{"id":21205,"date":"2024-05-07T11:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?p=21205"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:07:57","slug":"how-to-practice-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/how-to-practice-suggestion\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Practice Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-you-cannot-pull-on-a-seedling-to-make-it-grow-assagioli-s-1934-lecture-on-self-suggestion-as-an-actual-practice-relax-the-body-harmonise-with-the-unconscious-plant-the-seed-and-trust-it-to-do-its-slow-work\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">You cannot pull on a seedling to make it grow. Assagioli&#8217;s 1934 lecture on self-suggestion as an actual practice &#8211; relax the body, harmonise with the unconscious, plant the seed, and trust it to do its slow work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2-419x235.png 419w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annalund_A_nineteenth-century_engraving_in_the_tradition_of_o_4193cbdc-fab4-4033-af43-0b50b199645c_2.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Roberto Assagioli<\/strong><br>Lesson VIII, Course of Lectures on <em>The Energies Latent in Us<\/em>, March 4, 1934 <a href=\"#_edn1\" id=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a><br>Assagioli Archives, Florence, Doc. #24059<br>Original title: <em>Come si fa la Suggestione<\/em><br>Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm <a href=\"#_edn2\" id=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial Note<\/strong><br>The abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sorensen, to support readability, navigation, and archival consistency. The original wording has not been altered. The lecture includes a complete suggestion exercise (Doc. #23360 in the Archives) preserved as part of this edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-abstract\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this 1934 lecture, the eighth in his Course of Lectures on <em>The Energies Latent in Us<\/em>, Roberto Assagioli sets out a practical method for self-suggestion as therapy and self-education. He clears away the prejudice that suggestion means imposing one will on another, drawing on \u00c9mile Cou\u00e9 and Charles Baudouin to show that the real work is letting the unconscious cooperate with the conscious personality. He moves through the three phases of the suggestion exercise \u2014 physical relaxation, mental and emotional quieting, the planting of healing formulas in the unconscious \u2014 including the complete exercise text. He closes with the four common reasons people fail at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall present some practical guidelines for using suggestion most appropriately and effectively on ourselves and others, for curative, educational, and self-educative or psychagogical<a id=\"_ednref3\" href=\"#_edn3\">[iii]<\/a> purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, it is appropriate to clear the ground of the preconceptions and inaccurate ideas that are still widespread about suggestion. Many people have prejudices against methods of suggestion, because they consider them to be something violent and artificial, like the imposition of one will on another, and they think that its use weakens the will of those who submit to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These criticisms may be partly correct, if they are directed at suggestion made during&nbsp; hypnosis, or in the waking state through commands and impositions by the physician. But this type of suggestion, which was practiced by certain medical schools, is now largely abandoned. A better and more expedient method has replaced it, consisting of harmonious cooperation with the unconscious, first by the physician \u2014 as introduction and teaching \u2014 and then [practiced] by the patient or student. Thus we have come to give less and less importance to external action, and more and more to the activity of the subject himself; we have moved from hetero-suggestion to <em>auto-suggestion<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOLAUh1eHFc?si=HDL-4BzGkXArjAoi\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any intelligent and willing person can learn to use this method effectively on himself, although some initial applications by a \u201ccompetent\u201d person may facilitate and accelerate the training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For practical purposes, suggestion can be defined as the process by which:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ideas, images and feelings corresponding to the purposes we want to achieve are elicited or aroused.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One encourages the penetration [of these ideas, images and feelings] into the unconscious, so that they are spontaneously translated into the corresponding physical and psychic states, and external acts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both phases of this procedure are necessary, but the essential and decisive point is the first part of the second phase; that is, the penetration and effectiveness of the idea or image into the unconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is only right, indeed proper, to mention that the credit for emphasizing the evidence for this [process] should be attributed mainly to \u00c9mile Cou\u00e9.