by Sasha Chaitow | Feb 14, 2024 | News
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...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 14, 2023 | News, Writing
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...
by Sasha Chaitow | Jul 14, 2023 | Conference paper, Events, News, teaching
“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...
by Sasha Chaitow | Jun 14, 2023 | Books, Health Sciences, News, Writing
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...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 14, 2022 | Events, News, teaching
This highly popular, scholarly but accessible course is running for another year, hosted by Treadwell’s books. Extended and augmented, this twelve-month offering explores esoteric traditions to give a well-rounded sense of their content; it teaches their...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 20, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
When talking about autism in the healthcare context, it is often automatically perceived as a condition to be treated or cured. This is a prevalent attitude among the general public and healthcare professionals alike, yet, according to many in the autistic community,...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 1, 2022 | Academic, Books, English only, Writing
After a long, long gestation, I’m delighted to announce that my research study of Péladan, drawn from my PhD thesis, will be published in July 2022 by Theion Publishing! This is the first of four books I will be publishing with Theion. Entitled Son of...
by Sasha Chaitow | Mar 1, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
A contentious issue in the manual therapy professions is the question of how far specific applications are or are not evidence-based, and the degree to which clinical experience should be part of the clinical reasoning process. Promoting evidence-informed medicine...
by Sasha Chaitow | Feb 14, 2022 | Events, News, teaching
The late 19th-century Parisian occult community gave birth to an extraordinary initiatory system, hidden and obscure – until now. Joséphin Péladan (1858 – 1918) created a program for esoteric self transformation centred upon artistic creativity, personal...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
The last three articles in this series explored what I have called a “holistic revolution in biomedicine” in the form of narrative medicine – an approach to the clinical encounter designed to address ethical and practical shortcomings of the...
by Sasha Chaitow | Sep 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, September/October 2021 This is the third in a series of four articles on narrative-based medicine, a protocol for building the therapeutic alliance that rests on holistic principles and addresses shortcomings in the...
by Sasha Chaitow | Jun 8, 2021 | Events, News, Philosophy Lectures, teaching
This coming autumn/winter Sasha will be offering three entirely fresh courses via Treadwell’s Events. Delivered fully online via Zoom with a delayed viewing option, these are available from anywhere in the world, in all time zones. The courses will open for...
