Any pilgrimage is all about discovering your self and your personal devils which try three approaches: a threat, a promise, and an attack on your weak or unhealed side. This personal devil should be accepted as a friend - listen to his advice when necessary, but never allow him to dictate you.

From Hindu Mythology, Prasthatrayi Vedic Canon(Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita) liberates the knowledge of self. Hope you read them too.

لكل الأصدقاء الذين وضعوا الإعجاب قبل كتابتى للمراجعة، شكـــرًا لثقتكم (*^_^*)

حاج كومبوستيلا

سيرة ذاتية لباولو الذى قام برحلة الحج هذه
بحثًا عن سيفه
وهو لرمزٌ عظيم عنده إن لم تكونوا تعرفون :)

لا أعرف أين أضع الرواية...
فهى بلغة باولو وبديانته وبطقوسه أيضًا
ومجرد محاولة الربط بين رحلة الحج هذه وبين الإسلام
لا تجوز

الجدير بالذكر أن بعض الأخوة المسيحيين رفضوا هذه الرواية
واعتبروا وجود باولو وبيتروس وغيرهم ناتج
عن قطع الأحبال الدينية

فقط لدى بعض الملاحظات الصغيرة:
1/
يروى الكاتب عن لسان معلمه ومرشده أن الطريق التى سار بها لاكتشاف ذاته متاحة لكافة الناس
ولكن هذا صحيح وغير صحيح فى نفس الوقت
فصحيح أن كل إنسان فى الوجود يمكنه اكتشاف
نقاط ضعفه وقوته
وغير صحيح أنه يشترط به السير على هدى باولو كويللو

2/
أطربتنى جدًا تلك الرحلة التى يعود منها الفرد ذو قوى خارقة
يستطيع تحريك الأشياء عن بعد ويمكنه صنع فجوة زرقاء فى سماء ملبدة بالغيوم

3/
أتذكر تلك السيدة سافان التى تستمتع بتعذيب الصبى الصغير
فهل يعقل انتماؤها لجماعة رام الدينية
ثم تمارس السادية على طفل صغير؟؟

4/
الكلمات السرية جعلتنى أشعر وكأنى فى فيلم بوليسي
أو مع على بابا والأربعين لصًا :)

5/
تم اعتبار الشيطان الشخصى على أنه حليف وحامى للفارس من جماعة رام
أترك لكم التعليق...

6/
أثناء قرائتى فوجئت بهذا النص
فلم أكن أتوقع أبدًا أن يكون لاسمي هذا المدلول
=D


7/
بالنسبة للتمارين التى كلفها المرشد لباولو
عبارة عن يوجا وساموراى
وضغط على أسفل العنق
وغرس ظفر السبابة بجذع الإبهام

لكننا لا ننكر أبدًا أن باولو اكتشف ذاته فى هذه الرحلة
والتى غيرت حياته كما يقول


وأخيرًا فلم أقصد السخرية أو الاستهزاء
ولكن الرواية وإن كانت حقيقية
فيجب ألا تقع منا
إلا كونها رواية عن ديانة أخرى وطقوس أخرى

وأختتم بكلمة

(لا تجربوا هذا فى المنزل)

O Diário de um Mago = Diary of a Mage = The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho

The Pilgrimage 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 a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

The novel serves as part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery. The story begins in 1986 when Coelho undertakes his initiation into the order Regnus Agnus Mundi (RAM), which he subsequently fails. 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: agape, philia and eros.

عنوانهای برگردانهای فارسی کتاب: «زائر کوم پوستل»؛ «خاطرات یک مغ»؛ «سفر زیارتی»؛ «خاطرات یک جادوگر»؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ انتشاراتیها (کاروان؛ افراز، کوشش، نوین، محراب دانش)؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه ژانویه سال1999میلادی

عنوان: زائر کوم پوستل؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ برگردان حسین نعیمی؛ تهران، نشر ثالث، سال1376؛ در356ص؛ چاپ هفتم سال1396، در304ص؛ شابک9789646404113؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسسندگان برزیل - سده 20م

عنوان: خاطرات یک مغ؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ برگردان: آرش حجازی؛ تهران، کاروان، سال1379؛ در314ص؛ چاپهای سوم تا پنجم سال1380؛ چاپ ششم سال1381؛ چاپ هفتم سال1382؛ چاپ نهم سال1383؛ چاپ دوازدهم سال1385؛ شابک9647033079؛ شابک9789647033923؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسسندگان برزیل - سده20م

