[Online] Wed Oct 28 6pm PST Esoteric Writing Lab: The Ancestors Behind You

Esoteric Writing Lab: The Ancestors Behind You
Wednesday October 28th, 6-8pm PST
Facilitated by Jessica Chappell
Location: Online via Zoom
Recorded for absentees: Yes
Prerequisite: None

At this time of year, many traditions consider the veil between the living and the dead to be thinner than usual. The year turns inward. Memory becomes more present. The dead feel closer.

In this one-off Esoteric Writing Lab, we’ll use that threshold as a place to write from.

Through guided visualization, timed writing, and revision, students will turn toward the ancestral line behind them: the people who came before, the stories that remain, the voices that have disappeared, and the patterns, gifts, and unfinished things that continue through us.

Some ancestors may be known intimately; others may be little more than a name, a photograph, or an absence. You do not need detailed knowledge of your ancestry to participate.

By the end of the lab, each student will leave with one finished piece addressed to the line behind them.

No previous writing experience is necessary, and no particular belief about ancestors, spirits, or the afterlife is required.

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.