When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strongcurrent that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he firstmade the decision.When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I'd wind upworking in a crystal shop, he thought. Theysearched everywhere, and found that the oasis was much larger than theycould have imagined; there were hundreds of tents.\"We've wasted almost the entire day,\" said the Englishman, sitting downwith the boy near one of the wells.\"Maybe we'd better ask someone,\" the boy suggested.The Englishman didn't want to tell others about his reasons for being at theoasis, and couldn't make up his mind. It was as if the world hadfallen silent because the boy's soul had. He had had the same dreamthat night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that stillslept. Butwe're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.\" *The caravan began to travel day and night. But then he remembered that he wasn't going to have topay anything.\"I didn't need to waste my time just for this,\" he said.\"I told you that your dream was a difficult one. The boy approached awoman who had come to the well to fill a goatskin with water.\"Good afternoon, ma'am. The old man knew how to read, and had alreadyread the book. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 31 / 94The merchant put some new coals in the hookah, and inhaled deeply.\"I've had this shop for thirty years. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. *The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled ofanimals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. An alchemist.\"The conversation was interrupted by the warehouse boss.\"You're in luck, you two,\" the fat Arab said. He looked likean Arab, which was not unusual in those parts. But I had to insist on the payment of sixsheep because I helped you to make your decision.\"The boy put the stones in his pouch. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 28 / 94with shepherds.\"The merchant turned to a customer who wanted three crystal glasses. Some men were smoking from a gigantic pipethat they passed from one to the other. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns . He recalled that when the sun had risen thatmorning, he was on another continent, still a shepherd with sixty sheep, andlooking forward to meeting with a girl. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. Maybe it was his treasure tohave wound up in that strange land, met up with a thief, and doubled thesize of his flock without spending a cent.He was proud of himself. But instead of being saddened, he was happy. The desert is acapricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.\" An illustration of an open book. \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. But thistime I'll be smarter, the boy thought, removing them from the pouch so hecould put them in his pocket. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other peopleshould lead their lives, but none about his or her own.He decided to wait until the sun had sunk a bit lower in the sky beforefollowing his flock back through the fields. Theomens had told him so. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. On the otherhand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that Ihave to search for my treasure. But hedecided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. The boy promisedhimself that, when he returned from Egypt, he would buy that sword.\"Ask the owner of that stall how much the sword costs,\" he said to hisfriend. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 17 / 94The old man opened his cape, and the boy was struck by what he saw. His hands began to tremble, and thewoman sensed it. Swear that you will give me one-tenth of your treasurein exchange for what I am going to tell you.\"The shepherd swore that he would. It had been eleven months and nine dayssince he had first set foot on the African continent.He dressed in his Arabian clothing of white linen, bought especially for thisday. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. Melchizedek, the king ofSalem, sat on the wall of the fort that afternoon, and felt the levanterblowing in his face. Anyway, the boy had becomehappy in his work, and thought all the time about the day when he woulddisembark at Tarifa as a winner.\"You must always know what it is that you want,\" the old king had said. Theboy repeated his question.\"Why do you want to find that sort of person?\" the Arab asked.\"Because my friend here has traveled for many months in order to meet withhim,\" the boy said.\"If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,\" saidthe old man after thinking for a few moments. In half an hour, he had cleaned all the glasses in the window, and,as he was doing so, two customers had entered the shop and bought somecrystal.When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something toeat. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there isone great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that youdo, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated inthe soul of the universe. Before you came, I was thinkingabout how much time I had wasted in the same place, while my friends hadmoved on, and either went bankrupt or did better than they had before. I learned that many alchemistsrealized their destinies, and wound up discovering the Soul of the World, thePhilosopher's Stone, and the Elixir of Life.\"But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they couldbe written on the surface of an emerald.\"The Englishman was disappointed. Even meI haven't thought ofother women since I met the merchant's daughter. \"Follow the omens.\"The boy picked up Urim and Thummim, and, once again, had the strangesensation that the old king was nearby. But ever since he had been a child, he had wantedto know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowingGod and learning about man's sins. \"Inany case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price.This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.\"The old man returned the book to the boy.\"Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. That's where I was born.\"\"Well then, we could say that I was born in Salem.\"The boy didn't know where Salem was, but he didn't want to ask, fearingthat he would appear ignorant. They workedhard just to have food and water, like the sheep. When the people saw thatstar shining in the morning sky, they knew they were on the right coursetoward water, palm trees, shelter, and other people. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. And then they want theperson to change. Who knows,maybe they had failed to discover the secret of the Master WorkthePhilosopher's Stoneand for this reason kept their knowledge tothemselves.He had already spent much of the fortune left to him by his father, fruitlesslyseeking the Philosopher's Stone. The boy estimated that, if he worked for six more months, hecould return to Spain and buy sixty sheep, and yet another sixty. \"Alchemy is a serious discipline. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are sostrange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.\"My name is Melchizedek,\" said the old man. The Alchemist Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. After all, he had all his money. The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. \"Let's go and have some lunch,\" said the crystal merchant.He put a sign on the door, and they went to a small caf?nearby. