear by Roberto Assagioli:\nThere are five main forms of fear, and these underlie the five fundamental instincts:\n- The first is the instinct of self-preservation, the root of which is(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/introversion\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Introversion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Introversion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nsee introvert\n<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/introvert-2\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Introvert\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Introvert<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli's definition of introvert versus extrovert from the article Jung and Psychosynthesis:\r\n\r\n\u201cWe now come to the\u00a0direction of the vital interest, and so pass from the descriptive to the dynamic aspect. One of Jung\u2019s most valuable contributions was the discovery and description of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/intuition\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Intuition\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Intuition<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Definition of Intuition, by Roberto Assagioli\r\nIntuition is one of the psychological functions which Roberto Assagioli acknowledge and in this compilation of quotes, Assagioli will define the psychological definition of intuition in its many aspects.\r\n\r\n\"The value of intuition has to be(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-8\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/involution\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Involution\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"I\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Involution<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere are a couple of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about involution or emanation. See also the related entries of The Great Chain of Being, and Immanence\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCosmic Involution or emanation\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cIn order to fully understand the nature and power of beauty we need to remember the spiritual(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>j<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-9\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/jewel\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Jewel\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"J\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Jewel<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See star<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-9\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/joy\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Joy\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"J\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Joy<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli from\u00a0Il Cammino Spirituale,\u00a0Assagioli Archive Florence, translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"The sufferings produced by the low tides and reflections of the spiritual wave are amply compensated for by the phases of inflow and elevation, and by(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>k<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-10\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/karma\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Karma\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"K\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Karma<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere follows a short definition of karma by Roberto Assagioli\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"By eliminating the illusions and blinders that veil or hide reality from us, understanding helps us to \u201csee clearly\u201d, to perceive the truth, to penetrate \u2014 behind deceptive appearances \u2014 the marvelous reality and the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>l<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-11\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/levels\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Levels\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"L\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Levels<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a couple of quotes by Assagioli about the inner levels or worlds, which we are in connection with on psycho-spiritual levels. See also the Great Chain of Being and The Inner Life ....\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Then there are all the \u201cvertical\u201d transmissions; that is, which come vertically, so to(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-11\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/liberation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Liberation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"L\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Liberation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of Liberation and freedom by Roberto\u00a0Assagioli.(Source: Symbols of the Supernormal, Part 2. , Conference of Dr. Roberto Assagioli in 1957.\u00a0Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi.\u00a0Original Title: Simboli del Supernormale II)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnother symbolism(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-11\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/libido\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Libido\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"L\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Libido<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a selection of quotes by Assagioli about Libido. You can find the source articles here:\u00a0https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/sitemap\/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLibido, the energy that underlies life\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKeen: Can you describe will further?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAssagioli: No. It is indescribable. It is a matter of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-11\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/love\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Love\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"L\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Love<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of love by Roberto Assagioli from his book Psychosynthesis Typology:\r\n\r\n\"Everybody is interested in Love. It is one of the most-used words in the language, \u2014 probably the most frequently used after \u201cI\u201d and \u201cmoney\u201d. Nearly everybody either has been or will be in love.(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-11\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/lower-unconscious\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Lower unconscious\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"L\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Lower unconscious<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about the Lower unconscious.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Lower Unconscious\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis contains:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe elementary psychological activities which direct the life of the body; the intelligent co-ordination of bodily functions.