Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho. The Pilgrimage recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.
Step inside this captivati The Pilgrimage recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword. Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coelho's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path. In the end, we discover that the extraordinary is always found in the ordinary and simple ways of everyday people.
Part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery, this compelling tale delivers the perfect combination of enchantment and insight. Paperback , pages. Published May by Thorsons first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Pilgrimage , please sign up.
Is this book good? Dovofthegalilee This is a weak story to be kind. Suffered through it, I've seen deeper plots on Cartoon Network. This is an unusual book. I read it, and still have questions about it. I look forward to our impressions on this book? We can talk about your questions and share our thoughts on it somewhen.
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Oct 27, Mohammed Arabey rated it liked it. View all 8 comments. It is a recollection of Paulo's experiences as he made his way across northern Spain on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The novel serves as part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery. He is then told that he must embark on a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago to find the sword that is the symbol of his acceptance into the ranks of RAM. He must do this to gain insight into the simplicity of life.
The journey transforms him as he learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life. He begins his journey with a guide, also a member of RAM, who goes by the alias Petrus. During the journey Petrus shows him meditation exercises and introduces him to some of the more down-to-earth elements of Western mystical thought and philosophy, and teaches him about love and its forms: Mar 10, Ian Galloway rated it it was amazing.
I enjoy every book by Paulo Cuelho that I've read 12 to date and this one, his first, has touched me in tha same way the Alchemist did.
Perhaps it's the common theme of searching for a way a path a meaning and the fact that I can empathise strongly with the sentiment, having walked that exact road to Santiago. 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 I enjoy every book by Paulo Cuelho that I've read 12 to date and this one, his first, has touched me in tha same way the Alchemist did.
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. Altogether an easy read that inspires and teaches in an unassuming way. View all 6 comments. Jan 02, Jennifer rated it did not like it Recommends it for: I really hated this book. In fact, it is the second worst book I've ever read first being the Voyage of Somebody the Sailor.
The story made no sense, and key parts of it were left unexplained what is RAM? I suppose you might get some philosophical value from it, but I didn't really think any of it was earth-shattering or even worth a raised eyebrow. The only redeeming quality was that it was short and went quickly. As a devotee of the Tradition, at 38 years old, Paulo makes the mistake, at the ceremony of his ordination as a Master of the Order of RAM, of assuming he is worthy of the sword, and then learns that he will have to travel the Road to Santiago de Castelin aka the Jacobean route, the Milky Way in Spain, to find it.
This book is his account of that pilgrimage, undertaken in with a The Pilgrimage is the first book by Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho, and translated into English by Alan Clarke. Previously published as The Diary of a Magus, this is apparently non-fiction, but often reads like fiction. His tale includes a demon in the guise of a gypsy, a possessed dog, and a guide whose advice is often enigmatic or cryptic. It features a generous helping of symbolism, quite a few occasionally trite aphorisms, and eleven ritual exercises that each Pilgrim must practice.
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
Tedious, verging on boring, this feels more than a little contrived. View all 3 comments. This is the 4th Paulo Coelho book I've read, and my least favorite so far. Not that there's anything wrong with it, per se, but I can definitely see his evolution as a writer from this his first to The Witch of Portobello his most recent and one of my faves. For me, this book was slower, less relatable if only because very few people are on this kind of a mystical quest and just less smoothly written overall.
I also had a hard time sympathizing with the protagonist. Now, that's not to say th This is the 4th Paulo Coelho book I've read, and my least favorite so far. Now, that's not to say that there was nothing good about this book! It's still a unique story with lots of good messages delivered. But if this is anyone's first experience with Coelho, I say pick up the Zahir, the Witch of Portobello, or the Alchemist, and give him another chance. It's difficult to write a review of this one. It completely depends if you feel attracted to the book and the story.
It gives the reader an awful lot to think about. This is not a book you can fully understand after one time reading. There are a lot of uncommon 'events' in it. Liking, or loving it depends highly - I think - if you have a religious background. There are quite a number of excises in the book you can practice. I certainly are going to work with several of them.
