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‘One of the few to deserve the term
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‘His writing is like a path of energy that inadvertently leads readers to themselves, toward their mysterious and faraway souls.’
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An extraordinary mixture of adventure story and guide to self-knowledge, this book recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo and his mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword.
A compelling tale that delivers a powerful brew of magic and insight, The Pilgrimage recounts the amazing trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword – on a legendary road travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago since the Middle Ages.
Paulo’s visionary blend of mysticism, magical realism and folklore makes this an adventure story with a difference.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Private Journey to Explore Self,
This review is from: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
Although "The Pilgrimage" is not Paulo Coelho's most exalted work, it is still a wonderful plunge into the mystical journey. In this book, he chronicles his own experiences on the road to Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia known as Celtic Spain. The journey is rich with allegory reflecting how we must face our own fears in order to engage in what he calls "the good fight". The Pilgrimage is reminiscent of Carlos Castañeda's apprenticeship with his mentor Don Juan. Paulo's guide is the enigmatic Petrus, who teaches him to face his own limitations and to break him from the "modernist" notion that our busy work is more important than exploring our inner world. There is a sweet discovery about the book that brings presence to a wisdom that includes mystical exercises worthy of our attention.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Confusing, unclear, disappointing,
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This review is from: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
I am also one of those people that really likes Coelho's other works, but this one was highly disappointing. He goes on this journey to "find his sword" in order to become part of this RAM 'group' (?), but nowhere in the book does he actually explain what this RAM thing is and what this sword actually represents and why he has to find it. I found that frustrating because that was like reading an entire book without the main point being revealed to you. And then in the end, he supposedly discovers a new meaning in finding this sword and 'what he will do with it' once he finds it, but that's never revealed to the reader! Why not?!
Then there was the 'devil-dog' already mentioned by other reviewers. Supposedly he has to fight 'his demons', which come out in the form of this black dog that follows him around. But again, it's confusing how and why this dog kept finding him. He ended up all scarred and bitten, yet he didn't care to even think about rabies shots, etc. I've traveled extensively to know that if you get bitten by an animal like that, you should probably at least try to see a doctor afterwards. And then, when he is all bitten up and scarred, his "guide" makes him lift this extremely heavy cross and put it up on the mountain (?!?!??!). As you're reading, you're thinking they're both insane, but there's got to be an underlying point to that 'exercise'. But no - all his guide says afterwards is something like 'it is for you to discover the purpose of what you've just done'. Huh??? You're kidding, right? And then, he finds his sword in the end, in a mystical setting. All is fine and dandy, but the reader is still left wondering - WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE WHOLE DARN THING???
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not his best book, but a fine read,
By Spilsbury (UK, Liverpool) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
Having read most of Coelho's books, this is, in spiritual content, not the most profound.
He mainly appears as a man driven by the material satisfactions of a spiritual quest, and hence the book tends to dwell on aims- the sword, and 'spiritual' exercises, which are actually mainly visualisation techniques used by people who are on an occult path. This may not be coincidence, since Coelho's background has been with the Occult and Magic. These exercises whether literary props or not,have their deeper meaning treated quite superficially, and ones gets the impression that a few simple exercises will somehow help launch someone down a path of spiritual 'achievements'. He himself effortlessly performs these tasks conjuring his personal Daemon to be his temporal adviser and performs numerous other exercise with equal ease as he makes his way down the 'Jacobean' road. As with all of his books i think there are explicit spiritual lessons he is giving, of real value, but these are sometimes lost in the descriptions of New Age speak and concepts. As a story it is a great read, the road story representing life and there are some fascinating moments. He does have a wonderful sense of the magical. Its a lovely book to read and I would well recommend it. I feel however that Coelho's deeper and more insightful works come in his later books, where he himself perhaps has matured spiritually and dropped some of the Spiritual egoism he has, which is often quite clear in this book through his attitude to his journey. The end of the story is profound and i think based on real revelation and this is a fine moment in the book of real worth to the reader. I do think that this book, like quite a few of Coelho's works often escape serious scrutiny because of the sense of excitement he generates, e.g with The Alchemist, and this impedes useful criticism. It is not a coincidence on his Blog that he takes a very keen interest in obtaining serious commentary from his readership on numerous aspects of each book, from plot to style to character development.
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