Se assim fosse, não se usava da sua experiência pessoal, física e emocional, não descrevia as etapas típicas do Caminho Francês, não relatava a história deste Caminho e desta peregrinação,.

The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho - Google Books

You are encouraged to use the "clear cookies" functionality of Your browser to ensure such clearing/deletion, since it is impossible for Us to guarantee, predict or provide for the behaviour of Your system. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hours between sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their young lives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of the cities. Which is a nice inspirational message and sometimes that is what you need to hear to break free from self doubt. For me, these people have a more realistic, more humble, more fair, and less cliched vision of the world than Paulo Coelho's vision in THE ALCHEMIST.

The mysticism in some of the events of the journey, with hindsight, are a bit too far of a step for me personally but the whole journey of the pilgimage to Santiago and the learning and growth acheived by the author do strike a chord and I'm sure it will in others. While I really disliked the deus ex machina ending, the whole idea of the world as a spiritual presence was well done. Previously published as The Diary of a Magus, this is apparently non-fiction, but often reads like fiction. He tells her ‘ I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you,’ which…isn’t all that romantic or great?

Paulo Coelho - Author of The Alchemist - Biography Paulo Coelho - Author of The Alchemist - Biography

I think a big reason why I enjoyed this book was through my own personal experience, so I could see why it wouldn’t appeal to everyone. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, they generously gave of their wool, their company, and - once in a while - their meat.

His works demonstrate insight, profundity, and sensitivity that he seems to have gained after tapping into his spiritual side.