\r\nThe fundamental(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>m<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-12\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/meditation-in-psychotherapy-by-roberto-assagioli\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Meditation\u00a0in Psychotherapy, by Roberto Assagioli\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"M\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Meditation\u00a0in Psychotherapy, by Roberto Assagioli<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >By Roberto\u00a0Assagioli, Lesson XII, 2 June 1963, Assagioli Archive Florence.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe doctor first of all teaches the patient the techniques of meditation. Then he trains him to perform it by means of \u201cguided meditation\u201d; that is, the doctor does the meditation with the patient, pointing out the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-12\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/memory\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Memory\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"M\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Memory<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of memory, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\"This contrast indicates that there must be something basically wrong with the current methods of teaching languages, and that the elimination of the present incalculable waste of time and effort in this field demands, not mere(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-12\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/middle-unconscious\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Middle unconscious\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"M\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Middle unconscious<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about the Middle unconscious\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Middle Subconscious\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is formed of psychological elements similar to those of our waking consciousness and easily accessible to it. This inner region is the seat of the elaboration of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-12\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/mind\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Mind\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"M\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Mind<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short compilation on the mind, by Roberto Assagioli\nMental Development\nBy Roberto Assagioli, from his article Notes on Education:\n\"This does not only consist of a quantitative increase in mental activity, but refers to different ways of using the mind, bringing about a. change in quality. Up(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>n<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-13\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/neutrality-of-psychosynthesis\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Neutrality of Psychosynthesis\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"N\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Neutrality of Psychosynthesis<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence, translated by Gordon Symons. Original title: Psicosintesi - Religione - Filosofia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSince the question of the relationship between psychotherapy and religion has been raised, we consider it appropriate to clarify that, as(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-13\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/normal\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Normal\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"N\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Normal<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of normal by Roberto\u00a0Assagioli.(Source: Symbols of the Supernormal, Part 1. , Conference of Dr. Roberto Assagioli in 1957.\u00a0Translated by Jan Kuniholm and Francesco Viglienghi.\u00a0Original Title: Simboli del Supernormale I)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGenerally, the average man is considered(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>p<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/panentheism\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Panentheism\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Panentheism<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of panentheism as it is used in psychology by Roberto Assagioli\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nPanentheism is a term Ken Wilber and the co-founder of Esalen Institute, Michael Murphy, also use to describe their philosophy. In his article on Panentheism Murphy shows how some of the great geniuses in(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/parapsychology\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Parapsychology\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Parapsychology<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nIn the following quote, Roberto Assagioli gives a short definition of Parapsychology, for a full insight into his views, download the free e-book: Psychosynthesis and Parapsychology.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Psychology and Human Existence, Roberto Assagioli, 1974, Original Title: Psicologia ed Esistenza(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/path\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Path\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Path<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of Spiritual Path by Roberto Assagioli in Transpersonal Development.\r\n\r\nThe eleventh group of symbols covers that of the way, path or pilgrimage. This too has always been a universal metaphor. Esoteric tradition speaks about the 'path of the disciple' and about the way of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/perennial-philosophy\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Perennial Philosophy: Roberto Assagioli&#039;s Metaphysical Tradition\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Perennial Philosophy: Roberto Assagioli's Metaphysical Tradition<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nA definition of the perennial philosophy and its relationship to Psychosynthesis, according to Roberto Assagioli.\n\n\n\nBy Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, MA PsychosynthesisEditorial note: Research and drafting assistance provided by Claude (Anthropic). All sources, citations, interpretations, and the final(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/prayer\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Prayer\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Prayer<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nRESOLUTION\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Parts I and II have been taken from different documents, with the same title and are to be used separately: Part I is for Individual Use, Part II is for Group Use)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPART I\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDoc. #3325 - Assagioli Archive - Florence. Original Title: Proponimento. Translated by(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/presence\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Presence\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Presence<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >How to develop the presence of the conscious \u201cI\u201d\r\n(See also the compilation of quotes by Assagioli about presence at the end of my text KS)\r\nBy Kenneth S\u00f8rensen\r\nThe conscious \u201dI\u201d is not only the observer of our inner world, but also a willer and a lover, and therein lies the deepest(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychoanalysis\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychoanalysis\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychoanalysis<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli, from his articles.