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What is it: The moment in a person's life when they first are given notice everything is about to change if they want it or not.

Story: Santiago receives his call to adventure when he repeatedly has the same dream. He keeps dreaming about a child appearing and playing with his sheep, this child then takes him to the Egyptian Pyramids. Once there the child tells him if he goes there he will find his treasure and his dream ends.

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What is it: This is when the future hero refuses the call and any of a range of reasons work to hold them in their current circumstances.

Story: Santiago gets his dream interpreted and questions how he would even set out on his journey then disregards the whole thing. He remembered that he has other things to take care of and decided to never again believe in dreams.

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What is it: This is usually where the hero enters the field of adventure venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are unknown.

Story: The beginning of Santiago's journey is when he meets Melchizidek. Melchizedek tells Santiago to give him one-tenth of his sheep and he will tell him how to find his treasure. This leads Santiago to sell his sheep and beginning his travels towards the Pyramids.

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What is it: The hero gets assistance in their journey and the mentor teaches, but more likely, allows them to unlock what was inside them all along. The mentor usually leaves or dies along the journey.

Story: Santiago's mentor is King Melchizedek. Melchizidek explains to him what personal legends are, the soul of the world, and to follow omens along his journey. This talk with Santiago gives him the push he needs to set out on his journey and Mekihizdek gives him Urim and Thummim to help him on his journey before he departs.

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What is it: This is a series of tests, tasks, or ordeals that the person must undergo to begin their transformation.

Story: Santiago goes through many tasks along his journey. The first task he goes through is getting robbed in Tangier for all the money he got from his sheep. This leads him to work at a crystal shop. He worked here for 11 months until he had money to return and become a Shepard. He ends up changing his mind because he remembers what the king says and knows that he could always go back, but this was his one shot. The next task he must go through is going with the caravan to Al- Fayoum because there is a tribal war going on and it can go wrong for him. He passes this task and gets to Al- Fayoum safely with a new friend named the Englishman. The next task he gets is when he has to depart the Al-Fayoum but he meets Fatima and doesn't know if he wants to leave with the Alchemist to cross the desert.

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The Experience With Unconditional Love/Temptress

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The Experience With Unconditional Love/Temptress

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What is it: This is at the point where the hero experiences a love that has the power and significance of unconditional love. The hero often meets a temptress, which is someone or something that tries to induce the hero into abandoning their quest.

Story: Once Santiago gets to Al- Fayoum he meets a desert woman named Fatima. As he lays eyes on her he falls in love and starting thinking of departing from his journey and staying with Fatima. She serves as his temptress in the story but he is told by her that she understands that he must go and if they are destined for each other they will be.

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What is it: This is where the achievement of the goal of the quest is finally gonna be done. It is what the person went on the journey to get/achieve. All the previous steps serve to prepare for this step.

Story: In the story, the Ultimate Boom is when Santiago turns himself into the wind and goes to the pyramids. He goes to the pyramids in search of his treasure and while digging for the treasure gets beat up.

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What is it: This is where sometimes the hero is reluctant to return home. Things have changed so much that returning home would seem different.

Story: In Santiago's journey his refusal of return is when he's confused about why he came to the pyramids if the treasure isn't there.

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What is it: This is where the hero may need help to come back to everyday life or even perhaps they don't realize its time to return.

Story: Santiago doesn't realize it's time to return home until the leader of the guys that beat him up mentions that he had a similar dream. He told him his dream was that there was treasure under a sycamore tree back in Spain. This is the last Omen Santiago needed and he realizes his treasure is back home and he decides to return.

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The Crossing or Return Threshold/Mater of Two Worlds

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The Crossing or Return Threshold/Mater of Two Worlds

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What is it: The return home. The trick is to integrate the wisdom the hero has developed and implement it in their everyday life. This is extremely difficult but when they figure out how to settle into their old homes they become master of two worlds.

Story: Santiago returns home and claims his treasure. He then begins to return back to the Oasis to be with Fatima once and for all.