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. The boy thanked him, ate it, and went onhis way. Since they werevisitors, they would have to share living space with those who lived there,and would be given the best accommodations. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. He took out his money and counted it.\"We could get to the Pyramids by tomorrow,\" said the other, taking themoney. The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson - Free Ebook. I've already imagined the people who would be Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent,impressed by their elemental force.I've learned things from the sheep, and I've learned things from crystal, hethought. \"We could place it outside, and attract those people who pass atthe bottom of the hill.\"\"I've never had one before,\" the merchant answered. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. A lawyer. Project Gutenberg. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. \"But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that theymake a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent.\"The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having setfoot in the desert before. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. Select files or add your book in reader. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. The boy could see in his father's gaze adesire to be able, himself, to travel the worlda desire that was still alive,despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under theburden of struggling for water to drink, food to eat, and the same place tosleep every night of his life. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. He should respect tradition.The Englishman was disappointed. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? Sonow I'm a camel driver. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. About The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF; Language : English; Pullisher : Harper; Later Printing edition ; ISBN-10 : 9788172234980; ISBN-13 : 978-8172234980; With the girl withthe raven hair, his days would never be the same again.But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the followingyear. Theboy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersionof the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all peopleare connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all writtenthere.\"Maktub,\" the boy said, remembering the crystal merchant.The desert was all sand in some stretches, and rocky in others. A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken hissheep there. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. . He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. And joining this caravan may havebeen my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. He realized: If I can learn to understand this languagewithout words, I can learn to understand the world.Relaxed and unhurried, he resolved that he would walk through the narrowstreets of Tangier. And, above all, don't forgetto follow your destiny through to its conclusion.\"But before I go, I want to tell you a little story.\"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happinessfrom the wisest man in the world. But the stones were proof thathe had met with a kinga king who knew of the boy's past.\"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read theomens.\" The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do anexperiment. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. One of them, a cobbler whomade his living mending boots, said that he had traveled for almost a yearthrough the desert, but that he got more tired when he had to walk throughthe streets of Tangier buying his leather.\"\"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?\" asked the boy.\"Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. With a movement that was too quick for someone his age, the mancovered whatever it was with his cape. That morning he had knowneverything that was going to happen to him as he walked through thefamiliar fields. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. As the time passed, the boy found himself wishing that theday would never end, that her father would stay busy and keep him waitingfor three days. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. ISBN -7225-3293-8. \"You have helped me.\" Theman continued to prepare his tea, saying nothing. When he had finished his smoke,he reached into one of his pockets, and sat there for a few moments,regarding what he had withdrawn.It was a bundle of money. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. \"I know other girls in other places.\"But in his heart he knew that it did matter. \"He doesn't have enough money to travel.\"While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 12 / 94succeeded in discovering your destiny.\"The boy didn't know what a person's \"destiny\" was.\"It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. As achild, the boy had always been frightened to death that he would becaptured by Gypsies, and this childhood fear returned when the old womantook his hands in hers.But she has the Sacred Heart of Jesus there, he thought, trying to reassurehimself. Heknew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well,but he wasn't yet an alchemist. He had understood the story the old king hadtold him. And move along when it's time to move along.' *\"I need to sell some wool,\" the boy told the merchant.The shop was busy, and the man asked the shepherd to wait until theafternoon. And better still to be alone with one's An illustration of an open book. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hoursbetween sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their younglives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of thecities. They traveled, spoke withwise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned thePhilosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.But when the boy wanted to learn how to achieve the Master Work, hebecame completely lost. Please enter a valid web address. A huge wooden cross. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting ona star that indicated the location of the oasis. Maybe she didn't even remember him. The old woman asked him to swearagain while looking at the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\"It's a dream in the language of the world,\" she said. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. It was the old manwho had asked for a drink of his wine, and had started the conversation.\"Give me my book,\" the boy said. After two hours, he returned to theroom where the wise man was.\" 'Well,' asked the wise man, 'did you see the Persian tapestries that arehanging in my dining hall? He had assumed he would soon return to hissheep.\"Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?\" he asked, to get away from thebusiness of the display.\"Because I've always heard about them,\" the boy answered, saying nothingabout his dream. I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. That's what helpsme face these days that are all the same, these mute crystals on theshelves, and lunch and dinner at that same horrible caf? Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 24 / 94Even if he never got to the Pyramids, he had already traveled farther thanany shepherd he knew. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 42 / 94windstorms, and told stories about the desert.At other times, mysterious, hooded men would appear; they were Bedouinswho did surveillance along the caravan route. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. 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