Annotated Bibliography of the Will

The following annotated bibliography is based on the APA citation styles for bibliographies. Some deviations may exist due to the number of online articles from personal websites.

Articles

Alberti, Alberto. The Will in Psychotherapy. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from Synthesis Center web site: http://www.synthesiscenter.org/articles/0135.pdf

Anderson, Joann M. (2000). Living with Strong-Willed Children [Talk transcript]. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis web site: http://aap-psychosynthesis.org/resources/articles2/anderson2.htm

Arrowsmith, Brian (1997). Purpose and Will: The Relationship. Journal of Esoteric Psychology, 11(1). Retrieved April 21, 2008, from http://www.sevenray.net/PDF/PurposeandWill.pdf

Assagioli, Roberto (1967). Dynamic Psychology and Psychosynthesis. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Psychosynthesis Resources web site: http://www.psychosynthesisresources.com/NieuweBestanden/dynamic_psychology.pdf

Assagioli, Roberto (1967). Psychosomatic Medicine and Bio-Synthesis [Talk transcript]. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from Synthesis Center web site: http://www.synthesiscenter.org/articles/0121.pdf

Based on a lecture given before the Plenary Session of the International Psychosomatic Week, Rome, September 1967. It provides an introduction to psychosynthesis which Assagioli explains is properly named bio-psychosynthesis as it includes the body, not just the mind / psyche. Assagioli suggests that, from a patient’s point of view, not only the will is required but also a “fundamental will to be cured.” If the will is deficient or overwhelmed by a “counter-will” the doctor must be aware of this and attempt “to arouse or reinforce the will to be cured.” Without this “every therapeutic endeavor remains ineffective.” Assagioli suggests that “emotions and feelings of any … origin produce physical reactions … [and] … are the cause of psychosomatic disturbances.”

Assagioli, Roberto. The Training of the Will. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from Synthesis Center web site: http://www.synthesiscenter.org/articles/0117.pdf

Bayne, Tim (2005, February 24). Phenomenology and the Feeling of Doing: Wegner on the Conscious Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Macquarie University, Department of Philosophy web site: http://www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/tbayne/Wegner.pdf

Barker, Marilyn. Manifestations of the Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Dirk Kelder’s Psychosynthesis web site: http://two.not2.org/psychosynthesis/articles/manifest.htm

Bethel, Marybeth (1998, January 22). Choice, Will and Vision [Radio broadcast transcript]. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the Become More web site: http://www.becomemore.net/choicewillvision.php

Brown, Molly Young. Psychosynthesis – A “Systems” Psychology? Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Molly Young Brown’s web site: http://www.mollyyoungbrown.com/psychosynthesissystems_article.htm

Bruce, Robert. Juice Fasting 1.01: Building Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Real Magick web site: http://www.realmagick.com/articles/57/857.html

Clinebell, Howard J. Growth Resources in Psychosynthesis. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Religion Online web site: http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1939&C=1754

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. Free will. Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. The Will to Power. Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Will_to_Power

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. Volition (psychology). Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_%28psychology%29

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. Will. Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. Will (philosophy). Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(philosophy)

Contributors & Editors of Wikipedia. Will (sociology). Wikipedia. Retrieved Apirl 22, 2008, from Wikipedia on the World Wide Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(sociology)

Crampton, Martha. Empowerment of the Will through Life Coaching. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Dirk Kelder’s Psychosynthesis web site: http://two.not2.org/psychosynthesis/articles/coach.htm

Cullen, John W. (1997). The Effects of Psychosynthesis Training on the Self-Actualization Process in Managers [Electronic version]. Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis Newsletter, 2(1). Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis web site: http://www.aap-psychosynthesis.org/resources/articles2/cullen.htm

Cullen, John W. The Seven Psychosynthesis Types Applied to Management Style. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Dirk Kelder’s Psychosynthesis web site: http://two.not2.org/psychosynthesis/articles/7types.htm

Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Ed. (1911). Will (Philosophy). Classic Encyclopedia.

