Tag: Sigmund Freud
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Roberto Assagioli Biography
The story of the Hubers and their development of astrological psychology always refers back to the time they spent 1959-1961 with Roberto Assagioli at his Psychosynthesis Institute in Florence. I have often wondered about Assagioli and his role in inspiring the Hubers to develop and teach astrological psychology, so was delighted to recently discover this…
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About Psychosynthesis
What is Psychosynthesis? Founded by Roberto Assagioli (Venice, February 27, 1888 11:10 AM – August 23, 1974) a contemporary of Freud and Jung, Psychosynthesis combined Assagioli’s two main spheres of interest: the medical world of psychiatry/psychotherapy and his spiritual experiences that began as a young man. Having been exposed to the prevailing theosophical ideas of the…
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Dreams and Self Actualisation
Sigmund Freud as the father of the theory of the unconscious wrote the first description of dreaming and dreamwork in his series of lectures to the University of Vienna from 1915-1917, A General Introduction to Psycho-analysis. In it he explained that dreams are the “means of removing, by hallucinatory satisfaction, mental stimuli that disturb sleep”…
Astrological Psychology 