Esoteric Writing Lab: The Planets

Esoteric Writing Lab: The Planets
Wednesdays for 8-weeks beginning April 22nd, 11am-1pm PST
Facilitated by Jessica Chappell
Location: Online via Zoom
Recorded for absentees: Yes
Prerequisite: None

UPCOMING COURSE BEGINS APRIL 22ND:

This course invites you to develop your own devotional texts, one for each of the classical planets. Each week, we enter a planetary current and write from it using a simple poetic vessel. The form changes each week. We will work with structures such as hymn, blessing, benediction, psalm, refrain, call-and-response, and litany.

Over eight weeks, you will create a personal planetary cycle. By the end of the lab, you will have seven devotional texts, one for each of the classical planets, written in your own voice. These pieces can be used in ritual, meditation, prayer, altar work, or personal practice. The text you write here becomes a living companion you can return to again and again.

You will leave each class with a piece of poetry that you wrote. Expect guided writing, subtle craft, and language that becomes more evocative, devotional, and precise over time.

The goal is not to “write better poetry” in the conventional sense. The goal is to develop a voice that can carry spiritual weight. Language that can bless, clarify, protect, praise, and seal. The final week will be used to refine and share the work, allowing each participant to polish their planetary texts and experience them spoken aloud. By the end of the eight weeks, you will have a set of seven devotional texts, one for each of the classical planets.

What we will do each week:
A teaching on the planet’s symbolism and tone
A timed “transmission” writing session
A simple constraint (the vessel) to shape the piece
A refinement pass to strengthen rhythm, image, and clarity
Optional sharing to practice reading as consecration

Who this is for:
Students who love esoteric study and want a lived creative practice
Writers who want structure within a spiritual container
Anyone longing for language that feels like prayer, vow, or sacred petition

You will leave with:
One finished planetary text per week (7 total)
A repeatable method for evocative spiritual writing
A stronger command of tone, rhythm, and symbolic imagery