The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Novel Summary

Short summary on the novel "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

1. THE ALCHEMIST A fable about following your dream Novel summary by: Prakruti Thakur

2. Paulo Coelho "I was very happy in the things I was doing. I was doing something that gave me food and water, I was working, I had a person whom I loved, I had money, but I was not fulfilling my dream. My dream was, and still is, to be a writer."

3. Personal Calling It is a God's blessing It is the path that God chose for you here on Earth

4. Four Obstacles We are told that it is impossible Love Fear of defeats Fear of realizing the dream

5. Legend of Narcissus Lake: "Each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."

6. Recurrent Dream Dreams are the language of God

7. Melchizedek King of Salem "When you really want something, it's because the desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth." "You must always know what it is that you want"

8. Beginner's luck Principle of favorability.  When you play cards, the first time you're almost sure to win. There is a force that wants you to realize your destiny.  It whets your appetite with the taste of success

9. Secret of happiness Secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon

10. Crystal Merchant Holy city of Mecca "I just want to dream about Mecca" Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Maktub - it  is written

11. Searching for an alchemist who knows the universal language . The language in which all things communicated. Master Work: - Liquid part : Elixir of Life - Solid part : Philosopher's stone Life is the moment we're living right now.

12. Oasis Al-Fayoum Everything has been written by the same hand Love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny

13. Transformation into wind This is my alchemy is this so that everyone will search for his treasure, find it and then want to be a better when he was in his formal life read will play its role until the world has no further need for lead and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

14. Finding the Treasure

15. Some Quotes:  It's the possibility of having our dreams come true that makes life interesting. If you believe yourself worthy of the thing you for so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the soul of the world, and you understand why you are here When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. If you start out the promising, but you don't even have it you will lose your desire to work towards getting it.