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPsychosynthesis presupposes psychoanalysis\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPsychosynthesis presupposes psychoanalysis or, rather, includes it as a first and necessary stage. There is in this respect a close analogy with chemical(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychoenergetics\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychoenergetics\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychoenergetics<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli saw a need for \u201ca science of the Self and of its energies\u201d. In this glossary Item, we will see how psychosynthesis is the first step towards Assagioli\u2019s goal of a new psychology, called Psychoenergetics.\r\n\r\nHere is a large article by Kenneth S\u00f8rensen about Psychosynthesis and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychological-levels\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychological levels\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychological levels<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli about psychological levels \r\n\"The collective unconscious is a vast world stretching from the biological to the spiritual level, in which therefore distinctions of origin, nature, quality and value must be made.\" (C. G. Jung and Psychosynthesis)\r\n\r\n\"The third group of symbols,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychosynthesis-and-gestalt-psychology\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychosynthesis and Gestalt Psychology\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychosynthesis and Gestalt Psychology<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >PSYCHOSYNTHESIS AND GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY\r\n\r\nBy, Roberto Assagioli, From Psychosynthesis Research Foundation, Newsletter\r\n\r\n\"As to the difference between Psychosynthesis and Gestalt Psychology\u2014both of which emphasize the reality and value of 'wholes' it can be briefly said that the latter is(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychosynthesis-neutrality\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychosynthesis neutrality\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychosynthesis neutrality<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Notes on Psychosynthesis, Religion and Philosophy\r\n\r\nRoberto Assagioli, from Psychosynthesis Research Foundation, newsletter, April, 1962\u00a0\u00a0 \r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nI think it advisable to answer a question which has been put to me and explain in what sense psychosynthesis is \"neutral\" concerning religion and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/psychosynthesis-therapy-by-roberto-assagioli\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Psychosynthesis therapy, by Roberto Assagioli\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Psychosynthesis therapy, by Roberto Assagioli<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here come some quotes from Assagioli about the definition of psychosynthesis psychotherapy (see\u00a0also Jung and Psychosynthesis):\r\n\r\n\"Criteria of Psychosynthesis Therapy\r\n\r\nThe criteria which are characteristic of psychosynthetic therapy and which distinguish it in a certain measure from other(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/pure-awareness\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Pure awareness\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Pure awareness<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nWhen Assagioli defines the conscious \"I\" (and the Higher Self), he speaks about a contentless self that is not the content of the awareness (sensations, feelings, and thoughts). Sometimes he calls this I or self for pure self-consciousness or pure self-awareness to underline the fact that it(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-15\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/purification\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Purification\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"P\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Purification<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >By Roberto Assagioli, A Practical Contribution to a Modern Yoga, The Beacon, 1933\r\n\r\nPurification of the personality\r\n\r\nPURIFICATION. When man sets himself earnestly about the task of his spiritual development, he soon discovers that the first necessity is a thorough purification of all the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>r<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/radiation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Radiation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Radiation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short compilation of quotes on radiation by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\u201cEach of us necessarily and inevitably radiates what he is.\u201d Roberto Assagioli\r\n\r\n\u201cEnergies radiate outwards from the personality as if from a great source of light; luminous rays shine out and pervade the atmosphere. This(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/reality-is-one\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Reality is One\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Reality is One<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli writes his psychosynthesis into a tradition of evolutionary bio-psycho-spiritual monism.\r\nBy Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, MA, Psychosynthesis and Psychotherapist\r\nThis compilation of quotes aims to demonstrate that Assagioli was consciously writing Psychosynthesis into a tradition of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/reincarnation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Reincarnation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Reincarnation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli on Reincarnation\r\nThis glossary entry is a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli on Reincarnation. He never hides his belief in reincarnation, even though it is not part of Psychosynthesis, which remains agnostic or neutral toward that question.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\"Assagioli: Death(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/resurrection\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Resurrection\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Resurrection<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Definition of Resurrection by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development.\r\n\r\n\"We have now reached the fifteenth group of symbols, that of resurrection and return, what in the gospels is referred to as the return of the prodigal son to his father's house. This is a return to a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/revelation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Revelation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Revelation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of revelation by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"IV REVELATION\r\n\r\nA type of illuminative experience different from those mentioned so far is the \u201cflash\u201d of consciousness, often a sudden perception, of what a human being is, in which an individual experiences a revelation of himself.