<a id=\"_ednref4\" href=\"#_edn4\">[iv]<\/a> There has been much discussion about Cou\u00e9, often neglecting the most important and useful thing; namely, subjecting his method to a large-scale practical test. The critical spirit and [a condescending] readiness to smile have played well when people have exposed the flaws of Cou\u00e9\u2019s method, such as its simplicity and one-sidedness, and regarding certain inaccuracies and exaggerations in its theoretical formulations. But it is not fair to disregard what is good and fruitful in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above all, Cou\u00e9 should be credited with two achievements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He insisted that everyone can learn to use suggestion for themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He made it clear that one should not attempt to impose oneself forcibly on the unconscious, but that it is better to induce it to <em>cooperate <\/em>with the conscious personality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, it would be inaccurate to regard Cou\u00e9 as the discoverer and sole proponent of the method of suggestion. In fact, it developed simultaneously, with some variations, in different countries. After Cou\u00e9, that method was studied and specified in a broader and more scientific way by Baudouin,<a id=\"_ednref5\" href=\"#_edn5\">[v]<\/a> in his volume first titled <em>Suggestion et Autosuggestion<\/em>,<a id=\"_ednref6\" href=\"#_edn6\">[vi]<\/a> and then, in the more recent editions,<em> Psychologie de la Suggestion<\/em>.<a id=\"_ednref7\" href=\"#_edn7\">[vii]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking into account the various procedures that have proved most effective among those have been proposed, we can present the technique of a Suggestion Exercise as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-i-preparatory-phase-physical-relaxation-nbsp-nbsp-nbsp-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">I. PREPARATORY PHASE &#8211; PHYSICAL RELAXATION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we observe ourselves at any time of the day, even when we think we are resting, we catch ourselves in a state of physical tension: our muscles are contracted, a sign that the nerves are excited. This condition is doubly harmful: it is so in general because it constitutes a great expenditure of energy without any usefulness; and it is particularly harmful because it prevents us from creating the state of mind necessary to make suggestions well. Such tension must therefore be eliminated. There are true and witty remarks in this regard by Annie Payson Call, in her excellent book <em>Power Through Repose<\/em>. <a id=\"_ednref8\" href=\"#_edn8\">[viii]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To physically relax one must get into a comfortable position, preferably lying down; then \u201creview\u201d one\u2019s muscles. If we find them tense and contracted (as is almost always the case), it is good to move them slowly to loosen any stiffness, and then let them relax. Therefore it is necessary to frown and then flatten the forehead, move the muscles of the face, leaving the mouth set in a slight smile; make suitable movements of the muscles of the neck, trunk and limbs.<a id=\"_ednref9\" href=\"#_edn9\">[ix]<\/a> Thus a preliminary degree of relaxation is achieved, but this is not complete. In fact, the old habit reasserts itself; so much so that if we start over again, we find that the muscles are contracted again, although less than before; so it is necessary to <em>repeat<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, however, it is helpful to do some deep, rhythmic breathing, relaxing the trunk muscles, and gradually [relax] all the others. The first few times, one may benefit from the help of another person who makes the various parts of the body perform passive movements (the way to do this is given in Payson Call\u2019s book).<a id=\"_ednref10\" href=\"#_edn10\">[x]<\/a> When one has learned the method of autosuggestion, it is appropriate to use it to make relaxation more rapid or complete. For this purpose, the following words are repeated several times \u2014 with the standards we will indicate shortly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cEvery muscle, every nerve relaxes and comes to rest. Every physical tension disappears, a growing sense of well-being &#8230; fills me<\/em>\u201d (or other similar phrases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ordinarily, we \u201cturn our backs,\u201d so to speak, on the unconscious \u2014 we are <em>extroverts<\/em>; that is, [our attention is] turned to the external world, intent on receiving its impressions and acting on them. We not infrequently coerce the unconscious, disregard its laws and rhythms, and inhibit its spontaneous activity. A conflict arises from this, and psychic tension, strain and fatigue follow. We need to reverse our attitude, and turn inward instead. We need to free the unconscious from the \u201cpressure\u201d<a id=\"_ednref11\" href=\"#_edn11\">[xi]<\/a> to which we subject it, and let it emerge, and tune in and harmonize with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This happens spontaneously in morning drowsiness, in states of reverie, receptivity and passivity. However, if we allow the unconscious free rein, the previously \u201cformed,\u201d impressed, and often &#8230; <em>badly <\/em>impressed, unconscious emerges! Our consciousness is then invaded by a tumultuous jumble of images, thoughts and emotions. It is therefore necessary to relax and calm this part of the unconscious. This is achieved by the use of suitable suggestions, such as the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the body relaxes, so also the mind relaxes, rests, and all mental labor ceases, all emotion subsides. A great calm, a great peace pervades me, a growing sense of relief and well-being.