The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage

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title_orig = Diário de Um Mago
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author = Paulo Coelho
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country = Brazil
language = Portuguese
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release_date = 1987
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"The Pilgrimage" ("Diário de Um Mago", in Portuguese) is a 1987 novel by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho. It is a recollection of Paulo's experiences as he made his way across Northern Spain on the Pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela in 1986.

Plot summary

The book starts as he fails his initiation into the order Regnus Agnus Mundi (RAM) and is then told he must complete the pilgrimage to gain rite of admission.

He begins his journey with a guide, also a member of RAM, who goes by the alias Petrus. During the journey Petrus shows him meditational exercises and introduces him to some of the more down to earth elements of Western mystical thought and philosophy.

External links

* [http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/ The Pilgrimage Blog]


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