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Title: The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0-06-251279-X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (45 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Oh dear
Comment: Silly, very silly. The Pilgrimage is a ridiculous confection of half thought out semi spiritual nonsense. Paulo Coelho claims to have walked part of the route, catching a bus through the mountains of Galicia, in search of his 'sword' in the company of a male spiritual guide. He enjoyed plenty of out of body experiences and wrestled with a dog, which was of course the devil himself, not one of the thousands of wild dogs in Spain.
This book will and does appeal to a large section of society, and if your bookshelves are groaning under the weight of dream interpretaion and past life exploration books, then take a look at your Feng Shui advice guide and throw them all out and replace them with a slim volume of the Pilgrimage, it has it all - even tranced out dancing in a castle. I wonder if Paulo paid the 4Euro entrance fee to join his fellow Knights Templar for that?
Rating: 4
Summary: A possible road to spirituality
Comment: You have to be at least a little bit mystical in order to fully enjoy this book, which is full of mysteries and unexplainable events.
This is the detailed experience of the writer in Spain, along the road to San Tiago, which pilgrims have traveled since the Middle Ages. But this story is a contemporary quest, and it has an interesting and exciting mix of ancient and modern, that in the end leads to learning and understanding the truth.
It is the road that Paolo has to take in order to defend his sword and that will turn him into a Warrior of Light. He is accompanied by his spiritual guide, Petrus, with whom he will walk about 800 km over three months, during which time he will confront himself with his own fears, thoughts, doubts, and weaknesses. It is a pilgrimage that will explain to our main character (and implicitly to us) that our efforts in life are salutary and indispensable. But without results they amount to nothing.
Also, the story shows that love makes us stronger and it is this strength that allows us to make the right decision at the right time.
The search of truth is assimilated to a personal search for meaning, for the things that we need in life such as truth, love, joy of life, and spirituality.
I think it will be a very pleasant lecture for everyone who enjoys this kind of story, and it will make you think a lot about your life and the meaningful things in your personal universe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Will to continue
Comment: I first read this book in the summer of 97 on my way back from a trip from Ottawa, I'd found it in the ottawa airport. Two years prior to that, I'd read The Alchemist and never really gave much thought to other books by Paulo Coelho, dispite the lasting and impowering effects The Alchemist had had on me. It had me hooked and only at 16, I was convinced and determined that I was going to walk the Camino. Five years later, last may, I finally achieved it. It was my moby dick, really the only thing I'd ever set my mind to doing. The book inspired me to take a journey of a life time. In doing so, I found so many more journey's I'd never imagined. I highly recommend that you read the book, and once you have, live the Camino for yourself.
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Title: The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0062502182 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0060930136 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0062513346 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 11 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0060977264 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Warrior of the Light : A Manual by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0060527978 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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