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Iatromathematics & Astral Magic: Similitude & Difference
A panel discussion on the methodological similarities between medical astrology and astral magic, historically.
What are the confluences, convergences, and separations?
Panel Organiser: Mary Gaterud
Mary Gaterud is a consulting astrologer, artist, and DJ homesteading in the wilderness of Northern California. She holds a BA from New College of USF in Psychology and French Literature and received an MA in Counseling from Seattle University. Mary's astrological studies include achievement of the Horary Practitioner’s Certificate with the STA. She is a regular contributor to The Evolving Astrologer and has served on the Executive Board of the Kepler Astrologers Toastmasters Club. She works as the Creative Content / Operations Coordinator for Kepler College, as well as a Teaching Assistant for Horary, Mundane, and Medical Astrology courses.
Fellow Panellists: Lee Lehman, William Morris, Kira Sutherland, Marcos Patchett, and JD Kelley
Dr. J. Lee Lehman has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. She has written eleven books, on horary, electional, mundane, medical, and solar returns. She taught every year during Kepler College's academic period, where she was Academic Dean. She teaches at Kepler College, Astrologia Campus Virtual (Spain), and New Moon School (China). Her private practice spans the globe, where she is primarily known for horary, medical, electional, and mundane.
Lee was the recipient of the 1995 Marc Edmund Jones Award, the 2008 Regulus Award for Education and the 2023 Charles Harvey Award.
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William Morris, DAOM, PhD brings a transdisciplinary approach spanning magic, medicine, and music. He has practiced astrology professionally since 1977 in multiple systems including Hellenistic, Medieval, Jyotish, and Vibrational traditions. Formally initiated into Egyptian Mystery Schools, Golden Dawn, and Eastern spiritual traditions, he studies Dasha Mahavidya under Maa Gyaan Suveera. He holds a doctorate in Chinese medicine (1988) and a PhD in transformative inquiry from CIIS, with recognized expertise in pulse diagnosis and herbal medicine. Since 1980 he has combined Daoist herbal practices with astrology, and since 1991 has used Lilly horary techniques learned from Olivia Barclay, work he continues with Lee Lehman. Author of Cycles in Medical Astrology, Li Shi-zhen Pulse Studies, and the forthcoming Sky and Meridian, he serves on the board of Kepler College.
Kira Sutherland is a highly experienced, award-winning naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist and medical astrologer living in Sydney, Australia. She divides her time between clinical practice and writing/lecturing on these subjects and is known and loved for her vibrant, straightforward teaching style. She has lectured worldwide and uses her 25 years of clinical experience and vast knowledge of healing, combined with her passion for medical astrology, into a wonderful mix of mind-body medicine. She can be found at www.astrologyofhealth.com or on socials @astrologyofhealth.
Marcos Patchett has practised as a medical herbalist for twenty years, initially specialising in complementary care for people living with HIV, and practicing from Neal’s Yard Remedies’ Therapy Rooms in London. He worked as a dispenser in Middlesex University’s training clinic for their Western Herbal Medicine BSc in 2009-2010, and later as a clinical supervisor for the Western Herbal medicine BSc and MSc courses at Middlesex from 2013-18, and for Westminster University in 2021-22, and for Heartwood online in 2020-23. Marcos is a student of Renaissance and classical astrology, an affiliate tutor for Kepler College in the U.S.A., the UK Qualified Horary Practitioner (QHP) school, and a faculty member of the Academy of Astrology UK. His first book, The Secret Life of Chocolate (thesecretlifeofchocolate.com), was released in 2020, and the smaller “paperback edit”, Pharmakakawa, was released in November 2024. He launched Plantarium, a school of medical astrology for herbalists, therapists and medical practitioners, in September 2024 (plantarium.uk/).
John-David (JD) Kelley is the chairman of the Scottish Astrological Association, having served since 2020; the founding president of the International Association of Astral Magic (IAAM), and the organiser of Astro Magia.
JD is a professional natal and electional astrologer, as well as a practicing astral magician and talisman crafter. His astrological leanings are both traditional and modern alongside a deep interest in astrological and astral magic. JD is influenced by historical approaches to magic, the mixing of magical traditions throughout the world, by an animist view of the Cosmos, by art and art-making, and by visionary and ecstatic practices. You can find him at Cunning as Folk where he teaches and practices his range of esoteric and interpretive arts, or you can follow his dance on instagram @cunningasfolk.