The Call

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Summary: The Call
Review: A book well worth reading. Cynthia Berkeley captured the very essence of a Spiritual Romance between her two main characters. Caitlin Montgomery and Simon Noble are two people, spiritually connected and who love eachother, but keep pushing eachother away. I found myself rooting for Caitlin and Simon the whole time while I was reading the story. Through a series of adventures at a Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica they grow closer and ultimately give into what was meant to be. Cynthia's description of this Yoga Retreat is so in depth that as the reader reads the story begins to feel that he or she is actually there in this incredibly beautiful, serene place.

Rating:
Summary: The Call
Review: A book well worth reading. Cynthia Berkeley captured the very essence of a Spiritual Romance between her two main characters. Caitlin Montgomery and Simon Noble are two people, spiritually connected and who love eachother, but keep pushing eachother away. I found myself rooting for Caitlin and Simon the whole time while I was reading the story. Through a series of adventures at a Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica they grow closer and ultimately give into what was meant to be. Cynthia's description of this Yoga Retreat is so in depth that as the reader reads the story begins to feel that he or she is actually there in this incredibly beautiful, serene place.

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Summary: The Romantic Adventure We All Hope to Have
Review: Beautifully written,Cynthia Berkeley brings us into a magical and spiritual world of romance and adventure. Filled with wonderous and intricate details, the characters and their experiences almost leap off the page. Her story creates sensual imagery that makes your body tingle and heart throb. It is a love story with such heart and soul is leaves you aching to go on a similar adventure...Soul searching, finding yourself and your soul mate.

Rating:
Summary: The Romantic Adventure We All Hope to Have
Review: Beautifully written,Cynthia Berkeley brings us into a magical and spiritual world of romance and adventure. Filled with wonderous and intricate details, the characters and their experiences almost leap off the page. Her story creates sensual imagery that makes your body tingle and heart throb. It is a love story with such heart and soul is leaves you aching to go on a similar adventure...Soul searching, finding yourself and your soul mate.

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Summary: The Sound of the Divine Feminine: Cynthia Berkeley�s The Cal
Review: Looking for a nourishing holiday read? I heartily recommend Cynthia Berkeley�s The Call - it�s a highly readable, fun and spiritually insightful romance novel that offers a powerful message regarding the need for faith and living in the moment.

The Call is about a young healer named Caitlyn Montgomery who moonlights as a writer. She is sent to a Costa Rican yoga retreat center by her prominent grandmother after breaking off her engagement to marry an ill-suited man. There she meets a wealthy and handsome womanizer named Simon Nobel and the two are spiritually drawn to each other. Caitlyn must grow wiser in determining the true nature of love while Simon must decide whether to open his heart to a substantial woman and commit to their connection.
I enjoy and respect what Cynthia Berkeley attempts to do in this romance novel. It is something that I�ve not witnessed before in this particular literary form. Berkeley introduces (for some) and acknowledges (for others) metaphysical principles in a way that she hopes will not scare or intimidate her reader. In the process, she teaches the reader a bit about the pagan historical roots of Christianity. Berkeley also weaves spiritual subjects such as reiki, meditation, care for Crystal and Indigo children, meditation, prayer, reincarnation, dreams, tantra and laws of abundance into her text.
There is a lot of heart in The Call, as one might expect. Caitlyn is clear about the nature of her own sacred feminine divinity. This self-knowledge is something I truly love and appreciate as a woman living in American society today where so much about woman and her sacred sexuality are devalued on a daily basis. For me, Caitlyn�s clarity on her own worth and her calling as a vessel of divine healing is the author�s initial gift to us all. Cynthia�s second gift is Simon Nobel. He possesses an Everyman quality in his underestimation of divine femininity and bravado based on his economic status, sexual prowess and attractive physical appearance. Fortunately, he later grows into his name and self-love. Caitlyn and Simon have much to teach us about ourselves. You can easily find wounded elements of Caitlyn and Simon within yourself. As well, you will also find the salve for your wounds within yourself � just as both of these characters do.
I like Caitlyn, but have to admit that I sometimes lost patience with her many near death experiences. Yet, I understand that Simon�s lesson was continually witnessing her healing power on him and others while acting as her sacred protector. In the end, perhaps her greatest feat is to teach Simon that opening one�s heart leads directly to the path of sacred sexuality and wisdom. Although Caitlyn already has the trust and live in the moment thing down, she too learns to determine the true nature of love and power of tantra. So as Caitlyn heals Simon, she herself is healed � as is so often the case in life.
I would be remiss were I not to say a few words about the sage-like role that the Grandmother Eleanor Davis plays in The Call. She stands guard over Caitlyn as a girl and makes sure that she receives the appropriate care and education befitting a crystal child. Grandmother, a world-bridger herself, consciously bestows upon her granddaughter the sacred inter-generational charge of the Goddess, bringing people together and healing fear and self-hatred.
The only potential drawback of The Call is that Cynthia must stick to the constraints of the romance novel format which gets in the way of making the characters and environment more complex and fully rounded. However, this pales before all that The Call offers readers. Here Cynthia Berkeley must be applauded for having the courage to instill spiritual themes into a romance novel and burn away illusions regarding separation and power.

