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Psychosynthesis Notes 5
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli. Synthesis Center 2000, Paperback, 287 pages, $15.70 Chapter 5 – Spiritual Psychosynthesis This was probably the most interesting chapter for me, however I see that parts of it are not really appropriate for therapy work (at this stage in [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 4
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli. Synthesis Center 2000, Paperback, 287 pages, $15.70 Chapter 4 part 2 Imagination & Visualisation I have no real problems with the stuff Assagioli talks about here. It is material I’ve covered a lot in the past 10 or so [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 3
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli. Synthesis Center 2000, Paperback, 287 pages, $15.70 Chapter 4 Catharsis – I have some mixed views on Catharsis. I can understand that if it is done correctly it can indeed lead to an emotional discharge. It is stuck in [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 2
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli. Synthesis Center 2000, Paperback, 287 pages, $15.70 Overall I find the chapters just read to be easy enough to follow in most instances and I can understand some of where Assagioli is coming from. It came to me that [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 1
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli. Synthesis Center 2000, Paperback, 287 pages, $15.70 Although I found the text, so far, to be reasonably clinical (e.g. use of many clinical terms, such as patient rather than client) it was no more difficult than a standard Psychology [...]
True Democracy and a Way Forward
Note: The following article was the second of two research assignments as part of 2nd Year Psychosynthesis in 2003. The question was: “In 1500 The Great Peacemaker, Deganawidah of the Huron Tribe of Native America, established a form of pure democracy called the Twelve Cycles of Truth. It was upon this foundation that The Iroquois [...]
General Systems Theory and Psychosynthesis
Note: The following article was the first of two research assignments as part of 2nd Year Psychosynthesis in 2003. The question was: “Please explain the essential elements of the General Systems Theory in Physics and how it fits with Psychosynthesis Principles. Give examples of how it works from your own process.” The bulk of my [...]
Spiritual Emergency – When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis
Spiritual Emergency Stanislav Grof (Editor). Tarcher 1989, Paperback, 272 pages, $8.65 (“When Crisis Becomes a Personal Transformation” is a very apt alternative title for the themes in this book and Self Growth in general) A review of the book by Stan and Christina Grof (editors) Rather than just review this book in a normal fashion [...]
The Jungian Concept of The Shadow
In this article I will outline some of the Jungian concepts of the Shadow, which has an important role linked closely with the Anima and Animus, the importance of which will be understood by those who have undertaken Trance Exercise 5. As a side note, it is interesting to note that Jung’s concepts of the [...]
Tutoring – A Tutor’s Perspective
(First published in the Green Lion – Spring 1999) “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – C. G. Jung I have now been tutoring students online for the Guild since February of this year, so almost 8 months. In this [...]