IAHR Conference Paper on Orthodoxy and Hermetism
I’m delighted to confirm that my paper proposal has been accepted for participation in the XXIII International Association for the History of Religions World Congress 2025 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Here is my paper abstract: Theosis, Theurgy,...
Magickal Women Conference Confirmed!
I’m delighted to confirm that I will be speaking and vending at the Magickal Women Conference in Birmingham on 14th June! See the conference website for details and tickets. My lecture abstract: Chthonic brides and silken secrets Greek folk bridal embroidery and...
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...
Video: Insights from Leon Chaitow
I was deeply touched on receiving an invitation from the organisers of the CIVO International Osteopathic Congress organised by Escuela Osteopatica de Madrid – Chile, that took place online in May 2021, asking me to share my father’s thoughts on osteopathy...
Symposium lecture “How to Speak the Language of the Gods”
Invited lecture for a Symposium on the goddess Hekate. Description: The oldest known Hymn to Hecate was composed by the epic poet Hesiod, a close contemporary of Homer who claimed to have received the stories of the birth of gods from the Muses themselves. His...
New Year 2021 lectures
I’m delighted to be returning to Treadwell’s in the New Year (albeit virtually) for a series of live lectures that will span through to the Spring. First, two standalone lectures based on my recent books: Atalanta Unveiled, and my PhD dissertation on...
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
Stained by the Light II & ART = PRAXIS Symposium | Glastonbury 2017
Stained by the Light II 2017 was Sasha Chaitow’s new solo exhibition of neosymbolist art, accompanied by music written for the paintings, and a one-day symposium of talks by scholars and artists “Art = Praxis”. The exhibition was hosted at Glastonbury Galleries...Lecture: Josephin Peladan – A Salon to Initiate the Masses”
Immensely prolific, yet discredited during his lifetime, the symbolist author and visionary occultist Joséphin Péladan (Sâr Merodack, 1858-1918) constructed a vast yet coherent body of teachings in response to the social decadence he perceived in late 19th century...New book: Atalanta Unveiled
