[Online] Starting Sun May 3rd 2pm Book Club XXV The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum by Levi

$25.00

Book Club XXV The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum
Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps written by Éliphas Lévi, translated and interpreted by William Wynn Westcott

Sundays beginning May 3rd, 2:30-4pm PST
5 weeks: May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st
Facilitated by Jessica Chappell
Location: Online via Zoom
Recorded for absentees: Audio recording available for all participants

Our 25th convergence of the 22 Teachings Book Club presents The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum of Tarot by Éliphas Lévi, translated and interpreted by William Wynn Westcott.

Unveiled in English in the late 19th century, this text is drawn from a manuscript handwritten by Lévi himself and preserved within a rare edition of De Septem Secundeis by Johannes Trithemius. It offers a symbolic system that unites the Tarot with the rulership of the Seven Archangels, tracing a vision of time, consciousness, and spiritual law through planetary cycles and sacred correspondences.

This work of Lévi is a precursor to the current later formalization by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. While the Golden Dawn systematized and expanded these teachings, this text brings us closer to the source stream that informed that work.

In our time together, we will approach this text as magicians. Rather than reading it passively, we will work with it as a ritual map: tracing the movement of the soul through the Tarot keys and observing how these forces operate within our own inner world. Each key becomes an operation, a station of awareness, and a point of contact between the human and the divine.

The reading layout is as follows. Please have these read before the meeting and be ready to share.

Week 1: Sunday, May 3
Preface by the Editor
Chapter 1: The Magician — Le Bateleur
Chapter 2: The Priestess — La Papesse
Chapter 3: The Empress — L’Imperatrice
Chapter 4: The Emperor — L’Empereur

Week 2: Sunday, May 10
Chapter 5: The Pope, or Hierophant — Le Pape
Chapter 6: The Lovers — L’Amoureux
Chapter 7: The Chariot of Hermes — Le Chariot
Chapter 8: Justice — La Justice
Chapter 9: The Hermit — L’Ermite
Chapter 10: The Wheel of Fortune — La Roue de Fortune

Week 3: Sunday, May 17
Chapter 11: Fortitude—Strength — La Force
Chapter 12: The Hanged Man — Le Pendu
Chapter 13: Death — La Mort
Chapter 14: Temperance — La Temperance
Chapter 15: Satan—The Devil — Le Diable
Chapter 16: The Tower — La Maison de Dieu

Week 4: Sunday, May 24
Chapter 17: The Star — L’Étoile
Chapter 18: The Moon — La Lune
Chapter 19: The Sun — Le Soleil
Chapter 20: The Last Judgment — Le Jugement
Chapter 21: The Unwise Man — Le Mat
Chapter 22: The Universe — Le Monde

Week 5: Sunday, May 31
The Kabalistic Prayer
Note by the Editor
The Conclusion

Please note:

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As always with our bookclub, we record audio only, no video, and this is sent to everyone who is signed up. We do not sell the audio later on the website. This is a participation based event, designed for all to share and feel safe to ask questions, share experiences and learn together.

This discussion will be facilitated by professional Tarot Reader, ceremonial magician, and long-time student of 22 Teachings Jessica Chappell of Tarot de Baja.

Jessica will reach out to everyone signed up a few days in advance of week 1 to check in.

At 22 Teachings, Jessica leads the Book Club and creates tarot-based ritual classes that invite students to step inside the symbols so that what is read on the page becomes lived, embodied magic. Jessica has always been a seeker, and motherhood initiated her into a new octave of magic. Becoming Bisou’s mother gave her an even clearer sense of why spiritual practice matters in real life, in real time, with tiny hands tugging at the hem of ritual.

Her relationship with the unseen began in childhood, collecting crystals and reading tarot as a way to listen beneath the surface of things. In 2017, she began formal study with Naha at 22 Teachings, where her work in Hermetic Qabalah, ritual magic, and tarot became a dedicated path. She approaches the tarot as a living book of wisdom, a mirror for our human experience, and a practical tool for choosing the next right step when the soul is quietly asking for change.