ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carolyn Shanti

Carolyn Shanti is the author of ‘Trap, Prey, Lust’. The novel is based on the true story of her own childhood, where she was brought up in a wealthy and privileged family in England.

A secluded and idyllic mansion, surrounded by acres of private property was where she spent her childhood years. It was also a place of dark shadows and sexual secrets

Her father, a prominent businessman in the fashion industry was a member of a well-known occult society. As a young child, Carolyn suffered ritual sexual abuse and was raped, not only by her own father but members of the society. She was ‘groomed’ and the use of mind control techniques ensured that she would never remember the abuse or the perpetrators of these acts of violence.

It was on a trip to India some years ago, that she started to have memories of the abuse, she was so unwell that she sought the help of Dr Rajan Sankaran, a renowned holistic physician, author and international speaker. In gratitude for his help, she has dedicated the book to him. For four years she was under his care at his clinic in Mumbai and has now completed her healing. It has been a long and arduous journey.

Carolyn has a master’s degree in social work and practiced for fifteen years in public hospitals in England and Australia, working with people suffering from cancer, terminal illness, neurological issues and traumatic brain injury. She taught at Melbourne University in Australia for nearly four years. In 1982 she trained as a holistic healer and had a practice in New York and London for some sixteen years, teaching also at ‘The New York Open Centre’. She has published numerous articles on social issues and some articles on holistic healing.

In ‘Trap, Prey, Lust’ she has narrated her own story of childhood abuse in the form of fiction. Her wish in publishing this book is to demonstrate the seriousness of the issues that we face in the sexual abuse of women and children, the cults and secret societies that support these crimes, and the cultures that often condone these practices.

From March 2019 after the publication of her book, Carolyn will be offering presentations and workshops in the United Kingdom, later in the year she will be giving workshops on ‘Surviving Sexual Abuse-Pathways to Healing’ in South Africa, Australia and in the United States of America.

Carolyn now resides in Cambridge, UK.