Eichler, Ruth (1997). Psychosynthesis and The Four-fold Way-A Synthesis [Electronic version]. Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis Newsletter, 2(1). Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis web site: http://www.aap-psychosynthesis.org/resources/articles2/eichler.htm

Haddick, Vern (1981). Facing Karma : The Obligatory Scene. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Canadian Theosophical Association web site: http://www.theosophical.ca/FacingKarma.htm

Haslanger, Sally (2004). Socrates on Weakness of Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from MIT, OpenCourseWare web site: http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-200Fall-2004/3DD9349A-3B58-42B6-9038-3B9951CCD9B2/0/akrasia.pdf

Mann, Frederick (2002). Willpower and Psychosynthesis. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the Build Freedom web site: http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl10d.html

Parfitt, Will (2006). Purpose and the Creative Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the Will Project web site: http://www.willproject.org/wiki/Purpose_and_the_Creative_Will

Parks, John Hulbert (2004). The Will and Bio-psychosynthesis [Electronic version]. The Synthesist: Journal of Psychosynthesis, 1(1). Retrieved June 7, 2008, from PSAvalon web site: http://www.psavalon.com/pdffiles/synthesist1art11.pdf

Pettitt, Guy. The Science of Goodwill. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the I Love U Love web site: http://www.iloveulove.com/downloads/Science%20of%20Goodwill.pdf

Pettitt, Guy. The Goodwill Patterns Booklet. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the I Love U Love web site: http://www.iloveulove.com/downloads/Goodwill%20Patterns%20Booklet%202.pdf

Ray, Jay. Being Willing. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Southern Psychosynthesis Community Network web site: http://www.psychosynthesis.org.nz/articles/being-willing.html

Ray, Jay. Conversations on the Will – Misuse of the Strong Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the Spiritflight web site: http://www.spiritflight.co.nz/Articles/psychosynthesis_conversations_on_the_will.htm

Tzadok, HaRav Ariel Bar. Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from the Kosher Torah web site: http://www.koshertorah.com/will.html

Asserts that Will is the “intention and desire to be” and that the beginning of something is its Will. Will is the blueprint for the process of becoming. Will manifests drives, desires and motivates actions. ” Will is a power … [and] … reveals something from the Nothing.” The “seed of Will” is nourished by “Wisdom”.

Vincent, Carolyn. The Will. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from Southern Psychosynthesis Community Network web site: http://www.psychosynthesis.org.nz/articles/the-will.html

Wegner, Daniel M (2003, February). The Mind’s Best Trick: How We Experience Conscious Will. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

Wegner, Daniel M. and Wheatley, Thalia (1999, July). Apparent Mental Causation: Sources of the Experience of Will. American Psychologist, 54(7), 480-492.

Wilson, Graeme. Who is Running Your Life? Retrieved February 23, 2009, from The Dunedin Spiritualist Church web site: http://www.spiritualistchurch.org.nz/articles/who-is-running-your-life.html

Articles Without Authors

Training the Will. (1900, July 7) The Golden Penny, p.10. Retrieved April 22, 2008, from ElmerGates.com web site: http://www.elmergates.com/by_others/training_the_will.pdf

Details an instrument known as a ‘myergesthesiometer’ designed by Elmer Gates to measure the mind’s power to discriminate differences in the feeling of the muscular energy which accompany slight differences in the dynamic energy required to move the lever or string. The aim of the machine is to assist in increasing the power to will muscular volitions with slighter energy differences and to increase powers of discrimination between energy differences.

Books

Assagioli, Roberto (2000). Psychosynthesis: A Collection of Basic Writings. (ISBN 0967857007) Synthesis Center.

Assagioli, Roberto (1973). The Act of Will. (ISBN 0670103098) Viking Adult.

Assagioli, Roberto (2007). Transpersonal Development (New Translation). (ISBN 0953081125), Inner Way Productions.

