[Online] Thu July 30th 6pm Starman: David Bowie & The Occult Imagination with Jessica

STARMAN: David Bowie & The Occult Imagination
Teacher: Jessica Chappell
Thursday, July 30th 6pm PST
Recorded for Absentees: Yes
Location: Online via Zoom
Prerequisites: None

A one-off lecture exploring David Bowie through the lens of Tarot, Qabalah, symbolism, and the Western Mystery Tradition.

Rather than looking at Bowie only as a musician, we’ll look at why he became such a powerful vessel for archetypal and esoteric currents in modern culture. We’ll explore themes like the outsider archetype, persona as magical operation, death and rebirth, and the symbolic language woven throughout his work.

We’ll touch on Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, Blackstar, and a handful of Tarot archetypes that Bowie seemed to embody throughout his life and career.

You don’t need to be a Bowie expert to enjoy it. This is a conversation about symbolism, identity, myth, and transformation, using Bowie as our guide.

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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.