(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-17\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/revelation-2\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Revelation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"R\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Revelation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of Revelation by Roberto Assagioli from his book Transpersonal Development\r\n\r\n\"There is one sort of enlightenment that is different from the types of experience we have mentioned so far, and that is the awareness - and at times the sudden realization - of what a human being(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>s<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/sat-chit-ananda\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Sat Chit Ananda\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Sat Chit Ananda<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a couple of short definitions of Sat Chit Ananda from Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"...If one were truly immersed in the universal, one would not knowit. Someone - you will know that way of saying it, of the drop of water that is dispersed in theshining sea. And some, I(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/science\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Science\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Science<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nScience, The Scientific Method, and Scientific Knowledge\n\n\n\nA Glossary Entry on Roberto Assagioli's Conception of Science\n\n\n\nEditor's Note: This entry was prepared with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), working from the comprehensive anthology of Assagioli's articles, Kenneth(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/self-identification\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Self-identification\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Self-identification<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here is a short definition of the term self-identification by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2026 everybody has some kind of self-identification\u2014and yet very few people have ever stopped to ask themselves what it really means, what it implies, how it can be more consciously experienced and what are(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/selfishness\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Selfishness\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Selfishness<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of selfishness, by Roberto Assagioli\r\n\r\n\"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,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/seven-ways\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Seven Ways\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Seven Ways<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere is a short compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagio, about the Seven Ways. Read also his article The Seven Ways, which goes into depth with this concept.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cThere are many different ways of expanding the consciousness as one moves upwards, and they are related to different(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/silence\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Silence\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Silence<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli about Silence:\r\n\r\n\u201cAs one teacher has said: \u201c. . . the cultivation of a technique of silence is of incalculable value ... In the silence power is generated, problems are solved and important recognitions are registered. In the silence sensitivity can be developed and the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/soul\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Soul\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Soul<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere is a short definition of the soul, by Roberto Assagioli.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nM.L. What is the relationship of the soul and the personality?\r\n\r\nR.A. The difficulty in answering this question is first of all a semantic one, due to the very different meanings in which the two words have been and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/soul-infusion\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Soul Infusion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Soul Infusion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of Soul Infusion by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA distinction must be made between \"infusion of soul\" and \"infusion of the soul\". The soul infusion process - of becoming a soul infused personality - is a gradual process that takes place throughout life.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/soul-infusion-2\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Soul Infusion\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Soul Infusion<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nSOUL INFUSION AND INFUSION BY THE SOUL\n\n\n\n(Archivio Assagioli \u2014 Firenze)\n\n\n\nA distinction must be made between \"soul infusion\" and \"infusion by the soul.\"\n\n\n\nThe process of soul infusion \u2014 of becoming a soul-infused personality \u2014 is a gradual process that takes place over the course of a(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/star\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Star\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Star<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nRoberto Assagioli about the star at the top of his Egg-diagram:\r\n\r\n\"The jewel is also one of the most meaningful spiritual symbols.\r\n\r\nIt corresponds in my diagram to the star symbolising the spiritual Self. It is drawn as a star because the diagram is two-dimensional but it is better to(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/sub-personalities\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: sub-personalities\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"s\"><span itemprop=\"name\">sub-personalities<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >see sub-personality<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/sub-personality\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Sub-personality\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Sub-personality<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Sub-personalities according to Roberto Assagioli\r\nThe following quotes are among my research notes from my book The Soul of Psychosynthesis (KS).\r\nPlease also download the ebook: Subpersonalities - A Collection of Articles by Roberto Assagioli. It contains all the most important articles and(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/subpersonalities\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: subpersonalities\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"s\"><span itemprop=\"name\">subpersonalities<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >see sub-personality<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/sudden-enlightenment\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Sudden Enlightenment\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Sudden Enlightenment<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Assagioli gives his thoughts on sudden or spontaneous enlightenment in his article: The Superconscious and the Self.