Warrior of the Light - Volume 2

by Paulo Coelho

“Warrior of the Light” is a collection of texts that, for the first time, are gathered from the internet writings of Paulo Coelho. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps us to discover the warrior of the light within each of us. In these volumes readers are invited to to travel through the life and imagination of a pilgrim writer.

Genres: Philosophy, Fiction, Self Help, Spirituality, Ebooks

146 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time. Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), The Witch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (to be released in 2009). During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions. Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress, Myspace & Facebook. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube and Flickr, offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers. From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution of his work.

Reviews

[Radwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Being from Rio, I've passed hundreds (thousands) of men, women, and children lying on the ground. As someone who travels, I've seen the same scene in practically all the countries I've been to- from Sweden to dire Romania".
I really love his way in explaining his perspective to people's life. The book presented a number of different stories from different places in the world but it seemed to me that all of them share the same goal. We are all humans seeking for a meaning for our life.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice set of Paulo's stories, not his best work but enjoyable. Reminiscent of (and sometimes paying tribute to) Sufi fables

[Justin Tonna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book on my mobile (yes I keep a stock of books there too).

It was the first book I read of Coelho and one I picked up for free on some download special offer. It intrigued me, but didn't captivate me.

I found the text easy enough to get through, but I didn't find myself straining to get back to the reading. So it was read in odd moments - while parked waiting for my daughter to come out of school, in between meetings, waiting for someone to turn up for an appointment, that sort of thing.

There is some interesting thoughts here, but other parts I found a little weak. It also felt like thoughts that tumbled on the page.

Would I read another book by Coelho? Probably, as this one made me curious.

If you are going to read this author, probably not best to start with this book.

[Skookum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, more than the first volume, fleshes out Coelho's spiritual system. He is very much a theist who believes in the guiding hand of God, that everything (even tragedy) works out for the best, and looking for personal messages from God in everyday events. There's a lot of good stuff here even if you don't share his beliefs.

On to volume three.

[Binibining `E (of The Ugly Writers) · Rating 3 out of 5]

"If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept it, who does the gift belong to? He who tried to deliver it, The same goes for envy, anger and insults, when they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them."

3 stars.

I like the stories in volume 1 much better than in this volume, though this is also good and you can learn a lot from it.

[Alex Vasai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting life-lessons. I find this book easy to read, it makes you reflect about the true values in this life.

[Zach Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

not what i was expecting. still, not a bad read and relatively short.

[Janice Raquela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED IT , FINISHED IT IN ONE SITTING

[Niendria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another lessons of life.