One quote from the bo It's difficult to write a review of this one. One quote from the book grabbed me extremely, probably because I have been a teacher all my live. Together we have walked the Strange Way to Santiago, but while you learned the ways, I learned the meaning of them. By explaining them to you, I really learned them myself. By becoming a guide I found my own way. I taught them the elementary thing: Mar 28, Patrick rated it did not like it Recommends it for: Teenagers who can't handle Casteneda.
This was a truly dreadful, embarrassing book. I wish I could give it negative stars. To say it was self-indulgent navel-gazing is too good. As I got into it, I became furtive when reading on the train, for fear someone who knew the book would see me and conclude I was a moron, or hopelessly seeking life's meaning in all the wrong places.
Nov 27, Drew rated it really liked it. What struck me as I gobbled up this book in a mere afternoon was the easygoing cadence and accessibility of language that Coelho employs throughout his book; he doesn't try to dazzle you with vernacular or prose, it's simply inherent in the story itself. And to me, that's the message the book is trying to impart upon us; that an ordinary person can achieve extraordinary things.
I left this book with a feeling of empowerment, in a way that was spiritual, yet non-denominational. May 07, Citizen rated it liked it. Paulo Coelho takes the road of Santiago de Compostela in order to find his sword, looking for his secret therefore he takes the true path to find himself. This book teach us how to know what we want, how to communicate with the world, how to see things differently and specialy how to fight the good fight.
The person who doesn't know how to listen will never hear the advice that life offers us all the time. And only the person who listens to the sounds of the moment is able to make the right decisions" So, I have finished this novel or let's say autobiography in 12 days, but I couldn't digest the whole story!! So I asked for help from my old friend "Google" and he was of a great help as usual. As far as I understand, Paulo tr "Everything is contained in sounds - The past, the present and the future.
As far as I understand, Paulo tried to attain " The tradition" which is a new higher level rank in his christian society, he failed as a result he didn't deserve the sword of this level, his fraternity master orders him to perform a "redo" of the final test by making the santiago pilgrimage. If he succeeds by finishing the pilgrimage and learning some basic life lessons, he will receive his sword and rank as a MASTER. Throughout his spiritual journey. Paulo came to rediscover new meanings to basic notions such as: Believing in God and Religions Dreams Death Best ways of facing threats The real power of Teaching Viewing personal objectives In every step of his spiritual journey, paulo was experiencing " Agape"or total love Before reading this book, I knew that there is only one sacred place or a pilgrimage center which Jerusalem.
However, it proved to be two other routes which are: The tomb of saint peter in Rome and the other one which Paulo traveled through. I failed to keep up with most of the heretical concepts and Paulo didn't introduce them well so the novel lost a whole star The fourth star was lost because of the poor writing style and poor development of characters The third star was lost because there were some " panoramal" details that I couldn't believe One star gained due to the spiritual aim of this novel A second star goes to the fascinating passages and wisdom that paulo included in his first work There is no religion that is capable of bringing all of the stars together, because if this were to happen, the universe would become a gigantic, empty space and would lose its reason for existence.
Every star and every person has their own space and their own special characteristics. There are green stars, yellow stars, blue stars, and white stars, and there are comets, meteors and meteorites, nebulas and rings. What appear from down here to be a huge number of bodies that are similar to each other are really a million different things, spread over a space that is beyond human com prehension.
Jun 19, Noor Azzony rated it it was amazing. View all 4 comments. Mar 15, K. Filipino Group - Book for March The reason for the 1-star rating is the timing. Had I read this right after reading a book on Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, there could have been another star. Had I read this when I was in my teens or 20's, there could have been another one. The mention of Knights of Templar, ancestral rites done in midnight with those chantings, search for a sword, etc. I had enough of them while being fascinated with the Dan Brown books a few years ago. Then right after, I spent almost full 24 hours getting my usual 6-hour sleep of course , trying to finish this book chosen by my Filipino group read for March Visit Prime Video to explore more titles.
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