\u00a0\r\n\r\n... some people have reported undoubtedly genuine experiences of the Self which occurred more or less unexpectedly, without any conscious effort of the individual. In this(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/super-ego\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Super-ego\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Super-ego<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nThe following is an extract from an article by Roberto Assagioli called Vertical Telepathy, translated from Italian by Gordon Symons. Original Italian title: TELEPATIA VERTICALE from the Assagioli Archive in Florence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE SUPER-EGO AND THE SPIRITUAL \u201cI\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI have already mentioned(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/superconscious\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Superconscious\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Superconscious<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A psychological definition of the superconscious according to Psychosynthesis\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cWhat distinguishes Psychosynthesis from many other attempts at psychological understanding is the position that we take as to the existence of a spiritual Self and of a superconscious, which are as basic as the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/symbol\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Symbol\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Symbol<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere is a definition of symbols, their value, effect and usage in psychotherapy, by Roberto Assagioli, from his book Psychosynthesis, p. 173-75, 1965:\r\n\r\nTECHNIQUE OF SYMBOL UTILIZATION\r\n\r\nPurpose\r\n\r\nThe purpose of this technique is to utilize the enormous and by far not yet realized(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-18\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/synthesis\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Synthesis\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"S\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Synthesis<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\nSynthesis in Assagioli's understanding\n\n\n\nSynthesis is the central concept in Roberto Assagioli's Psychosynthesis \u2014 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(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>t<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/telepathy\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Telepathy\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Telepathy<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nThe following is an extract from an article by Roberto Assagioli called Vertical Telepathy, translated from Italian by Gordon Symons. Original Italian title: TELEPATIA VERTICALE from the Assagioli Archive in Florence.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u2026to come out - with a much greater frequency than that foreseen by(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/the-observer\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: The observer\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">The observer<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nRoberto Assagioli about the conscious \"I\" and our identity as the inner observer\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere comes a compilation of quotes from Roberto Assagioli about the conscious \u201cI\u201d, defined as the inner observer and actor. Assagioli described the \u201cI\u201d, the ego, the personal self (terms pointing toward(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/the-self\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: The self\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">The self<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >The Self - definitions of the self and Self by Roberto Assagioli\r\nThe Self - an experience\r\nBy, Roberto Assagioli, From Psychosynthesis Research Foundation, Newsletter When we held the Valmy Conference in May 1958 much discussion took place about the Self and it occurs to us that readers of(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/the-separativity-of-the-i\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: The Separativity of the &quot;I&quot;\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">The Separativity of the \"I\"<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli, an extract from the Assagioli Archive, derived from https:\/\/www.psicoenergetica.it\/scrittiassagioli.htm\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the middle of page 11 you say: \"the only thing we have to destroy is our attachment to it\". It would seem that we are referring to attachment to the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/the-will\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: The Will\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">The Will<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of the will, by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\"The will is the synthetic power which coordinates, organizes and directs all the other faculties and, therefore, should have a greater development in order to truly master them, while nearly always the opposite is the case.\r\n\r\nThe will(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/thinking\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Thinking\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Thinking<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A short definition of thinking, by Roberto Assagioli\r\n\r\nReflective Meditation \r\n\r\nIts simplest definition is to think; an accurate but limited definition, since clear ideas on the function of thinking are not common property. It has been stated that \"the mind thinks in us,\" rather than it(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/thought\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Thought\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Thought<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See mind<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/transformation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Transformation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Transformation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of transformation by Roberto Assagioli from his book The Act of Will.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\"Law X\u2014The psychological energies can find expression: I. directly\u00a0(discharge\u2014catharsis) 2. indirectly, through symbolic action 3. through\u00a0a process of transmutation.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nAt first sight the direct(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/transmutation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Transmutation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Transmutation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >A definition of transmutation by Roberto Assagioli from his book Psychosynthesis.\r\n\r\n\"Once the choice of the ideal form has been made, practical psychosynthesis, the actual construction of the new personality, begins. This work may be divided into three principal parts:\r\n\r\nUtilization of the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-19\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/typology\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Typology\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"T\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Typology<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Below is a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about typology:\r\nWhy we use typology\r\n\"\u2026 the essential unity of all souls does not exclude differences existing in their personal appearances. Therefore, we must make a serious study of these different qualities. This study should become(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>u<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-20\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/unconscious\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Unconscious\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"U\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Unconscious<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Roberto Assagioli about The Unconscious in his booklet\u00a0Meditation for The New Age, vol. 3, booklet two:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\nRoberto Assagioli's Egg-diagram: 1. lower unconscious, 2. Middle unconscious, 3. Higher unconscious, 4. Field of consciousness, 5. The conscious \"I\", 6. The Soul or Higher Self, 7.