Paulo Coelho is as far as I know, one of the top earner in the "esoteric literature," but I've never read anything by him except a few aphorisms, and I had years ago the beginning of " The Alchemist "is an audio book, which left both no lasting impression on me. So now his book on the Camino de Santiago , and I am glad that Coelho such a well-paid and widely read writer, because I must have no bad conscience to dismember him.
History - Paulo Coelho is already in the Catholic Fraternity RAM Blazed can and, according to some, for example, no longer afraid to putting the power of thought by the shattering glass, a bit telekinesis and some Uri Geller tricks.
He would rather like master of this very secret brotherhood (it is so secret that they except Coelho nowhere was ever mentioned, and apparently also with a typographical error in the Latin name, but who cares). Its central element - the special master sword. He almost gets it at a big ceremony on the mountain, but then not because he greedy on it is. As a small detention to traipse first time the St. James .
the guidance of a master called Peter he does.
He learns a few " retreat " of the secret brotherhood that exist me it should be, as one half of the Thelemic - stolen chaos magic area (Tugging at any negative thoughts in the thumb and something like that), meet the rest of the standard repertoire of all Spiriszene (shadow, imagine you're a tree, etc.), and I've yet to see anyone taken there, the lapse of the so-hubris was, he said, with his " Agape " the whole world to save or to keep chat on par with Jesus. But well, at the time he already speaks in tongues.
also very important of course is much drivel about fighting, fighting good and noble struggles and what it in a pinch masculinity and "the teachings of Don Juan " just imagine, so this whole Spirisache not weicheimäßig comes across . Oh yes, Templar also appear briefly, that was feared.
met him on the way a demon - none other as a legion - in dog form, but of course defeated Coelho him.
course, he refers at the end by divine intervention - (!) A lamb lead him from a cross from there (!) - His sword through the Wise incredible realization that he has even considered, despite weeks of Jakobsweggelatsche order Schwertergatterung never what he really wants that thing.
The worst thing about the book I find the claim that it is authentic. But even to be included without which it is still pretty lousy, as I prefer to read again the books of Carlos Castaneda . Of the whole scenario of Camino you get nothing with the two Figures might as well go traipsing through the Swabian Alb and Texas and give it Esogeschwurbel of itself. And I'm really open to it that make people experience the spiritual realm, which strike me as unlikely, even crazy, but this complacent Pseudeobescheidenheit that manages not to conceal a dangerous megalomania - boah , the so-just not possible.
Therefore, for the level 2 mage with a magic sword - in my eyes also can not write very great, the only marginally, in the "action scene" reminiscent of demons dog to do it Jason Dark , exciting It is not, but at least I've finished reading it - all in all
** (two out of five)
PS: Lest prefer "I'm out" of Hape Kerkeling that is at least entertaining, and the small, humble and genuine spiritual insight to understand.
