The Spiritual Quest and Conquest in Selected Paulo Coelho's Novels

“The spiritual quest and conquest in Paulo Coelho’s selected novels”. ABSTRACT This study argues that the spiritual quest is rooted in our biological, psychological, linguistic, and social nature. 'Quest' speaks to the deepest desires of what it means to be human but also of what it means to be alive for all living, sentient organisms. It is about flourishing, about well-being in the fullest sense, about thriving. The quest is not, as most have believed, a rare mystical experience, but a frequent expression of our most basic human impulses. Shaman and scientist, medium and poet, prophet and philosopher, all venture forth in quest of visionary truths to transform and renew the world. Spiritual quest always brings about a change in the character; either physical or mental transformations. It is reflected through inner thought, i.e. sense of achievement. When a person travels in time and space he is reflected with experiences. The novels of Paulo Coelho fascinate the readers with their long, twisting, often circuitous journeys to the core of existence, depicting human destiny and divine interventions. He tries to find answers to such question as to the reason why we are born, the purpose of our life, the identity of the entity that guides us, and whether we have the power to shape our destiny. There are a few issues in Paulo Coelho’s novels that fascinated readers more than anything. A couple of sort of psychological or philosophical issues and another is a literary choice of the author in building the characters for his novels. However, what still differentiates and lends them with a character of its own, is an atmosphere of ennui, meaninglessness, nothingness, absurdity, anxiety and awareness of death, that Coelho's contemporary vision cannot help taking into account. It is this ambience of difference that also makes his novels, at the outset, peculiarly existential. Coelho's existential and spiritual preoccupation becomes the core of his fictional