عنوان: سفر زیارتی (خاطرات یک مغ)؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ مترجم: میترا میرشکار؛ تهران، افراز، کوشش، سال1382؛ در278ص؛ چاپ دوم سال1384؛ شابک9647640404؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، پر، سال1386؛ شابک9648007187؛ چاپ دوم سال1386؛ چاپ چهارم سال1387؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، نوین، سال1392؛ شابک9789646325432؛

عنوان: خاطرات یک جادوگر؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ مترجم: بهرام جعفری؛ تهران، محراب دانش، سال1383؛ در240ص؛

عنوان: خاطرات یک مغ؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ مترجم: بهرام جعفری؛ تهران، محراب دانش، سال1387؛ در239ص؛ شابک9649483438؛

نخستین اثر «پائولو کوئلیو (کوئیلو)»؛ نویسنده ی «برزیل» است؛ که در سال1987میلادی نوشته شد؛ این کتاب به بیان تجربه عرفانی «پائولو کوئلیو»، در جاده «سانتیاگو» می‌پردازد، یکی از سه جاده ی مقدس مسیحیان، که باور دارند «با گذر از هر کدام از این سه جاده‌، نیرویی جادویی، فردی را که جاده را پیموده دربرمی‌گیرد.»؛ این جاده‌ ها «آزمون‌هایی، برای امتحان کردن رهرو، در طول جاده دارند.»؛ جاده ی «سانتیاگو» نیز، یکی از آن سه جاده است، که «پائولو» به دنبال سفری می‌رود، که استادش به او دستور داده، او به دنبال شمشیری گم شده، می‌گردد؛ که تجربیاتی ژرف، از لحاظ عرفانی، و از لحاظ فلسفی را، به خوانشگر می‌بخشد؛ در پایان هر فصل کتاب، «پائولو» روش‌های عرفانی را، به خوانشگر آموزش می‌دهد، کتاب به رخدادهای ناباورانه ی بسیاری اشاره دارد، که در زندگی انسان‌های عادی رخ می‌دهند؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 01/01/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 06/12/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Ok, I had promised myself, not to read any more books by Paolo Coelho, but I've become a victim of first my curiosity to read one of the most well-known books about the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela which I've done myself just three months ago and secondly of clever book marketing: The volume I own is beautifully bound in blue with pigeons, shells and the cathedral of Santiago, all in all very hippyish and thus kind of irresistible to me.

So far, I enjoy Coelho's strange voyage much more than I would have thought and some of the spiritual exercises he suggests, seem quite interesting and easy to practice even at home. I suppose one needs to be open for that kind of writing, but it's invigorating to read about the possibilities of living a fulfilled life in which dreams come true and to be assured that this happiness is normally not achieved by killing oneself in an office all day long.

The very simple writing style which annoyed me so much in Veronica decides to die, doesn't bother me in this description of his pilgrimage as I read this less as literature per se, but as a shared experience, a travel diary and a compilation of spiritual advice.

Not bad at all until I got around the middle of the book, then the whole esoteric bla bla started getting terribly on my nerves - some of the experiences Coelho narrates are just way too twisted for my liking. I've met some people into templars and magic (dark and white) on the camino, but I've never felt big attraction towards these things myself, probably also because they inspire a kind of terror in me. I wouldn't like to hear all those voices and talk to my guardian all the time, not a little bit........In the end I was skipping whole pages just to get to the end, not such an inspiring read after all. Besides, Paulo Coelho leans towards self-celebration which is annoying after a while.

Some very good thoughts which I'll try to keep in mind and some exercises I'll try to practice, but very much over-the-top stuff as well - in the end, I can recommend some very few pages of the book, but I wouldn't bother to read it completely all over again.

I think much like the Alchemist this book just isn't really for me. I do think this book was a bit better written than the alchemist, I do appreciate that this is based on the authors own experiences with his religion and re-defining his own faith and I did like that it felt like a very real and authentic experience. I just felt like it was very wishy-washy and at times it just felt like the whole point of the book was for the author to show off how great he is. I also think the plot kind of fell flat for me and it was a bit cheesy. I kinda wish a lot things were explained a bit better - he referred to RAM or the tradition at least once in every chapter and I still have no idea what either of them are or if they are supposed to be weird stand-ins for Christianity. I do see why people who are more spiritually minded than me would like it, but I think Coelho's stories just aren't meant for the likes of me.

