The Magic of Psychosynthesis


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The aim of this book is to initiate you, to empower you in your life journey and help you to explore your connection to Will, Imagination and Love, the essential components for your personal and spiritual self-development. Being initiated is about uncovering what has been hidden in you and aligning yourself with the natural flow of life on earth. Becoming an initiate is not an end in itself but an acknowledgement of a process of deeper and deeper self inquiry.Psychosynthesis is more than another kind of therapy, it is a complete education and a workable system of initiation and self development. The primary aim of Psychosynthesis, as with all magical and esoteric endeavour, is to help us deepen our inquiry into human nature and then find ways to effectively use our discoveries in everyday life.The Magic of Psychosynthesis includes working to restore balance to the various parts of the personality in the present, and also to find ways to promote the fuller expression of the potential and unique creativity of each individual. As Assagioli, the founder of Psychosynthesis said: 'Psychosynthesis is a method of psychological development and self realisation for those who refuse to remain the slaves of their own inner phantasms or of external influences, who refuse to submit passively to the play of psychological forces which is going on within them, and who are determined to become master of their own lives.'




The Journey of Psychosynthesis


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A unique blend of perennial wisdom and modern psychological practice The Journey of Psychosynthesis is unique in several ways: it is the first book on psychosynthesis based on a defined path of learning that has been refined and proven over more than 20 years through a successful distance education course. The book is based on the author’s 40 years of practice as a psychosynthesis psychotherapist and trainer and his experience of how psychosynthesis, a blend of perennial wisdom and modern psychological practice, may be effectively applied in all walks of life. Written in an easy style, it makes the contents accessible to a wide range of readers. Everyone interested in self development, or just simply in making better choices in their life, will find it useful.




Psychosynthesis


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Psychosynthesis is a practical system that integrates principles and techniques from many approaches to personal and spiritual growth. The relevance of Psychosynthesis is emphasised not just for the individual but also for the larger world in which we live.




The Magical Personality


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What's your magical personality: Dragon? Pegasus? Mermaid? Written by a professional psychologist and psychotherapist, this book outlines 12 different personality types based on the four elements of the ancient world.




Meetings with Amazing People


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Blurring the boundaries between reporting, allegory and fantasy, Will describes his early search for spiritual wisdom, his unexpected encounter with a Indian fakir, and how the task given to him by the mysterious Indian led to meetings with an array of amazing people in his quest to uncover the truth he sought. These encounters included an early awakening from a gay Buddhist, initiation into a Celtic magic circle, being opened to esoteric truths by a follower of Subud and a Sufi initiate, seeing the world as taught by a Shaman, an apprenticeship in practical Kabbalah, and an apparently chance meeting with a General who supplied the final key.




The Act of Will


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This is Dr. Roberto Assagioli's second book on the psychological system he formulated known as Psychosynthesis. It continues where his first book left off and delves into the important process of willing as a psychological function based on a higher self rather on guilt or determination as in the Victorian concept of the will.




This Beautiful Earth


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This book contains many stories that have a spiritual take on gardening that can connect you to a deeper, older archetypal rhythm, the rhythm of nature and the earth herself, something collective that we grasp when we put our hands deep into the soil - or should that be soul? We can learn to approach a garden as a pilgrim on a journey of discovery, not as a missionary who knows everything beforehand. The garden then becomes this beautiful earth in which each of us lives and grows in a continuing journey of exploration.




A Psychology with a Soul


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A comprehensive approach to self-realization, psychosynthesis was developed between 1910 and the 1950s by the Italian psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli. Assagioli like Jung, diverged from Freud in order to develop an understanding of human nature that took account of spiritual dimensions. This book, originally published in 1987, is an exploration of psychosynthesis and the depth of mystical and scientific ideas behind it. It will be of great value to all those interested in personal integration and spiritual growth in general, and psychosynthesis in particular. Focusing on psychosynthesis as transpersonal psychology, Jean Hardy describes how the ideas behind psychosynthesis spring both from scientific study of the unconscious and from the long mystical tradition of both the Easter and Western world. She shows how the roots of a modern spiritual, or transpersonal, psychology lie in a split tradition within the Western world – while psychology aspires to be scientific, religion or mystical knowledge is currently studied within the discipline of theology. The two have up till now been very little related, and the special achievement of psychosynthesis as a therapy is that it relates the soul and theology to the personality and psychology, and perceives personal and developmental patterns as a microcosm of larger social and historical patterns.




The Book of English Magic


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A guide to England’s rich history of magical lore and practice “for readers of works like Harry Potter who have grown up a bit into wanting to know more” (The Hermetic Library). Through experiments to try and places to visit, as well as a historical exploration of magic and interviews with leading magicians, The Book of English Magic will introduce you to the extraordinary world that lies beneath the surface. Magic runs through the veins of English history, part of daily life from the earliest Arthurian legends to Aleister Crowley to the novels of Tolkien and Philip Pullman, and from the Druids to Freemasonry and beyond. Richly illustrated and deeply knowledgeable, this book is an invaluable source for anyone curious about magic and wizardry, or for sophisticated practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge. “Playful and serious, respectful and amused . . . this will remain the standard work for years to come.” —The Sunday Telegraph “A magical mystery tour.” —The Times “Fabulous.” —Daily Express “Lucid and wonderfully easy to read . . . While it is indeed a perfect book for the ‘intelligent novice’ it’s far more than that—it’s a serious, in-depth survey of a massive topic.” —WitchVox “An accessible and immensely readable book . . . A fascinating insight into a hidden world.” —Booksquawk




Lessons in Magic


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Deep down most of us believe in magic, because we know that sometimes - just sometimes - magic can come tumbling into our lives with a blinding flash, and suddenly there we are facing the person we're destined to fall in love with, or being offered the job we never believed we would get, or we just find ourselves walking down that same familiar street, but this time it's different - this time we've fallen in love with life: this time everything looks different, and life feels wonderful and exciting again. Most people believe that you can't make this kind of magic occur in your life. They say you're either lucky or you're not: it either happens to you or it doesn't. But what if we could make magic happen? What if we could do things that actually made these types of experiences occur more often in our lives? And what if there was a book that taught this kind of magic?




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