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Sasha Chaitow

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Sasha Chaitow PhD is a prolific British-Greek author, artist, and lecturer, specialising in cultural history, esotericism, and the history and philosophy of science. She has exhibited her art internationally in 14 solo exhibitions since 2000, and has worked as a curator and event manager since 2008. She lectures internationally for academic and general audiences, and teaches academic skills and research literacy for the health professions. Her current research interests include the history and reception of Greek language and culture, and the medical humanities.

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New in 2024

Resurgam – almost

It has been two years since this website was updated - two painful years in which I abandoned all my projects to walk alongside my mother down a slow, agonising path that ended in her passing on November 4th 2023. Why I went AWOL Since summer 2022 I have been...

New Book! Son of Prometheus

Highly anticipated and certainly overdue, I am delighted to announce the publication of my book Son of Prometheus: The Life and Work of Joséphin Péladan by Theion Publishing. The Standard Edition The Auric Edition (sold out) Dedication page Unboxing! Unboxing 2 Based...

CONFERENCE PAPER: ESSWE 9

"A Counterpoint to the Sum of Stupidity, or, How to become a Daimonic Genius. Joséphin Péladan's curriculum for self-initiation as an Ariste Conference poster Behind the scenes, just before going live! Note: Due to personal circumstances I was not able to attend in...

New Book! Chaitow’s Muscle Energy Techniques 5e

Over a decade ago, as he completed some of the earlier revisions to his manual therapy textbooks, my father Leon Chaitow said to me, laughingly, "When I'm dead this'll be your problem." Little did I know how quickly that time would come, and how I would find myself...

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Writing

Teaching

New Book! Son of Prometheus

New Book! Chaitow’s Muscle Energy Techniques 5e

Working with autistic patients in the bodywork clinic

4 books on Péladan lined up

What exactly is evidence… and what do we do with it?

How do you feel inside? Why Narrative medicine is critical to ethical practice

Solving the Biopsychosocial Problem

Listen, My Body Electric

CFP: “Pagan Responses to Health, Disease, and Healing:” Special Issue of The Pomegranate International Journal of Pagan Studies

Guest editor: Sasha Chaitow, PhD. Abstract deadline 31st May 2021.

Intelligent Fascia?

CONFERENCE PAPER: ESSWE 9

ONLINE COURSE: Introduction to Western Esotericism

ONLINE COURSE: Péladan & Self-Initiation

AW 2021 Courses on Greek Myth and Philosophy

2021 Lecture on Leon Chaitow for Osteopathic Congress

Symposium lecture “How to Speak the Language of the Gods”

Research & Manuscript development seminars 2021

2021 course: Introduction to the Academic Study of Western Esotericism

Lecture for ETH Zurich: Art and literature as vehicles for change

Esoteric art and literature as vehicles for change: Joséphin Péladan’s vision for a spiritual revolution, by Sasha Chaitow for ETH Zurich, 10th November 2020

Conference Paper: Image and Logos: Symbolic Vocabularies and Inspired Revelations | Trans-States 2, University of Northampton, September 2019

Sasha presenting on revelation through art in the Belle Epoque.

ART

Media

New alchemical art collection: The Seals of the Philosophers

Participation in “New Symbols” exhibition, Athens

Art in dark places

Portfolio: Salon de la Rose+Croix: the mystical artworks of Sasha Chaitow

A collection of fifteen art prints from the original coloured drawings and accompanying historical booklet, both by Sasha Chaitow PhD.

Les bijoux de la Rose +Croix

The Peladan Centenary Collection 1918-2018

Stained by the Light II & ART = PRAXIS Symposium | Glastonbury 2017

Stained by the Light I | Sasha Chaitow’s 2017 art exhibition | A virtual visit to the Corfu show

Sasha Chaitow’s exhibition of melodized neosymbolist art “Stained by the Light I”, Corfu Reading Society, May 2017

Ρεπορτάζ από το Corfu TV για την έκθεση Λερωμένη από το Φως

Studio shots – Sasha at the easel

2021 Lecture on Leon Chaitow for Osteopathic Congress

Sasha interviewed by David Lesondak

Lecture for ETH Zurich: Art and literature as vehicles for change

Esoteric art and literature as vehicles for change: Joséphin Péladan’s vision for a spiritual revolution, by Sasha Chaitow for ETH Zurich, 10th November 2020

Conference Paper: Image and Logos: Symbolic Vocabularies and Inspired Revelations | Trans-States 2, University of Northampton, September 2019

Sasha presenting on revelation through art in the Belle Epoque.

Stained by the Light II & ART = PRAXIS Symposium | Glastonbury 2017

Ρεπορτάζ από το Corfu TV για την έκθεση Λερωμένη από το Φως

Studio shots – Sasha at the easel

“The Greater Perfect System” (Studio visit #1-Stained by the Light collection)

From Sasha Chaitow’s studio: a video talking about the ideas behind her 2017 art collection, featuring the painting “The Greater Perfect System” – an ode to the power of music and geometry.

Lecture: Josephin Peladan – A Salon to Initiate the Masses”

FANTAST IN FOCUS: Interview for “The Thinker’s Garden” July 2016

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A seasoned and inspiring speaker, Sasha delivers expert lectures, workshops, and masterclasses on a variety of topics. Virtual or in person, she will be happy to discuss your needs. Click below for excerpts from past talks and a list of topic areas.