Talk:Psychosynthesis

Scope

This article needs a LOT of work, a major problem being that it gives virtually no idea of the goals or scope of Psychosynthesis. The companion article, on Roberto Assagioli M.D., the founder of Psychosynthesis needs much improving also. Kwork 00:43, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I removed the section "Transpersonal consciousness" because it is mostly put in terms of Tantra; which Assagioly was familiar with, but which was certainly not his model for Psychosynthesis. Kwork 14:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Yup, this article still needs a lot of work. Too bad there's no knowledgeable student of Assagioli's around who gives a crap about Wikipedia, huh? Maybe if one comes along, he'll fix up this article. Eaglizard 22:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

While it needs work, I wonder why the "Egg Diagram" was removed??? Magicalpath 09:03, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

citing sources

I have not had time to read the article through, but it appears that the person who wrote it has very good first hand knowledge of Psychosynthesis. Nevertheless, Wikipedia articles need to cite published sources; and, without that, any statements not supported by sources could be deleted at any time. Please add sourcing. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 00:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Work Started

I've added some more sources and I have started to clean up the article... Assagioli being a bit of a mystic is not an excuse for the article being vague. Sankhambi (talk) 20:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Egg Diagram problem

This article starts out with the words, which I think correct: "Psychosynthesis is an original approach to psychology that was developed by Roberto Assagioli, M.D." But the diagram used is John Firman's variation, instead of the diagram Assagioli chose to use. I will soon remove the Firman diagram, unless someone can give me a good reason not to. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 12:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

It seems important to have the diagram -- this article being on Psychosynthesis and not Assagioli, why not use any commonly accepted rendering? (Or several, but let's not make the perfect enemy of the good.) Paxfeline (talk) 11:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Assagioli's own version was included in an earlier version of the article: [1]and it could be returned to the article. 96.224.196.217 (talk) 17:54, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Methods of Psychosynthesis

I have moved this section (copied below) to the talk page because it needs rewriting to make it suitable for Wikipedia. Some further explanation of specific Psychosynthesis techniques might also by justified. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 19:08, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note that throughout this discussion there has been very little mention of specific techniques, methodology, or practice. The human journey has been discussed with no mention of any particular methods of travel, so to speak. One reason for this is that psychosynthesis is fundamentally an orientation, a general approach to the whole human being, and exists apart from any particular concrete applications.

This fact allows a rich variety of methods to be used within the psychosynthesis context. From guided imagery, dream work, and sand tray; to art therapy, journaling, drama therapy, and body work; from cognitive-behavioral techniques, to object relations, self psychology, and family systems approaches; from individual and group psychotherapy, to meditation and self-help groups; psychosynthesis offers an overall view which can help orient oneself within the vast array of different modalities available today.

But more importantly, the breadth of the psychosynthesis perspective allows the recognition and validation of an extensive range of human experience: the vicissitudes of developmental difficulties and early trauma; the struggle with compulsions, addictions, and the trance of daily life; the confrontation with existential identity, choice, and responsibility; the heights of inspired creativity, peak performance, and spiritual experience; and the search for meaning and direction in life. None of these important spheres of human existence need be reduced to the other, and each can find its right place in the whole. This means that no matter what type of experience is engaged, and no matter what phase of growth is negotiated, the complexity and uniqueness of the person may be respected--a fundamental principle in any application of psychosynthesis.

• Now re-written and returned to the article. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 21:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Reaction

there is no reaction, culturaly, about Psychosythetics? How does the world take this? Is it certafiable lunacy? Or is it respected? I'd like to know, as of now, from what little research I've done, not many people notice it, or care about it. Not only that but it seems new age and just another occult or mystical take on Jungian anaylisis?Sanitycult (talk) 03:43, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Analogies section?

I don't think that the analogies section is talking about the same psychosynthesis that this article is about. What do you think? Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 11:53, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Still a mess?

In my opinion the article is still a mess. Compare it for example to http://two.not2.org/psychosynthesis/ On that sit I found what I was looking for. Now I can interpret the "dog's dinner" that at the moment this article here is.

For instance, the opening paragraph contains a number of unrelated sentences some of which do not make grammatical sense. It should provide a quick summary, an overview of what psychosynthesis is but it fails almost entirely to do that. The content of the article doesn't seem to me to be the main problem, but that it needs to be better structured. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LookingGlass (talk • contribs) 09:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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A source is available - "A Psychology with Soul" - now probably out of print. Sankhambi (talk) 12:08, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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Lead has issues

After reading the lead, I still have no idea what psychosynthesis is supposed to be, other than that it is an approach to psychology that is different from other approaches. But I'm not even sure of that. Is it really an approach to psychology? Isn't it, rather, an approach to psychotherapy? After all, the primary aim of psychology is to develop an understanding of the functioning of the mind, which is very different from the stated aim of psychosynthesis of improving that functioning by eliminating conflicts and stimulating immature functions.  --Lambiam 17:04, 4 May 2018 (UTC)