The new year had just begun and, as every year, P. came to the chapel on the mountain to see his Master. It was getting dark and he had been driving for a couple of hours, but once he opened the door of his car, the ice cold wind woke him up for good. Taking [...]
All my plans in ruins. For hours now I’d been looking for that stone monument. I had driven through this little village at least thirty times on this monday afternoon and there was not even anybody on the street; the ONE street that lead through this village. I parked my car, got out into the [...]
When Tiago knelt on the bank of the river Ebro, he felt exhausted and tired and tears were running down his cheeks. He stared into the water flowing by. Usually, that made him feel better, when he was fighting with doubt. As if the peace of the flowing water, was simply entering his mind and [...]
I wanted to briefly share some first pictures from the locations of the Paulo Coelho “Quest for the Sword” – in the background you will hear music by Paul Horn. It’s really more sounds than music. I was listening to his recordings for hours and hours during the quest and its long days and especially [...]
The new year had just begun and, as every year, P. came to the chapel on the mountain to see his Master. It was getting dark and he had been driving for a couple of hours, but once he opened the door of his car, the ice cold wind woke him up for good. Taking [...]
All my plans in ruins. For hours now I’d been looking for that stone monument. I had driven through this little village at least thirty times on this monday afternoon and there was not even anybody on the street; the ONE street that lead through this village. I parked my car, got out into the [...]
When Tiago knelt on the bank of the river Ebro, he felt exhausted and tired and tears were running down his cheeks. He stared into the water flowing by. Usually, that made him feel better, when he was fighting with doubt. As if the peace of the flowing water, was simply entering his mind and [...]
For the first time in over 30 years since the original West End Production at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita is showing these days on Broadway. It tells the story of Argentina’s Eva Peron, who rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as [...]
Just a few days ago, on December 2nd, was the ‘International Day for the Abolition of Slavery’ – a day created by the United Nations. I wouldn’t have known, if I wasn’t following closely the activities of the Ricky Martin Foundation and their Executive Director, Bibiana Ferraiuoli, who published an article on the Huffington Post [...]
Can you think of anyone better to help than children? I can’t. First, because I love children. Only for a couple of months now, I am a father myself and feel blessed and full of joy, every time the little guy laughs at me or shows me his cool moves. Second, parallel to this pure [...]
If you bought shares of Blackberry-Manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) in 2008 on their peak at $148 per share, there’s probably nothing that company could come up with to console you. Yesterday’s trading closed at under $18. Whenever you’ve heard about RIM or Blackberry in the media over the past couple of months, it has [...]
Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and in Kabbalah, the esoteric branch of Judaism, it relates to the origin of the universe, that one number that contains all others. In a short story named “The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges, it is explained as a point that contains everything. Everything. A point [...]
All my plans in ruins. For hours now I’d been looking for that stone monument. I had driven through this little village at least thirty times on this monday afternoon and there was not even anybody on the street; the ONE street that lead through this village. I parked my car, got out into the [...]
When coincidences happen as if that was the normal way of things, that’s one way of the universe telling you that you’re following your dream. When you do, start paying attention. Attention to what you hear, feel, say, see, taste, smell. With that little exercise of paying attention, you connect the world of the senses [...]
In an article published March 2nd, 2010, the Puerto Rican newspaper “Primera Hora” printed a short article based on an interview with Henry Freeman. They also displayed the 12 enigmas Paulo Coelho had put on paulocoelhoblog.com and the solutions that let Henry Freeman win the challenge; for the original article, please click here
… and yes, it’s me! After an intense journey and bit of struggle, both physically and emotionally, I’m taking the sword home with me to Puerto Rico, a US Commonwealth in the Caribbean. When Paulo Coelho posted the enigma on his website early January, asking for 12 tests to be solved, which lead to locations [...]
The renowned German artist Prof. Wolfgang Mussgnug, a dear friend for many years and kindred spirit, has interpreted “Santiago’s Dream” in his very own way and created a set of two paintings. Wolfgang is exhibiting his works all over the world, most recently in Austria (Vienna), Germany (Rheinbach, Karlsruhe), the Netherlands (De Haan) and Australia [...]