Fatherdom
By Brian Chapman
Fatherdom explores the burden and transformation of fatherhood-both personal and archetypal. From the framework of religion to the social architecture of modern identity, Brian Chapman unravels the myths we've inherited, exposing their weight, their fractures, and their influence on the generations to come.
This is not a guidebook or a manifesto. It is a meditation on legacy-what we inherit, what we carry, and what we pass on, knowingly or not. Chapman draws on the psychological landscapes of Carl Jung, the philosophical provocations of Friedrich Nietzsche, the spiritual freedom of Alan Watts, and the cultural diagnostics of Jordan Peterson. Through these lenses, Fatherdom examines why traditional religious frameworks are breaking down and how that collapse shapes our inner lives.
Why does God exist, and who made Him? Why do we bear the wounds of our fathers-and what does it mean to break the cycle? Where does authority come from, and how do we live when the gods of our youth have gone silent?
Blending memoir, myth, and philosophy, Chapman guides the reader through a deeply personal reckoning with the Divine Masculine-not as dogma, but as archetype. He explores fatherhood not as a role to perform, but as a symbol to integrate: sometimes loving, sometimes absent, sometimes terrible.
At its core, Fatherdom is about transformation-of spirit, structure, and story. It's for those who feel the tectonic shifts beneath their feet, who no longer find refuge in inherited answers, and who sense the weight of legacy pressing inward from generations past.
This book does not offer certainty, but it offers something just as vital: a framework for the questions we dare to ask when the old gods fall silent. It challenges us to examine what must be destroyed, what must be rebuilt, and what it truly means to become whole in a world still learning how to father itself.