\u201d (and the like)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When sufficient physical and mental relaxation has thus been achieved (this need not be complete), favorable conditions have been created for the second and more important phase of the exercise, viz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-ii-to-elicit-and-arouse-the-unconscious-energies-so-that-they-produce-the-desired-physical-changes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">II. TO ELICIT AND AROUSE THE UNCONSCIOUS ENERGIES SO THAT THEY PRODUCE THE DESIRED PHYSICAL CHANGES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do this, according to the laws indicated in the previous lesson, it is enough to vividly imprint in the unconscious the image or idea of what is desired, to the exclusion of all others. The easiest way to do this is to formulate a suitable sentence, and then repeat it several times slowly, without tension. The formulas to be used concern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The healing action on the body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The healing action on the psyche itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The evocation of superconscious spiritual energies for the healing and regeneration of the whole personality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These formulas are shown in the attached outline of the <em>Exercise for Physical and Mental Health<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-exercise-for-physical-and-mental-health\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise For Physical And Mental Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assagioli Archive Doc. #23360<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get into a comfortable position, preferably lying down. Take a few deep, slow, regular breaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say the following statements to yourself, or have others say them to you. (You can also listen to them played back from a sound recorder. Each statement can be repeated several times.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every muscle relaxes; the nerves rest; all physical tension disappears. A sense of relief, of well-being pervades me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surrender &#8211; Relaxation &#8211; Complete rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the body relaxes, so the mind relaxes and rests; all mental work ceases. All emotion quiets down. A great calm, a great peace pervades me, a growing sense of relief, of well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this calm, in this rest, the dormant energies in me awaken and assert themselves victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vital healing energies work beneficially in me; they permeate every cell, every fiber of my body; they reactivate and harmonize every organic function. Every organ begins to function well again, normally and perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The healing psychic energies operate beneficially in me; they pervade my unconscious; they harmonize, transform it; all agitation, all depression and all fear disappear, dissolving like fog in the sun. In their place, CALMNESS, SERENITY, CONFIDENCE, ENTHUSIASM, GLADNESS AND WILL affirm themselves victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The healing spiritual energies operate powerfully in me; they transform and regenerate my being. I open myself to their healing influence with confident faith, with complete surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE SPIRIT IS OMNIPRESENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE SPIRIT IS OMNISCIENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE SPIRIT IS OMNIPOTENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of suggestions succeeds most easily when they are spoken by the physician or educator to the patient or student. In these cases the subject only has to remain relaxed and listen. When, on the other hand, autosuggestion is being done, that is, when we ourselves are agents and subject together, it is necessary to learn to put ourselves in a special state, which is difficult to describe: for one must be at once relaxed and attentive; or even receptive and collected, and positive and active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a state akin to aesthetic contemplation, only that in it the image is internal. Baudouin \u2014 who has made a careful study of it \u2014 called it \u201crepose.\u201d<a id=\"_ednref12\" href=\"#_edn12\">[xii]<\/a> It has various degrees: in order to reach the highest and most complete degree, one must do an exercise of detachment, of disidentification from the various contents of consciousness (sensations, emotions and thoughts), and realize oneself \u2014 at least to some extent \u2014 as a pure \u201cI\u201d or Self, as a positive or dynamic spiritual Center. Then suggestions and creative affirmations acquire greater power. But this is not strictly necessary, and effective results are achieved even in a simpler way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving the suggestions, or giving the self-suggestions, it is appropriate to turn the mind away from them and let them act undisturbed in the unconscious. Our conscious task is done. It is as if we have ingested a food: it will be assimilated and give us strength and life without any more intervention on our part; it is as if we have entrusted a seed to the fertile and well-prepared earth. Let us therefore wait with the sure faith of the farmer that it will give us \u2014 in due time \u2014 a rich harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside those people who succeed well in getting the desired results through autosuggestion \u2014 often in a way that surprises themselves \u2014 there are others who struggle to get the results. It is then useful to see what the causes of failure may be, in order to eliminate them, or even better, prevent them. The main causes of failure in suggestion are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>1st &#8211; Lack of continuity and regularity, of persistence in doing the exercises.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Suggestion] takes training that requires a certain amount of time and constant practice, as is the case&nbsp; for the acquisition of any physical and psychic skill, such as succeeding in playing tennis, playing an instrument, or speaking a language. Everyone can succeed, as long as they submit to the necessary training: it is not right to expect to achieve results without giving the necessary time, attention, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>2nd &#8211; Obstacles existing in the unconscious.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This occurs when the unconscious is pervaded by negative suggestions, as in the case of many depressed and pessimistic people, and those tormented by phobias. Then the healing suggestions must neutralize the contrary ones before fully acting, and this naturally requires more time and persistence than in other cases. Some effective means of doing this are given in the lecture on \u201cPoisons and Psychological Drugs.