The Act of Will

by Roberto Assagioli

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140038663
• ISBN13: 9780140038668
• Release Date: August 1974
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The Act of Will Review

Robert Assagioli book Act of Will is a transformational book. The material is easy to understand and apply. The book has great exercises and Robert gives many ideas on how to be creative in strengthening the will. Excellent

what happened to the will??

This book outlines a theory and practical method of instruction in developing true will thoroughly. the strong will, the good will, the skillful will, the transpersonal will, and its various qualities, are covered in detail. to recognize the ego as will itself, is the culmination of this book, through exercise, meditation, disidentification, affirmation, etc. I would like to recommend three other books, and the exercises in particular I believe to be most effective: 1. magical tattwas, jonn mumford the pre-skrying exercise of exploring one's favorite room, and performing the blackboard writing on the ceiling. note the use of multiple colors. utilize will affirmation for every imaging act. 2. on love and psychological exercises, A.R. Orage the exercises in here, when done on the blackboard from above, even just the numbers, when using multiple colors and will affirmation, may bring a person to identify with the self as will. the essays might aid in understanding differential psychology. 3. undoing yourself with energized meditation, C. Hyatt using the methods outlined here, strengthen the will, increase meditative success, integrate and satiate the needs of both the superego and id, potentially tap into the transpersonal will. Current scientific investigations in the realm of psychology and psychiatry have attempted to debunk the legitimacy of the subjective experience of the will, and its potential, to manifest objective results. a well informed investigation of the claims made in this book, i believe, may increase knowledge of why the techniques work. instead of reiterating an endless debate.