قد سبق و قرأت الخيميائي فكانت من أجمل ما قرأت , ثم قرأت الزانية .. لم أستمتع بقراءتها كما في الخيميائي , حاج كمبوستيلا كانت لاقرر وجهة نظري في الكاتب ... نجحت هذه الرواية في نزع الخيميائي من مرتبة اعمالي المفضلة فقد بدت ضئيلة إذا ما قورنت بعظمة هذا العمل ... من أجمل و أروع و أعمق و أمتع ما قرأت ... رحلة روحانية لا تصدق في غياهب النفس البشرية
اختلف مع المترجم في كثير مما ترجم .. فالشيطان الشخصي قد اميل لترجمته  قريناً و هناك بعض التفاصيل الاخرى التي أظنني كنت لأفهمها بصورة افضل لو تمت ترجمتها بصورة مختلفة
المهم .. عمل لا يفوت لعبقري ادب الرحلات النفسية باولو كويلو

هو التجربة الأولي لباولو كويلو في التأليف
هو بداية الطريق وبداية الرحلة
الرحلة بالعالم الأصغر
النفس
هو بداية المعرفة بالذات
وبداية الوصول اليها
كتاب يمتاز بالطابع الروحاني الصوفي لكتابات باولو كويلو
قصة مختلفة عن رجل يبحث عن سيفه علي طريق قديمة كانت تستعمل في الشعائر الدينية
جغرافيا
هي تصل ما بين منطقتين ونهايتها هي مدينة " سانتياجو دو كومبوستيلا "
واقعيا
هي ما بين شخصك القديم والوصول إلي ذاتك الجديدة
كتاب سيغير فيك شيئا ما
بالتأكيد شيئ ما سيتغير

This is the story of a journey on the Road to Santiago, which we nowadays generally term the “Camino”.

The protagonist and storyteller is called Paulo, like the author, so perhaps this tale is authentic and autobiographical, perhaps not.

Paulo is a member of some sort of esoteric organization called RAM and he describes in the book´s Prologue his ordination as a master of the Order of RAM, when he receives a new sword from his own Master. But he should have refused the sword; since he didn`t he will have to begin his quest for it all over again.

Paulo´s wife has been entrusted with the sword instead of him. The two fly to Barjados; she has been told what she has to do with the sword, while he must go to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and be guided along the Road to Santiago.

He arrives there and seeks out a Mme Lourdes, as he has been instructed to. He undergoes a ceremony during which he is told “may you obey the one who is your guide, even though he may issue an order that is homicidal, blasphemous, or senseless”. The guide would be waiting for him two kilometres outside of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

He is almost tricked by a gypsy to take him as a guide but is saved by the arrival of the correct guide, Petrus. (The gypsy had in fact been the devil.)

Petrus tells him he will meet a devil somewhere along the Road.

During the pilgrimage Petrus teaches Paulo several spiritual exercises with which the reader is also presented, e.g. the seed exercise, the Messenger Ritual, the arousal of intuition (the water exercise), and the Buried Alive exercise.

Petrus has Paulo perform these exercises several times during the pilgrimage.

Here is the speed exercise:
Walk for twenty minutes at half the speed at which you normally walk. Pay attention to the details, people, and surroundings. The best time to do this is after lunch.
Repeat the exercise for seven days.

Petrus explains that he is not guiding Paulo to his sword; it is the latter´s job, solely and exclusively to find it. He is here to lead him along the Road to Santiago and to teach him the RAM practices.

“When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly --- You begin to attach much more importance to the things around you because your survival depends upon them. You begin to be more accessible to others because they may be able to help you in difficult situations.”

In the Messenger Ritual, Paulo learns the name of his messenger, which must remain secret. He must accept the messenger as a friend, listen to his advice, ask for help when necessary, but never allow him to dictate the rules of the game.

They go to a house where they have been told there is a curse, and there encounter an old woman and a dog. Paulo speaks strange words and the dog attacks them. He is permeated by feelings of love, agape. He apparently has exorcised the old woman´s demons.