\u201d But in any case the motto is true:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBY PERSEVERING YOU WILL ARRIVE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>3rd &#8211; Too much active and \u201cvoluntary\u201d intervention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are so accustomed to wanting to do everything with our conscious personality, as if it constituted our whole being, that it is at first not easy to get it used to doing only the indirect work of <em>directing <\/em>the unconscious, then letting it operate without disturbing or oppressing it. This is especially true for certain authoritarian and impatient types of people. It is necessary for them to learn to respect the laws and rhythms of the unconscious. But this is good discipline for them&#8230;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>4th &#8211; A somewhat opposite mistake is to use the method too mechanically, and superficially.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The belief that it is enough to automatically recite a formula (such as the one used by Cou\u00e9<a id=\"_ednref13\" href=\"#_edn13\">[xiii]<\/a>), or whatever, and then for the rest of the day no longer attend to our unconscious, exposing it to every impression, even making harmful suggestions to it. Instead, we need constant vigilance, a firm and consistent psychological orientation, a confident and optimistic sense. We must indeed have faith in the germinative power of the seed, and not pull on the seedling so that it will grow sooner or faster; but on the other hand we must also take out the weeds that threaten to suffocate it; we must give it the proper time, the necessary care, and increase&nbsp; the fertility of the soil with suitable substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same mistake can be made in using suggestion on others. We must realize that this is a <em>vital <\/em>work in which feeling must also participate, which must operate from the depths of our soul. It is a matter of arousing energies, of creating a \u201cmagnetic field,\u201d so to speak. If, for example, we mechanically repeat words of calm, health and harmony to a patient or a child, while our own soul is agitated, suffering and disharmonious, we cannot achieve any effect. It is necessary to truly arouse those acts and conditions in ourselves and others; having done that we can say, it is <em>all <\/em>done. What we have evoked emanates and radiates around us, not only easily, but inevitably, even if we did not intend it to, and every receptive person is influenced, pervaded and benefited by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn1\" href=\"#_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> A note at the heading of the original typed manuscript reads, \u201c(notes not taken).\u201d <em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn2\" href=\"#_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a> Interpolations by the Editor are indicated by the use of [brackets]. Ellisions indicated by &#8230; are in the original.<em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn3\" href=\"#_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a> Assagioli often used the term \u201cpsychagogy\u201d before he developed the term \u201cpsychosynthesis.\u201d The terms are not synonymous, but psychagogy, a term he revived from the ancient writings of Plato, has the sense of combining teaching, theory and practice in a psychological context. <em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn4\" href=\"#_ednref4\">[iv]<\/a> \u00c8mile Cou\u00e8 (1857-1926) was a French psychologist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based upon suggestion and autosuggestion. He published his book <em>Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion<\/em> in 1922. <em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn5\" href=\"#_ednref5\">[v]<\/a> Charles Baudouin (1893-1963) was a French psychoanalyst and therapist. He promoted psychoanalysis through his books and conferences and did pioneering work in several fields including art, education, suggestion and hypnosis. <em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn6\" href=\"#_ednref6\">[vi]<\/a> <em>Suggestion and Autosuggestion, <\/em>first published in 1919 and translated into English in 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn7\" href=\"#_ednref7\">[vii]<\/a> Published by Neuch\u00e2tel, Delachaux et Niestl\u00e9 in 1924.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn8\" href=\"#_ednref8\">[viii]<\/a> Italian translation <em>Forza e Riposo<\/em> was published by Fratelli Bocca, Turin, 1910. <em>\u2014Author\u2019s Note. <\/em>The original English version of <em>Power Through Repose <\/em>(1891)has been republished in several editions.Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) was an American writer.<em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn9\" href=\"#_ednref9\">[ix]<\/a> Assagioli is prescribing a technique now commonly used: first deliberately tense a muscle, then relax it.<em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn10\" href=\"#_ednref10\">[x]<\/a> For example, on pages 102-103 of the 1900 Little, Brown and Co. edition of <em>Power Through Repose<\/em>, we read, \u201cIt will be easily seen that the power, once gained, of remaining perfectly passive while another moves you, means a steadily increasing ability to relax at all times when the body should be given to perfect rest.\u201d <em>\u2014Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn11\" href=\"#_ednref11\">[xi]<\/a> Literally, \u201ccompression.\u201d <em>\u2014Tr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn12\" href=\"#_ednref12\">[xii]<\/a> The Italian word that Assagioli uses here is <em>contensione, <\/em>which is a translation from Baudouin\u2019s French, the original of which is not available to me. 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