The Act of Will: 2 (An Esalen book) (Hardcover)

by Roberto Assagioli (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Viking Adult (September 26, 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670103098
• ISBN-13: 978-0670103096
• Product Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,618,459 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic, December 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Act of Will (Paperback)

There are few books that truly rank a 5 Star rating, and there are few books which come close to this one's significance in the history of modern psychological thought. Freud and Jung have been overrated and over-idolized, but as their contemporary RA deserves a much wider following -- and his work as the father of Pschyosynthesis has a much more integrative view of the deeper human psyche's recesses. This is both a treatise of fundamental ideas and a practical book for practioners of psychotherapy and psychiatry, as well as social work, education, and human sciences (sociology, history, anthropology, etc.). RA had none of the fears that many others had of seeming to be a kook - because he wasn't. This was a man whose personal life story (blind, etc.) stands as testimony to what he was capable of, and this book only reinforces the gorwing (buut still largely unheard view) that he will become on the most important dead-but-still-important psychological thinkers/doers in the coming decades.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Act of Will Review, February 28, 2009

By	Atiba "Atiba" (Washington,dc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Act of Will (Paperback)

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

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what happened to the will??, August 21, 2006

By	Mathew Love Waraksa (San Marcos, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Act of Will (Paperback)

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.