Blog Posts

  • Jung: “A Courageous and Genius Pioneer” (Part I)

    July 26 marks the 148th birthday of Carl Gustav Jung and I thought it might be a good time to revisit his relationship with Roberto Assagioli and once again take a look at some of the differences and similarities between Jungian psychology and psychosynthesis. The two men – Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974), the founder of psychosynthesis,…

  • Ringing the Bell for Inner Harmony

    Creating harmony in your inner life requires patience, prayer, and lifelong practice. Today is Saint Rita’s feast day, and this afternoon I will be joining the local women in our Umbrian village in the small Marian chapel. Saint Rita is especially popular here since she was born and lived in the nearby town of Cascia,…

  • 5 Reasons to Read “Creating Harmony in Life”

    For those of you who have already purchased Roberto Assagioli’s Creating Harmony in Life, below you will find a detailed General Index and Name Index to the book, which were omitted from the final publication. In addition, I have included Assagioli’s “Preface,” my “Introduction” and the Table of Contents.   For those of you who…

  • Crossing Over

    This is Holy Week for many Christians who are anticipating the celebration of Easter next Sunday. Below is an article of mine that was published ten years ago in the AAP Psychosynthesis Quarterly. I describe a meeting with one of my clients that happened on Good Friday, which also that year coincided with Passover. During…

  • Countess, Grandmother and Psychosynthesis Feminist

    For this International Women’s Day, l’d like to introduce you to the first President of the Institute of Psychosynthesis in Rome, which in 1926 was initially called the Istituto di Cultura e di Terapia Psichica (Institute of Culture and Psychic Therapy). Yes, that’s right! She was a woman…the Contessa Gabriella Spalletti Rasponi (1853-1931), whom Assagioli…