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Carolyn Mathews

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London, The United Kingdom

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http://carolynmathews.co.uk

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Contemporary, Spirituality, Historical Fiction

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Carolyn Mathews fell into teaching by accident, acquiring an MA in Applied Linguistics in the process, going on to produce books and plays for language students. A member of the Society of Authors, she now writes novels from her base in the south of England which she shares with a wild Pomeranian. She practises yoga and meditation whenever possible, in the hope of eventually getting them right!

In a departure from the Pandora trilogy, which is set in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, her forthcoming book, 'The Temple of Dreams,' features two young male protagonists, one of whom lives in ancient Greece.
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What does "square the circle" mean? Why did you use the expression as a title?

Carolyn Mathews One of the reasons I chose "Squaring Circles" was that the expression ‘to square the circle’ means ‘to find a way around a difficult problem’. Pandora…moreOne of the reasons I chose "Squaring Circles" was that the expression ‘to square the circle’ means ‘to find a way around a difficult problem’. Pandora encounters quite a few of these, the first at the very beginning, when her mother’s grave is disturbed. In an effort to find the culprit she turns detective, staying in Glastonbury, away from her family home. This is bad timing for her marriage, as her partner, Jay, is working closely with another problem – Gaby, a predatory singer who has designs on him. An extra complication arises when Pandora comes across Zac, an old flame, who offers her a tempting new job in a completely different sphere.

The title also relates to her social circles and how they could be healed or ‘squared’. Pandora’s present family circle includes Jay’s five children, three of them teenagers, unfamiliar to her until four years earlier. What’s more, a blood relative turns up whose identity has been kept a secret for over thirty years.

There are other circles, too: the Glastonbury community her mother was part of and the clients Pandora meets through the sound therapy work she does. And there is the Circle of Isis – a healing group her mother was involved with, which a scheming couple want to use for their own ends.

Finally, there’s a geometric connection. Rosemary, a character who also appears in the first book, describes herself as ‘a practical alchemist’ and practises her art within the Circle of Isis. A common symbol for alchemy is a circle within a square within a triangle, within a circle. If you look closely at the cover you can see all those shapes.(less)

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Carolyn Mathews The third in the Pandora series when something happens to her that has surprised me very much!

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Average rating: 4.3 · 117 ratings · 91 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Temple of Dreams: A Novel Of Now And Then 4.22 avg rating — 49 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transforming Pandora (Pandora, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squaring Circles (Pandora, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandora's Gift (Pandora, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Thanks to Shepherd.com for asking for my five recommendations on the theme of dreams and dreamers.

I chose this theme as it related to “Temple of Dreams: A Novel of Now and Then”.

https://shepherd.com/best-books/dreams-and-dreaming

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Carolyn’s Quotes

“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: life-experience, poetry, self-discovery, wisdom

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“Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.”
― His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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“Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings”
― John Gillespie MaGee Jr.

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“Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: definition, humor, universe

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