The Calling: A novel about spiritual awakening Paperback – Illustrated, 27 September 2017

1. LITERARY REVIEWS

“I liked this novel very much. It is totally out of the bizarre, this is a spiritual story, beautiful, it has to do with knowledge, finding your soul mate and understanding the truth of life”. Thelma Garcia, literary critic.

“THE CALLING captures the reader from the first words to the last; it takes you on an incredible spiritual and historic journey through medieval Spain with a hero who will never surrender his true quest, purpose, and love, in spite of obstacles and even himself at times getting in his own way. This novel will not only alter the way you believe your outlook on life, it’ll change your life“. Mara Melton – USA Creator and Editor.

“THE CALLING is about on the lookout for and finding the Spiritual Path. This is clearly defined by the characters the “Seeker” Lorenzo meets and the situations he encounters in his search for enlightenment. Politics and religion struggle in medieval Spain where three cultures meet in conflict not just in the social arena but at the psychological and spiritual levels. The tests of the seeker are both seductive and frightening. These are overcome by great effort and with the aid of good people as well as heavenly intervention. This book will be a very useful guide to the reader as the Door to the Way. Gonzalo S. Rey takes the reader the many steps along the Path with much insight”. Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi..

2. SUMMARY

“The Calling is a novel that narrates the search for purpose of the protagonist. It is developed in the 13th century in Castile and Aragon, a time of great splendor in the Iberian Peninsula. It tells the story of Lorenzo, a young man who, in search of knowledge and freedom, makes a pilgrimage from his native Teruel to Toledo, the spiritual centre of the world in medieval times. The protagonist, on his personal heroic journey, goes through a large number of trials until he reaches the capital of Castile, where he meets the wise men of his time who worked at the court of Alfonso X, and help him to discover a new dimension of reality. In a breathtaking and liberating ending, Lorenzo will have to defeat the forces that oppose Tradition with a view to fulfill his mission within the cosmic drama.

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gonzalo S. Rey has a degree in Business Administration (ICADE) and Law (UNED) and has studied Philosophy. After working in Kenya and London he started his life as a writer. He has studied in-depth the philosophical and spiritual traditions of medieval Spain, from which his novels emerge.

“My name is Gonzalo S. Rey. I love to see how people expand their life possibilities, break their limiting beliefs and regain faith in themselves. At the top of my career, I asked myself: Why was I born?. I left my job and began an inner transformation. I had reached the top of what society perceived as success, but my soul was asking for something else. I discovered the spiritual traditions and the meditation. A good friend suggested me to write a book, and so I did. I put all my heart into the project, I took a 400 km walk, I studied the 13th century for years. The result was this book, “The Calling”.

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