Author: Graeme Wilson
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Will (Catholic Encyclopedia)
(Latin voluntas, Greek boúlesis, “willing” German Wille, French volonté). This article treats of will in its psychological aspect. The term will as used in Catholic philosophy, may be briefly defined as the faculty of choice; it is classified among the appetites, and is contrasted with those which belong either to the merely sensitive or to…
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Transpersonal Development (book)
Note: Contents and quotes below are from the Crucible edition, and may vary slightly from the new edition Contents Part One – The Study of the Superconscious Part Two – Spiritual Awakening Part Three – Spirituality in Everday Life Appendices Quotes From Chapter 4. Expanding the Consciousness: Conquering and Exploring the Worlds Within From Chapter…
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Trance: from magic to technology
Contents Selected Notes Relating To The Will Chapter 1 – The Magic and Mystery of Trance “Furthermore, many people have abused trance and therefore it has a certain negative reputation — no doubt originally from Mesmer, Svengali and Rasputin. Indeed, for some people, just to mention the word trance gets them nervous. Often, the reason…
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Thelema
The word itself is the English transliteration of the Koine Greek noun θέλημα: “will”, from the verb θέλω: to will, wish, purpose. Early Christian writings use the word to refer to the will of God, the human will, and even the will of God’s opponent, the Devil. Thelema as a philosophy of life, is based…
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (book)
Contents Preface by Bertha G. Maslow Introduction by Henry Geiger Part I – Health and Pathology 1. Toward a Humanistic Biology 2. Neurosis as a Failure of Personal Growth 3. Self-Actualizing and Beyond Part II – Creativeness 4. The Creative Attitude 5. A Holistic Approach to Creativity 6. Emotional Blocks to Creativity 7. The Need…
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The Act of Will (book)
See also: The Act of Will Study Guide (free). The Act of Will outlines what Roberto Assagioli saw as being one of the most important aspects of the psyche, and one of particular importance to Psychosynthesis – The Will. Contents Part One – The Nature of the Will Part Two – The Stages of Willing…
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Silvano Arieti
Silvano Arieti (born in Pisa, Italy on June 28, 1914 and died in New York on August 7, 1981) was a psychiatrist regarded in his time as one of the world’s foremost authorities on schizophrenia. He received his M.D. from the University of Pisa but left Italy soon after because of Mussolini’s increasingly fascist racial…
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Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (book)
Contents Selected Notes Relating To The Will Chapter 3 – Will And Imagination If we open a dictionary and look up the word “will”, we find this definition: “The faculty of freely determining certain acts”. We accept this definition as true and unattackable, although nothing could be more false. This will that we claim so…
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Rollo May
Rollo May (April 21, 1909, Ada, Ohio – October 22, 1994, Tiburon, California) was an American existential psychologist, authoring the influential book Love and Will in 1969. Although he is often associated with humanistic psychology, he differs from other humanistic psychologists such as Virginia Satir, Abraham Maslow or Carl Rogers in showing a sharper awareness…