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Robert assagioli biography
Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974), initially trained as a doctor in neurology and psychiatry. He was a member of the Freud Society in Zurich, and by 1909, he was among the first to bring psychoanalysis to Italy alongside other pioneers of the psychoanalytic movement.
However, he soon developed his ideas beyond Freud’s models to include connecting with higher manifestations of human nature, beyond pathology.
A contemporary and student of Freud, Assagioli was more aligned with Jung’s approach to psychology.
Influenced by Raja Yoga (concerned with the cultivation of the mind and meditation), Karma Yoga (concerned with intention, action and will) and the writings of Alice Bailey, Assagioli studied philosophy and theology, drawing on Buddhism, Jewish and Christian mysticism for his thinking.
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