| massage & bodywork | hypnotherapy | landspirit relations | death & other lives | divinatory play | community |
“the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.“
Hi! I am Dilan (he/it), an ‘un’settler witch who reclaims magic to connect and heal with body-matter-and-spirit as seamless extensions of the land. I live in Exeter, England, and work with clients all over the world.
I am passionate about (re-)politicising witchcrafts and using them for holistic healing (or unsettling) of our settler societies afflicted by physical, mental and spiritual symptoms of ecological devastation, social oppression, and resulting intergenerational trauma.
I always work with the principles of informed consent and do-no-harm. I am not religious and tend to distinguish religion from spirituality and magic; but I welcome and respect clients with religious beliefs.
I weave massage, bodywork, and psychic techniques of divination and trance with over 12 years of experience developing my politicised practice and philosophy of spirituality, magical knowledge, tech and law. Through this, I have evolved a unique ‘unsettling’ approach to witchcrafts, power, land/ecology and holistic healing, with which I guide, mentor and educate. I have lived across Western Europe and South Asia and have a syncretic orientation, learning and drawing from the Eurasian mystical traditions of sufism, old norse magic, vāmā tantra and druidry. At the same time, I am deeply reflective and critical of the assimilation of these traditions in white supremacy, casteism, fascism, gender and settler cultures.
I am active in queer magical, land justice, anticolonial education, critical tech politics, gaming, trauma healing, herbalist, and energy healing communities; and continue to be humbled while deepening my knowledge and skills.
“the wound is the place where the light enters you.” — Jalāl al-din Rumi
~here for all the weird and mad people. no cops. no armed forces. no hindutva. no zionists. no nazis, no fash. psych-abolition. anticaste. disabled, trans and queer-friendly. refugees welcome. nobody is illegal~
Connect with earthy wonder and magic against an oppressive world
“how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” — bell hooks
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Therapeutic Touch & Massage
Tarot Game for Magical Insights
Guidance for Creative Uncertainty
Support for Grief & Loss
TESTIMONIALS
I have not felt this relaxed and refreshed in years. Really. Dilan massages with such care and deliberation, with such attention to the needs of the body and mind. I felt extremely comfortable throughout and left feeling a deep sense of bliss. At the end of the massage, Dilan spoke to me about what my body communicated to him and that really helped me understand why I had been feeling tension in particular areas and how to take care of myself. I highly recommend!
— NORA, ACADEMIC
The best massage I’ve ever had. After years of different recommendation for different styles it was such a relief to have Dilan be sensitive without the tick-box exercise and make me feel better in soul and body. I was always sensitive to ribs massage and worried about whether I was giving too much or not enough attention to chronic pain but Dilan works different. A good massage will remind you of your problems; Dilan makes you better.
— BARNEY, PROGRAMMER
Sessions with Dilan are therapeutic and empowering. He helps his clients find their voice and, sometimes to even go for the things that they have been intuitively intent on since ages. I told him once that he helps me help myself and that cannot be closer to the truth. The fact remains that through his sessions, he carefully nudges his clients towards decision making, all the while looking at the bigger goals of life. It helps that he somehow fortifies the individual agency and confidence building that at some point get lost in a labyrinth of anxiety and negative thought spiral. He is a sounding board that I always look up to.
— SA, LAWYER
I have reached out to Dilan at many low and high points, for some guidance or magic or for feeling seen. My last consultation with him was in the middle of a particularly dark period. Dilan’s reading gave me some stillness and strength even when I could not conceive its reach. I found myself repeatedly listening to our session recording, on walks on the beach, stealing away time to revel in the shocking clarity of the words. Ultimately, Dilan has taught me to honor my own magic and continue on this path of trusting in the alchemy of time and intuition.
— SPIROGYRA, ARTIST