Books by Jenny Chapman

In the ∩¼ünal instalment of her well-received Two White Feathers trilogy, Jenny Chapman describes a personal journey around the landscape of the Glastonbury Zodiac. Starting at the Girt Dog of Langport and reaching to Burrow Mump, she immerses herself in each of the astrological signs and their giant e∩¼â  gies imprinted on the Somerset landscape. The resulting story is a fascinating insight into how to heal childhood trauma and grief, and the need to move beyond them and communicate with the spirit worlds.  As she attempts to unravel the mysteries of King Arthur’s round table and her own psyche, Jenny encounters the Underworld where lie the demons of her past. It takes the guidance of an enigmatic storyteller to lead her through to new knowledge and wisdom – encountering the Tuatha Dé Danann, an ancient fairy race, the Irish sea-God Manannán mac Lir, the Cetus whale and Merlin’s dragons. Dogged by her alter-ego Angela, she reckons with her feelings for the mystical Graham.Jenny uses story, myth and legend to vividly communicate each step of her journey. The introduction records her lived experience between 21st August 2017 and 2nd July 2019, whilst the story itself details each step in her physical and spiritual progress. The book closes with a set of notes that describe her learnings on the Arthurian Legends, Consciousness, Divination and Ancestral Healing.Summerlands o∩¼Ç ers both a thought-provoking testament to the potential results of trauma, grief and identity issues as well as a practical guide to the evolutionary process of consciousness via our personal cosmology, stories and the planets. 

In this, the second instalment in her Two White Feathers trilogy, practitioner Jenny Chapman takes us on a trip around the pagan wheel of the year, as eight practitioners reveal how key festival times – Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh and Mabon – connect with their contemporary practice. The resulting interviews are testament to an alternative way of viewing the world, and different ways of harnessing energy.   And what practitioners they are! ‘A series of bards, hags, shrews, soothsayers, sorcerers, shamans and witches – call them what you will – came to my aid’  writes Jenny, and whether using horses with prisoners, forging power tools with a magical smith or seeking communion with the Yew tree, her interviewees prove both unique and linked in the open-mindedness and rigor of their approach.  Jenny ends the book with a description of her own journey through the year, and what her teachers have offered her by way of viewing the world afresh.  Enchanted Beings is both a fascinating view into a world most of us are content to let pass by, and a practical guide to how to access the ancient cycles which course through the shared land we inhabit.

So much in the life of Jenny Chapman seemed against her. She has written about her life from the age of three to her present age of 74 years. She was born in the hardships of the Second World War. At the age of three, her father started to abuse her sexually.    <P><P>Chapman was also brought up in a strict religion. She was not allowed to mix with others outside of this religion. This meant that she had no friends at school, or later, at college. Without a friend for most of her life, she was bullied unmercifully at school. She was admitted to psychiatric hospitals with deep depression, an eating disorder, and as a suicide risk.    <P><P>Chapman’s grandfather and father were both bipolar. This was detected in Chapman herself from a very early age. This became a battle throughout her life, and is something she will always live with. Her mother was extremely overweight. From an early age, Chapman became very aware of her size and how she looked in comparison to other girls. It was at college – because of a remark from a lecturer – that she developed Anorexia Nervosa.    <P><P>Chapman became a teacher. As a teacher, she empathized with her pupils that were emotionally hurt or scarred as she had been, and gave of her time to see them through their troubles.    <P><P>Despite all, Chapman persevered through life, never giving up and always striving for her best.  Achieving this, she went on to gain the freedom she always longed for as a child. She is living a happy and free life with so much pleasure. She has her friends and a loyal cat.    <P><P>She can only say never give up and always aim high. <P><P>About the Author<P><P>Author Jenny Chapman lives in the large village known as Buckhurst Hill in the county of Essex, in England. She has lived there all her life. She always has the company of her cat. She is an avid animal lover.    <P><P>Against all the odds, Chapman studied P. E and Art at college and passed top in her year. She went on to teach in a secondary school. She loves art and craft and spends hours tending her garden. She has joined a health club and swims weekly.    <P><P>Chapman has now found freedom in every way and enjoys life to the full, with her many friends.