Paulo Coelho?

I'm doing a resarch on a Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. Among his works, he wrote "Practical Manual of Vampirism" and "The Alchemist".

I am searching for some info on him off the record. Anyone knows if he has any connections with the Bilderberg and/or the Freemasons or any other related groups as such?

reply to post by Spooky Fox Mulder

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I've not heard of any connection with freemasonry, but IMO there's no doubt that many masons would find "The Alchemist" an enjoyable read.

So what you're suggesting is that Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" could be on the Freemason's Books-To-Read list?

reply to post by Spooky Fox Mulder

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It could, as could a thousand other books. There is no official list if that's what you are asking and Masons, just like every other person out there have different tastes when it comes to reading material. I am presently reading "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Brother Edward Gibbon.

[edit on 19-2-2008 by RWPBR]

Absolutely. It looks like quite an interesting read. Many freemasons take a great interest in this sort of stuff - but then so do a lot of other people as well

Paulo Cohelo writes "self-grow" or "Autoayuda" as we call it here.
He uses names such as The Alchemist as he uses feary tales as examples to help other improve their livin'... as far as I know, nothing related to freemasons or the occult...
and I've read a lot of his books in the past...
This guy is like a brazilian Brian Weiss but without being Psychiatrist.

[edit on 19/2/08 by Jim.Hero]

Thank you very much for all your input.

I had to research this further as I overheard Will Smith in one of his interviews talking about this being his favourite book.

After I downloaded the audio book for a listen I thought I would research the author just to find that he has published this book in many languages.

Of these languages he has different book covers designed and of these covers I have found a couple that have symbols that relate to the Illuminati.

Can anyone "enlighten" me by clarifying whether this is the work of Freemasons or the Illuminati based on the artwork at least?

A book can have a great impact on you hypnotically and I do not want to rewire my brain in "their" way of thinking if it is indeed their work.

We are already being bombarded with their symbols, music, videos etc and I dont want to listen to an audio book just to end up thinking the way they want me to.

Link for the sources to find the art work and even a video on YouTube with the artwork of the different books are below.

Some Blog



YouTube Video


Thanks

reply to post by matrix_sid

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No, there aren't any Illuminati symbols on that cover. The only symbol which has ever proven was actually used by the Illuminati was a dot in a circle.

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There are some symbols that have been used by Masons on that cover, but they're not symbols exclusive to Masonry. The sun, the moon, the eye of providence, the triangle, the circle, and the sword.

Ooh yes! I would love to read it!
Thanks for telling me about it!

I bet that 25 out of 30 of the brethren in my lodge would put it on their books-to-read list.


[edit on 21/8/2009 by Saurus]

I've read it.. It's a very allegorical sort of story, but there's nothing in it that I'd say was particularly hidden-secret message about it.

Paulo Coelho studied Aleister Crowley.

Keywords: Raul Seixas, alternative society.

And It's not "auto-ayuda", It's auto-ajuda. We speak portuguese in Brazil, not spanish.

Recently one famous brazilian biography writer made a book with him.

You are already wired to their way of thinking... you live in a Republic.

[edit on 22-8-2009 by infobrazil]