Aleister Crowley

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 in her instructive article "psychosynthesis and kabbalah. new convergence for  
 inner work" (in edward hoffman, ed: opening the inner gates. new paths in 
 kabbalah and psychology. boston 1995: shambhala, pp. 177-198, here 183f.), 
 alyce r. tresenfeld writes:

  "t h e  c e n t r a l i t y   o f   w i l l

  the will became a central theme in assagioli's work. with its 'roots in 
  various older contributions' [the footnote here refers to assagioli's writing 
  'the act of will', nyc 1974, of which there exists also a german edition. the 
  best introduction to psychosynthesis, however, is the magnum opus with the 
  name in its title and the subtitle "a manual of principles and techniques", 
  nyc 1965; the german paperback edition was published at rowohlt, pynchon's 
  german publishing house:kfl], will plays a cardinal role in the process of   
  psychosynthesis. writing about will, ferruci states: 'if understood in its   
  proper perspective, the will is, more than any other factor, the key to human 
  freedom and personal power. ... (however,) whenever the will of an individual 
  is ignored, suppressed, or violated in a consistent and enduring way---or if  
  it is stillborn or even nonexistent---pain and illness arise.' assagioli   
  taught that the will regulates and directs from within and that ultimate   
  freedom is not only development of personal will but attunement with   
  transpersonal will. he explains: 'this relationship leads to a growing 
  interplay between, and ultimately to the fusion of, the personal and 
  transpersonal selves and in turn to their relationship with the ultimate 
  reality, the universal self, which embodies and demonstrates the universal, 
  transcendent will.' the late rabbi dovid din, a learned kabbalist whom i 
  interviewed, elucidated the premise of will's importance: 'will is the 
  quintessence of the divine nature. the divine will is the quintessence of the 
  divine nature. that means we are saying, in effect, god is pure will. god is 
  pure will because god is pure integrative being...now, that definition aligns 
  itself with a vision of the human predicament seen kabbalistically, as being a 
  lapse of the will...so, it follows that the more successfull i am at being a 
  person of will, the more i carry through my chosen identity and true 
  nature...that is really creating in myself a clarity that is the very essence 
  of the divine nature.' (...) a psychosynthesis approach encourages the 
  individual toward an open receptivity to guidance from the spiritual self."

kai //:: ps: on crowley see, of course, also the writings of israel regardie. 
         since he was personally involved with frater perdurabo regardie's view 
         is far from being unbiased. yet his combining of magick and            
         reichian bodywork, today maintained by chistopher s. hyatt and others, 
         is, in my eyes, one of the most fruitful ways of western spirituality 
         today. a good book to start is "foundations of practical magic".  


David schrieb:

> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/Psychosynthesis/what/ra.htm
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> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/Psychosynthesis/what/ps2.htm
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> "Psychosynthesis was first formulated in 1910 by the Italian psychiatrist, 
> Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974), a pioneer of the psychoanalytic movement in 
> Italy, and a contemporary of both Freud and Jung. Early in his work he 
> observed that repression of higher, superconscious impulses (later known as 
> "repression of the sublime") could be just as damaging to the psyche as 
> repression of material from the lower unconscious. Traditional 
> psychoanalysis recognizes a primitive, or "lower" unconscious - the source 
> of our atavistic and biological drives. But there is also a higher 
> unconscious, a superconscious - an autonomous realm from which originate our 
> more highly evolved impulses: altruistic love and will, humanitarian action, 
> artistic and scientific inspiration, philosophic and spiritual insight, and 
> the drive toward purpose and meaning in life. Psychosynthesis is concerned 
> with integrating material from the lower unconscious and with realizing and 
> actualizing the content of the superconscious. To this end, it uses a wide 
> range of techniques for contacting the superconscious and establishing a 
> bridge with that part of our being where true wisdom is to be found. The 
> superconscious is thereby accessible, in varying degrees, to each one of us, 
> and can provide a great source of energy, inspiration, and direction. 
> Psychosynthesis helps us in attempting to manifest this part of ourselves as 
> fully as possible in everyday living."
>
>
> >From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
> >
> >concerning the psycho-spiritual meaning of "will" i recommend the works of 
> >the italian  psychologist roberto assagiolo ("psychosynthesis"), who, very 
> >probably, had to do with crowley and/or the oto in an early period of his 
> >carreer. in last instance, so it seems to me, crowley's "will" is the 
> >non-doing of letting happen the rise of the kundalini shakti ...
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