Rating:
Summary: The Sound of the Divine Feminine: Cynthia Berkeley's The Cal
Review: Looking for a nourishing holiday read? I heartily recommend Cynthia Berkeley's The Call - it's a highly readable, fun and spiritually insightful romance novel that offers a powerful message regarding the need for faith and living in the moment.

The Call is about a young healer named Caitlyn Montgomery who moonlights as a writer. She is sent to a Costa Rican yoga retreat center by her prominent grandmother after breaking off her engagement to marry an ill-suited man. There she meets a wealthy and handsome womanizer named Simon Nobel and the two are spiritually drawn to each other. Caitlyn must grow wiser in determining the true nature of love while Simon must decide whether to open his heart to a substantial woman and commit to their connection.
I enjoy and respect what Cynthia Berkeley attempts to do in this romance novel. It is something that I've not witnessed before in this particular literary form. Berkeley introduces (for some) and acknowledges (for others) metaphysical principles in a way that she hopes will not scare or intimidate her reader. In the process, she teaches the reader a bit about the pagan historical roots of Christianity. Berkeley also weaves spiritual subjects such as reiki, meditation, care for Crystal and Indigo children, meditation, prayer, reincarnation, dreams, tantra and laws of abundance into her text.
There is a lot of heart in The Call, as one might expect. Caitlyn is clear about the nature of her own sacred feminine divinity. This self-knowledge is something I truly love and appreciate as a woman living in American society today where so much about woman and her sacred sexuality are devalued on a daily basis. For me, Caitlyn's clarity on her own worth and her calling as a vessel of divine healing is the author's initial gift to us all. Cynthia's second gift is Simon Nobel. He possesses an Everyman quality in his underestimation of divine femininity and bravado based on his economic status, sexual prowess and attractive physical appearance. Fortunately, he later grows into his name and self-love. Caitlyn and Simon have much to teach us about ourselves. You can easily find wounded elements of Caitlyn and Simon within yourself. As well, you will also find the salve for your wounds within yourself ' just as both of these characters do.
I like Caitlyn, but have to admit that I sometimes lost patience with her many near death experiences. Yet, I understand that Simon's lesson was continually witnessing her healing power on him and others while acting as her sacred protector. In the end, perhaps her greatest feat is to teach Simon that opening one's heart leads directly to the path of sacred sexuality and wisdom. Although Caitlyn already has the trust and live in the moment thing down, she too learns to determine the true nature of love and power of tantra. So as Caitlyn heals Simon, she herself is healed ' as is so often the case in life.
I would be remiss were I not to say a few words about the sage-like role that the Grandmother Eleanor Davis plays in The Call. She stands guard over Caitlyn as a girl and makes sure that she receives the appropriate care and education befitting a crystal child. Grandmother, a world-bridger herself, consciously bestows upon her granddaughter the sacred inter-generational charge of the Goddess, bringing people together and healing fear and self-hatred.
The only potential drawback of The Call is that Cynthia must stick to the constraints of the romance novel format which gets in the way of making the characters and environment more complex and fully rounded. However, this pales before all that The Call offers readers. Here Cynthia Berkeley must be applauded for having the courage to instill spiritual themes into a romance novel and burn away illusions regarding separation and power.