Bailey, Alice (1985). Discipleship in the New Age, Vol 1 (New Ed.). (ISBN 0853301034) Lucis Pub. Retrieved April 23, 2008, from Archive.org web site: http://web.archive.org/web/20070126090611/http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/discipleship1/toc.html

Bailey, Alice (1985). Discipleship in the New Age, Vol 2 (New Ed.). (ISBN 0853301042) Lucis Pub. Retrieved April 23, 2008, from Archive.org web site: http://web.archive.org/web/20070222004035/http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/discipleship2/toc.html

Coué, Émile (2007). Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion. (ISBN 1602061157) Cosimo Classics. Retrieved April 23, 2008, from Hypnosis School web site: http://www.hypnosisschool.org/web_images/Emile_Coue_Self_Mastery.pdf

Forbush, William Byron, Coe, George Albert, Kent, Charles Foster (1915). Child Study and Child Training. Retrieved July 2, 2008, from Google Books web site: http://books.google.com/books?id=icoKAAAAIAAJ

Contains a chapter entitled ‘Will Training‘ outlining concepts on the Will.

Heinlein, Robert A (2000). Lost Legacy. In Assignment In Eternity. (ISBN 0671578650) Baen.

Fiction – includes Mind and Will as themes

James, William (2005). The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy. Barnes & Noble Books.

James, William (1956). The Will to Believe, Human Immortality. (ISBN 0486202917) Dover Publications.

Marden, Orison Swett (1901) An Iron Will. (ISBN 1604244402) Book Jungle. Retrieved May 3, 2008, from The Project Gutenberg website: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13160

Originally published in 1901.

Maslow, Abraham (1993). The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. (ISBN 0140194703) Penguin (Non-Classics).

May, Gerald G. (1987). Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology. (ISBN 0062505823) HarperOne.

May, Rollo (2007). Love and Will (Reprint ed.). (ISBN 0393330052) W. W. Norton.

Palmer, Harry (2002). ReSurfacing: Techniques for Exploring Consciousness (ISBN 0962687499) Star’s Edge Creations.
Palmer, Harry (2003). The Avatar Basic Will Course. Florida, USA: Star’s Edge, Inc. Retrieved April 23, 2008, from Avatar EPC web site: http://www.avatarepc.com/html/Pillar3-Will-Eng.pdf

Third in the Avatar Mini-Course series, the Basic Will Course, details the Avatar (Harry Palmer) teachings relating to the functioning of the will. This course refers to will as “a broad term referring to the motivating force behind an activity.” (Volition). It details that the will can evolve though several realms described as instinctual, emotional, moral, self-determined, and transcendental. The aim of Avatar training is defined as becoming a source being. This is someone “who has recovered control of his or her will.” Self-sabotaging or conflicting behaviours and habits are described as “autopilot” and are said to be in the lower realms of will (instinctive, emotional, moral). Five exercises are included to assist in growth of the will: Awakening the Will; Disciplining the Will; Taking Control; Conquering Worry; and Willful Control.

Parfitt, Will (2006). Psychosynthesis: The Elements and Beyond (2nd Ed). (ISBN 0955278600) United Kingdom: PSAvalon

Walker, Alfred George (1975). The Importance of the Will: A Comparative Analysis of the Writings of Ellen White and Roberto Assagioli Unknown Publisher.

Wier, Dennis (2007). The Way of Trance. (ISBN 1888428104) Laytonville CA, United States: Trance Research Foundation, Inc.

Wier, Dennis (2006). Trance: from magic to technology (2nd Ed.). (ISBN 1888428392) Laytonville CA, United States: Trance Research Foundation, Inc.

Movies & Documentaries

Linklater, Richard (Writer/Director). (2001). Waking Life [Motion Picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox.

Has themes relating to Freewill

Miller, Zachary James. (2006) Intention, Belief, Emotion, and Will; Consciousness and The Scientific Basis for Magick and Miracles [DVD]. United States: CustomFlix.