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Interview of Roberto Assagioli, MD, Father of Psychosynthesis, by Evarts Greene Loomis, MD, Father of Holistic Medicine.This interview is excerpted from the 1973 film “Healing the Whole Person”, produced by Dr. Loomis and filmed by Ray Garner.From Wikipedia:”Evarts Greene Loomis (1910–2003) was an internationally known homeopathic physician, surgeon, author, lecturer, and visionary who is regarded by some as ‘the father of holistic medicine’. (…) He was inspired to conceptualize holistic medicine while a young doctor working for the Grenfell Mission, which served the fisherman families of Newfoundland and Labrador, traveling by dog sled and boat when necessary. ‘It was out of the ethers, or perhaps from God, that the words ‘Treat the whole man, treat the whole man’, kept flashing through my mind, and they have been with me ever since. For the next eighteen years, I gave much thought as to the practical application of a therapy that would include the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of illness’. (…) Holistic practitioners, authors of books on holistic modalities, and those who have benefited from holistic treatment are all indebted to Evarts’ unwavering pioneering spirit, his vision of holism, and his ability to synthesize it into a working model. For several years he struggled alone, in spite of criticism from traditional medicine—and even attempted arrests—to provide a template which is now rivaling mainstream medicine. Perhaps most important of all, he has lived the model that he created.””A Man Is More Than His Symptoms” (Title of one of Loomis’ articles)From the website “Answers.com”:”Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974) – Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and parapsychologist. He was born February 27, 1888, in Venice, Italy, and educated at University of Florence (M.D.). As a young psychiatrist he became disenchanted with first Freudian and then Jungian psychoanalysis. Thus he turned his attention to the development of a new psychology he termed psychosynthesis. Psychosynthesis assumes that in addition to the conscious self, or ‘I’, every person also has a pathway to a ‘Higher Self’, which is a reflection of the divine. The purpose of each human life is to participate as fully as possible in self-evolution along that pathway. The system was left open so that both individuals and any psychologists could participate in developing psychosynthesis and incorporate the various occult tools of transformation.Assagioli founded the Institute of Psychosynthesis in 1926. He met Alice Bailey during the early 1930s, and they became friends; their organizations have retained a working association. Psychosynthesis was suppressed during World War II, and Assagioli was arrested. He spent his prison days exploring meditation and altered states of consciousness. After the war he revived his work and promoted the founding of institutes in the United States, Greece, and England.In 1958 Assagioli became chair of the Psychosynthesis Research Foundation at Greenville, Delaware, and editor of Psiche-Rivista di Studi Psicologici. During his mature years, he authored a set of books which became the major statements of psychosynthesis. He died in Capaiona, Italy, on August 23, 1974.”— File Information —File Name:                           Video clip with Roberto Assagioli from ‘Healing the Whole Person’.flvDuration (hh:mm:ss):          8:13.217File Size (in bytes):              67,419,468— Container Information —Base Type:                          Flash Video (.FLV)— Video Information — Video Codec Name:             Flash/On2 VP6Video Duration:                   8:13.217frame Width (pixels):          480frame Height (pixels):         368Pixel Aspect Ratio:               Display Aspect Ratio:           frames Per Second:            29.978Video Bitrate (kbps):           981— Audio Information —                                                       Audio Codec:                      MPEG-1 Layer 3Audio Sample Rate:            44100 Hz Audio BitRate Type:            CBRAudio Channels                   2Audio Bitrate(kbps):           128