ThePilgrimage

The Pilgrimage A CONTEMPORARY QUEST FOR ANCIENT WISDOM Paulo Coelho TRANSLATED BY ALAN R. CLARKE Contents Prologue Map: The Road to Santiago Arrival Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port The Seed Exercise The Creator and the Created The Speed Exercise Cruelty The Cruelty Exercise The Messenger The Messenger Ritual Love The Arousal of Intuition (The Water Exercise) Marriage Enthusiasm The Blue Sphere Exercise Death The Buried Alive Exercise Personal Vices Conquest The RAM Breathing Exercise Madness The Shadows Exercise Command and Obedience The Listening Exercise The Tradition The Dance Exercise El Cebrero Epilogue: Santiago de Compostela About the Author Praise Other Books by Paulo Coelho Credits Copyright About the Publisher Prologue “AND NOW, BEFORE THE SACRED COUNTENANCE OF RAM, you must touch with your hands the Word of Life and acquire such power as you need to become a witness to that Word throughout the world.” The Master raised high my new sword, still sheathed in its scabbard. The flames of the bonfire crackled—a good omen, indicating that the ritual should continue. I knelt and, with my bare hand......