The agape he experiences is a higher form of love. The strange language is divine grace and is one of the RAM practices for the Road to Rome (another pilgrimage). What Paulo has experienced is the gift of tongues which is related to direct communication with the Holy Ghost.

Eros is “the feeling of love that exists between two people”, philos is love in the form of friendship, while agape is “a feeling that suffuses, that fills every space in us and turns our aggression to dust”. “Agape is total love. It is the love that consumes the person that experiences it. Whoever knows and experiences agape learns that nothing else in the world is important – just love.”

Petrus forces Paulo to climb a dangerous waterfall, which he does not feel capable of, but manages.

Paulo encounters the dog again and has to fight it, The dog contains various demons, hence its name, Legion. With the aid of agape, Paolo wins the battle though his leg is bleeding badly.

He realizes that he cannot find his sword until he discovers why he wants to find it and what he needs it for. That was the secret of his sword.

Paulo becomes his own Master and learns to communicate with the Universe, He is filled with agape and transforms himself into a Master. The Road to Santiago begins to “walk him”.

With his new insights and transformation he is guided by a lamb to his sword.

The author´s style (or perhaps the style of the English translator) is clear, simple and direct. The book is thus exceedingly readable; it is filled with wisdom and provides us, as stated, with valuable, practical, spiritual exercises.

This book is thus yet another masterpiece from the pen of this author, and I highly recommend that you read it. It will in fact warrant several reads.

a magnificent read!
the Strange Road to San Tiago and everything that happens on it, is nothing but a mirror of each and everyone's life journey! the book is a reminder that life is brilliant and that we are capable of so much more than we beleive we are... it is the limiting beleifs that we have that stop us from becomimg who we are supposed to be..
definitely worth reading!

الرواية ممتازة وعميقة وتتفوق على الخيميائي بنظري. ولكن من الممكن ان تكون اجمل لو كانت الترجمه أكثر احترافيه

What are you expecting other than a spiritual journey from this book? Well it is his journey across Spain's Road in order to find himself. Something that I've heard and seen in a movie [Darjeling Limited:] but I supposed I haven't had the chance to conduct it. Or I might have lacked a courage to begin it!

Of all the exercises he introduces, the Speed Exercise dumbfounded me. The minute I read the exercise, it reminds me to the regular road I have anytime I go and back from work. There's one old man, he's about 50 to 60 years old and his hair is turning white, sitting in front one of the house. Every morning and evening I found him exactly at the same bench, sometimes with his bycicle beside him. It's like having a father checking that his little daughter goes to work and back home safely and sound.

His quest of finding the sword is resembling our quests of finding what is lacking in our live actually. Are we looking for perfect life, which I think is an absurd concept, or finding out how to make it perfect?!

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Jelas sekali ini buku tentang perjalanan spiritual. Perjalanan Paulo Coelho di Jalan Santiago yang berada di Spanyol, perjalanan spiritual untuk mencari jatidirinya. Aku sudah sering mendengar dan menontonnya di film [Darjeling Limited salah satunya:] namun sepertinya aku belum berkesempatan melakukannya. Atau mungkin tidak punya nyali untuk memulainya!

Dari semua latihan yang dia sebutkan, Latihan Kecepatan membuatku tertegun. Saat aku membacanya aku ingat tentang jalan yang selalu aku lalui ketika berangkat dan pulang dari kantor. Di jalan itu ada seorang pria yang berusia sekitar 50 - 60 tahun dengan rambut yang mulai memutih semua duduk di depan rumahnya. Setiap pagi dan malam aku menemukannya duduk di bangku yang sama, terkadang ada sepeda di sebelahnya. Rasanya seperti seorang ayah yang memastikan anak perempuannya pergi bekerja dan kembali dengan selamat.

Pencarian pedang yang dia lakukan sama seperti perjuangan kita mencari tahu apa sebenarnya yang kurang dalam hidup kita. Apakah kita mencari kehidupan yang sempurna, walau menurutku konsep itu absurd, atau mencari tahu bagaimana membuat kehidupan itu menjadi sempurna?!

رحلة اكتشاف النفس وجماعة رام
(عندما تريد شيئا ما فإن الكون بأسره يتضافر ليوفر لك تحقيق رغبتك)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvfXLD...