Paulo Coelho’s Feminine Divine
September 30, 2005As much as I enjoy reading his books and indulging in his modern philosophisies about life and how to live it, at some points he bores me and makes me wonder if somebody who believes in such and such (things I totally disagree with!) is worth reading for. But in the end, I decide that even if he ruined it for me a couple of times while reading still he inspired me in one way or another, I just take what I like and agree with.
If he can only stop talking about The lady and the feminine God, his books will be much more enjoyable as well as agreeable. It’s becoming boooooring and repetitive in a way that I started to believe he’s actually trying to manipulate readers’ minds and impose his personal beliefs on the reader in every way possible. I don’t blame anyone for banning his books, except that by banning them his books are more demanded!
In his last book Al Zahir, he once says that “The girl”, he insists it was a girl according to the man who saw her, said she’s neither a girl nor a boy. But he keeps talking about her and I wonder if she said she’s not a female nor a male why does he choose to consider she’s a girl? When he described his journey to Almaty, all he was talking about was women, it was very obvious how he tried to portray women as a higher human-being class, it made me sick honestly. When I started to read By the river piedra I sat and wept I thought it was only that particular book, but then it turned out that he’s so obsessed about this divine feminine ideology. He takes everything, manipulate it, add to it and in the end he reaches to the same morale of the story, Mary is a God, nature is a woman, women rule, marriage is pure friendship that does not bound you to anything (I call that animality).
The Zahir was all good and interesting until the last chapter which I strongly believe was the worst and was so unnecessary, on the contrast, it was both boring and shallow, it nearly killed it.
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I agree that Coelho is boring. His books are catchy and I usually can’t put them down until their done, but I feel like his extreme levels of phalsapheh are actually empty. I didn’t read “The Zahir”, but I hated “The Alchemist” and “Eleven Minutes”. The only good Coelho I’ve got my hands on was “Veronika Decides to Die”.
Anyway, I am very interested in alternative religion theories, especially about the Sacred Female. I believe that it is good to be tolerant when it comes to the beliefs and ideologies of other people. Don’t read The Da Vinci Code if it bothers you.
Comment by Roba — September 30, 2005 @ 10:18 AM
Roba, I’m also tolerant, but it really becomes boring. The point is, if he’s really trying to preach something I call this cowardness! no man is totally objective, but if this is going to be the theme of all his books then maybe he should state that and make it clear…
I’m not with banning any kind of books btw, but before I read the Zahir I used to defend him, thinking that those who claim he’s trying to preach a new religion are sort of paranoid, that there is no agenda behind his writing. Now I sort of question his credibility.
I’m not interested in his theory at all, it doesn’t make sense to me that God is a male or a female.
I’ve read Da vinci code long time ago, liked it a lot actually but also got bored somehow in the middle because of the too many technical details I guess. But it was really very good.
Comment by SugarCubes — September 30, 2005 @ 10:27 AM
I agree that it doesn’t make sense to classify God as male or female.
Comment by Roba — September 30, 2005 @ 9:12 PM
My G-friend 4 now is reading Al Zahir,and she is a mixed breed Brit-Pali.i told her that the reviews i read 4 this book where awfull,but she inssisted to read it,its all publicity and his writings over rated i cant take his ideas,i will keep u posted 4 her reaction,but i noticed she is a bit confused already and she did not mention
anything yet.
Comment by Fuad — October 9, 2005 @ 10:46 AM
Hey Fuad, yes please do visit again and tell us what she thinks!
Comment by SugarCubes — October 9, 2005 @ 11:30 AM