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Santiago Meets An Old Woman and An Old Man
Santiago Meets An Old Woman and An Old Man
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-Dreams are the language of gods
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Santiago meets an Old Woman and an Old Man
What does Santiago learn from the Old Woman?
-God speaks through dreams r words, and she can only interpret, which is difficult
Be able to focus on one thing while still being aware around you. Take your time. The oil is
important just as much as the things around you.
Pg 44-87
48-he got food fo cleaning glass
50- he get back sheep?
53- nice merchant man
54- display case
56- Mecca pilgrimage
61- maktub “it is written”
72-Rocks were in de bible with shepard recognising the king first
Elixir and the Phil Stone, great magics for the alchemists who turned metal into gold
Camel man- focus on the now, not the later
88-116
90- Hundreds of wells, thousands of date trees in the Oasis
91- tribe wars, stay in oasis, oasis is neutral area
93- women in black are married, don’t talk to them for traditions sake
94-95- witch doctors are powerful, even for tribe chiefs
95- he fell in love
97-Fatima, name of the Prophet’s daughter
97-Alchemist, speaks with the genies of the desert, the spirits of good and evil
100-101- if Fatima is a part of his dream, he will come back
102-the desert has shells, therefore being once a sea
103- War Omen
105- Seer, people feared them, if a man goes to war knowing he will die, he will be demoralized
110-Slave who believed in dreams, around his age
111- Prepare for war, they believed him
115- Courage is what is needed for the language of the world
116-137
116- invasion happened
118- the advise always comes back from someone new by the king
sometimes , when you settle, you realize life will still nag at you for what you’re legend is, and
what even if you have what you want, it’s not always what you could have if you just tried a
little bit more.
Dreams make hearts suffer, and heart doen’t want to suffer
The soul of the world test everything learned as a test of mastery