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...
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...
ONLINE COURSE: Introduction to Western Esotericism
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...
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...
ONLINE COURSE: Péladan & Self-Initiation
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...
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...
Narrative Medicine in Practice
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...
AW 2021 Courses on Greek Myth and Philosophy
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...
2021 Lecture on Leon Chaitow for Osteopathic Congress
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...
Research & Manuscript development seminars 2021
These course elements were commissioned by the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Patras as part of the Postgraduate Research Planning Module in their new MSc in Therapeutic Exercise. I was invited to provide specialised training to contribute to the...
2021 course: Introduction to the Academic Study of Western Esotericism
I am delighted with the experience and feedback from course participants, whose warm engagement made this second pandemic winter a pleasure to navigate. This course is now complete, and the recordings are being professionally edited before we make them available in...
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.
Sasha interviewed by David Lesondak
Earlier this year I was delighted to join David Lesondak on his Bodytalk podcast in which we discuss matters close to both our hearts: from the medical humanities to hot topics in the manual therapy...
Listen, My Body Electric
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, March/April 2020 Part 1: Narrative Medicine and the Holistic Revolution in Biomedicine
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...
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.
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
Intelligent Fascia?
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, November/December 2020 Once we are aware that we are in fact only one link in a long debate that has been repeated many times before, we can compare contexts and see where we may do things more constructively. We need to...
New alchemical art collection: The Seals of the Philosophers
New art collection The Seals of the Philosophers Opus Medico-Chymicum: tertius Basilica Philosophica The seals of the philosophers... is a set of emblems designed by Johannes Mylius in 1618 named for historical and mythical adepts and legends of alchemical lore......New book: Atalanta Unveiled
