Venus and Her Fly Trip is an epic inner science fiction adventure through deep inner space about a young mermaid yogini (mergini!) named Venus for children ages 4-10. The children’s book trilogy sets the stage for when teenage Venus’ adventures continue in a young adult series (scroll to the very bottom for a sneak peek).
The children’s book trilogy begins underwater in Mermaidia (located 152 unfathomables under the sea), where all beings are equal, loving-kindness is the norm, and self-hatred does not exist. Over the course of the trilogy, readers will follow Venus and her best friends, the Pistil Whipsies as they shape-shift into earthwalkers, explore new lands full of magical animals, and learn to live under the Logic Spell (which has taken over the Earth, making earthwalkers forget they are rooted in intuition and loving-kindness.)
Venus and her friends encounter increasingly confounding challenges on their magical adventures that match their ever-increasing intelligence and personal growth. In each book, Venus overcomes a self-limiting concept of herself, promoting her self-esteem, and also learns how to work harmoniously with groups in complex situations.
The children’s book trilogy begins underwater in Mermaidia (located 152 unfathomables under the sea), where all beings are equal, loving-kindness is the norm, and self-hatred does not exist. Over the course of the trilogy, readers will follow Venus and her best friends, the Pistil Whipsies as they shape-shift into earthwalkers, explore new lands full of magical animals, and learn to live under the Logic Spell (which has taken over the Earth, making earthwalkers forget they are rooted in intuition and loving-kindness.)
Venus and her friends encounter increasingly confounding challenges on their magical adventures that match their ever-increasing intelligence and personal growth. In each book, Venus overcomes a self-limiting concept of herself, promoting her self-esteem, and also learns how to work harmoniously with groups in complex situations.
In Book One: Venus Underwater, Venus the mermaid yogini is born amidst music and soon begins to study magic at Charm School. One day, during a field trip to a special amusement park, Venus and her best friends the Pistil Whipsies encounter the impact of the Greed Curse on their home, Mermadia. In one ride at the park, the class time-travels to Mermantis, where Mermaids and earthwalkers used to live in harmony. They witness Creepy Crawler the Trawler, which Greedy Hughmans created to steal allgood energy bubbles from the Mermaids. Venus and her classmates work together as a group using mindfulness, imagination and positive intention to create a remedy.
In Book Two: Venus Made-of-Light, Venus ventures onto land and has her first dose of the Logic Spell, which enables her to shapeshift into an earthgirl and to “think logically” while retaining her full mermaid intuition. While on land, she helps a group of cows who are being held captive by the Overrancher, who has brainwashed them to believe one type of cow is better than the other. Working together with Harriet the Flying Fox, hummingbirds, Cooper’s hawks, and 3 mice who might be blind, Venus and her friends outsmart the Overrancher with love and kindness, and Venus learns conflict mooodiation skills that promote inter-species harmony.
In Book Three: Venus and the In-Betweens, Venus does a “solo” trip to earth (a type of vision quest) for a few days, where she ventures into an odd place called Paradox Pond, where things are not quite what they seem, nor are they otherwise. Venus, a fish out of water, becomes so affected by the Logic Spell that she forgets she is a mermaid. She encounters the 14th Billion Mosquito of Great Compassion, meets various enchanted animals, plants, and gems that gently remind her of her true nature as she struggles to find the right balance between logic and intuition.
©2018 Julia Hengst