(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-20\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/unify\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Unify\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"U\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Unify<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere is a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli, where he speaks about the primary goals of spiritual psychosynthesis - the union or unity between personal self or \"I\" and the Transpersonal Self, Higher Self or Soul, and even a union with God or Universal Self.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSome believe that(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-20\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/union\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Union\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"U\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Union<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere is a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli, where he speaks about the primary goals of spiritual psychosynthesis - the union or unity between personal self or \"I\" and the Transpersonal Self, Higher Self or Soul, and even a union with God or Universal Self.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSome believe that(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-20\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/unity\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Unity\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"U\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Unity<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere is a compilation of quotes by Roberto Assagioli, where he speaks about the primary goals of spiritual psychosynthesis - the union or unity between personal self or \"I\" and the Transpersonal Self, Higher Self or Soul, and even a union with God or Universal Self.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSome believe that(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>v<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-21\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/viktor-frankl\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Viktor Frankl\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"V\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Viktor Frankl<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >Here is a couple of quotes by Roberto Assagioli about The Viennese neurologist Viktor Frankl:\r\n\r\nInvestigation of the Superconscious\r\nThe basic premise or hypothesis is that there exists \u2013 in addition to those parts of the unconscious which we have called the lower and middle unconscious,(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-21\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/visualisation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Visualisation\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"V\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Visualisation<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >See visualization<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-21\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/visualization\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Visualization\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"V\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Visualization<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\u00a0\r\n\r\nA short definition of Visualization by Roberto Assagioli:\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nTECHNIQUE OF VISUALIZATION\r\n\r\nPurpose\r\n\r\nThe general purpose of evoking the imagination has already been discussed. The great importance and paramount value of visualization is that it constitutes the necessary preliminary(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\"the-letter-separator\" role=\"tab\"><\/li><li class=\"the-index-letter\" role=\"tab\"><h3>w<\/h3><\/li><li class=\" ln-22\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/what-is-the-dark-night-of-the-soul\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: What is the Dark Night of the Soul?\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"W\"><span itemprop=\"name\">What is the Dark Night of the Soul?<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >What is The Dark Night of the Soul?\r\n\r\nThe concept the \u201cdark night of the soul\u201d is being used by many to describe a long and painful crisis where they undergo a deep transformation. Roberto Assagioli also speaks about the \u201cdark night of the soul\u201d but in a much more specific way, than many do(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-22\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/will\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Will\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"W\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Will<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a couple of definitions of the will by Roberto Assagioli and how we can discover it. It is from the articles Educating the Will and Struggle Acceptance and Unification, see also his book The Act of Will for a comprehensive study of the will. The strong, good and skillful will, the(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-22\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/will-to-good\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: Will-to-good\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"W\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Will-to-good<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nHere comes a definition of will-to-good by Roberto Assagioli from this source.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere, the will element clearly predominates. While the initial motive may also be love, there is, however, the manifestation of a dynamic, energetic will which leads to a throwing oneself into the fight(...)<\/dfn><\/li><li class=\" ln-22\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"  role=\"tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/world-psychosynthesis\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \"  title=\"Glossary: World Psychosynthesis\"   style=\"\"   itemprop=\"url\"  data-cl=\"W\"><span itemprop=\"name\">World Psychosynthesis<\/span><\/a><dfn class=\"glossary_itemdesc\" role=\"definition\"  itemprop=\"description\" >\r\nPSYCHOLOGICAL EXERCISES AND TRAININGS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVISUALIZATION EXERCISE FOR WORLD PSYCHOSYNTHESIS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBy Roberto Assagioli. (Doc. #23377 - Assagioli Archives - Florence. Original Title: Esercizio di Visualizzazione per la Psicosintesi Mondiale. Translated by Jan Kuniholm)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStage(...)<\/dfn><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear clearfix cmtt-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":1,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"class_list":["post-4426","page","type-page","status-publish","entry","has-post-thumbnail","override","gs-1","gs-odd","gs-even","gs-featured-content-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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