Sacred Massage: The Magic and Ritual of Soothing Touch - Softcover

DeAngelo, Debra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738772674 ISBN 13: 9780738772677

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, 2023

Synopsis

Harness the Healing Power of Touch through Spiritual Bodywork

Featuring a variety of physical and spiritual techniques, this book helps you explore massage therapy through the lens of magic and ritual. Debra DeAngelo teaches you how to infuse each session with divine love and channel your healing energy into another person. This thoughtful touch can provide relaxation and relief to family and friends with a variety of ailments, such as:

Alzheimer's Disease • Anxiety • Arthritis • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Chronic Pain • Cramps • Digestive Disorders • Dementia • Depression • Fibromyalgia • Grief • Headaches • High Blood Pressure • Inflammation • Insomnia • Sports Injuries

Sacred Massage provides hands-on activities for preparing your ritual space, creating an altar, grounding, setting intentions, and inviting the elements. Discover how meditation and deity worship can help you establish a deeply spiritual session. Use herbs, crystals, essential oils, and candles to elevate the therapeutic experience. Culminating in a full-body massage sequence, this easy-to-understand book provides everything you need to create a magical massage experience for yourself and your loved ones.

Includes a foreword by Karen Mo, MD

About this title

About the Author

Debra DeAngelo is a garden variety Pagan and eclectic solitary dirt witch. She has written three books for Llewellyn as well as feature stories and opinion pieces for Witches & Pagans and SageWoman magazines, and she has self-published two anthologies. She taught beginning Paganism classes for University Magickus (an online paranormal/magical school) for more than two years. Debra continues to lead a monthly tarot study group, now in its tenth year, and reads tarot privately and at public events.

Following a long career in print journalism as a managing editor and award-winning, syndicated opinion columnist, she now focuses on her massage practice, magical exploration, writing, and horseback riding. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California at Davis and is a graduate of Massage Therapy Institute in Davis.

For more information or to get in touch, visit her at DebraDeAngelo.com, or find her on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky.

Edition details

• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738772674
• ISBN 13: 9780738772677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288