The Alchemist

It follows the winding path of a boy looking for his treasure and tells how making difficult choices based on the right motivations leads him to places he could once have only imagined. Mentored by the Alchemist, a magical man whom has discovered the ability to read the world in its simplest form he eventually finds his treasure in the most unlikely place. The book reaches into that universal desire for feeling the moment and living in the present of your own path, which spans cultures and religious divides worldwide and has resulted in over 65 million sales of the book in 160 countries.

With the many pressures and commitments of modern society pulling us towards false horizons, the book is a refreshing re-calibration of our internal compass that transcends desire or even love, to bring us closer to what the author calls “our personal legend”. A destination that we discover when we are very young and that the “universe conspires to help us achieve”, provided we remain receptive to its subtle waymarkers.

“He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made that decision.”