WIP: Peladan Anthology Trilogy
Work continues apace for my three-volume anthology of Joséphin Péladan’s vast oeuvre, contracted to Theion Publishing. The first of these will be submitted by the end of 2025, for publication in 2026. The anthology series is organised by theme, covering the...
Horapollon’s Hieroglyphica: A New Translation with Commentary
New translation and commentary of Horapollon’s Hieroglyphica now available for pre-order!
Forthcoming book! Unlocking the Secrets of Horapollon’s Hieroglyphica
I’m delighted to announce that my brand new translation of the Hieroglyphica of Horapollon with scholarly commentary is now in preparation with Black Letter Press. Alice and Clavdio Rocchetti are working their magic, and the book should be going to print in the...
Magic in Modern Greek Culture
Magic in modern Greece was the PhD I didn’t get to do, because I was encouraged in a different direction and ended up specialising in the French Occult Revival.Nevertheless, it is a phenomenon and topic area interwoven throughout my culture, deeply influencing various...
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...
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...
Working with autistic patients in the bodywork clinic
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,...
4 books on Péladan lined up
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...
What exactly is evidence… and what do we do with it?
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...
How do you feel inside? Why Narrative medicine is critical to ethical practice
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...
Solving the Biopsychosocial Problem
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, May/June 2021 As efforts to embed evidence-based practice across manual therapy professions continue to grow, the biopsychosocial (BPS) healthcare model has not seen the success some may have hoped for.New book: Atalanta Unveiled
