Brida

Brida
Paulo Coelho

The spellbinding novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho, now in ebook.This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, and has taken courses in astrology, tarot, and numerology, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach her about the world.Her teachers sense that Brida has a gift, but cannot tell what that is. Meanwhile, Brida pursues her course ever deeper into the mysteries of life, seeking to answer questions about who she is. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, and teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world, and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. She seeks her destiny, as she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch.This enthralling novel incorporates themes fans of Paulo will love. It is a tale of love, passion, mystery and spirituality.

Brida

Paulo Coelho

Dedication (#ulink_b4893542-2b17-516d-8ba1-6774ddd0a48c)

For N.D.L. who made the miracles happen,

for Christina, who is one of those miracles,

and for Brida

Epigraph (#ulink_042624e2-0787-5f5a-8f3a-09690b1f60ba)

… what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

Luke 15:8–9

Table of Contents

Title Page (#ufbe2dfdf-3bf4-52a7-832e-c75cc8ba8e55)

Dedication (#ua3bbefab-f466-5411-bbab-6a508d6270ef)

Epigraph (#ufb8afc8c-b393-5938-8c09-b694ae7e7a40)

Warning (#uccaa10ff-fc37-50ef-9e35-c039c78e9103)

Prologue (#ubdc0ce00-3afd-5382-a693-887c86e9e795)

Ireland (#u8ace9a0a-650f-5d58-b338-7e1ed5b44921)

Summer and Autumn (#u0d2a8089-ad07-52b9-a34c-fca7e64b3110)

I want to learn about magic (#u4fc72bde-17bc-50fe-a3c5-cc1055618b31)

In the darkness, Brida could (#u93bc9bb6-cee6-5594-9e7a-6480ecf6124e)

It was light when she woke (#ua2898a87-41ff-5629-9edd-81df1b5cecc7)

In the centre of Dublin (#u8fc3a8cd-14f3-5468-8246-a4c443b4d279)

The old building was in the centre (#ue305f63d-9d32-540d-91d9-185af7b9d874)

For a whole week (#u38cebf5a-c1be-5a96-a253-09a3684552bb)

She chose a fairly inexpensive restaurant (#u5aec42df-cbd0-5cf0-8eac-414756aa9817)

It’s no good, I can’t do it (#u50af26a7-a173-573a-bda9-6fa567187f89)

It was a trick (#u4901d49e-4f51-580a-a143-6d1541be7b27)

I want to ask something else (#u01df7cb1-402f-53a6-9272-ecfeb3d93479)

By around mid-afternoon (#u05b4adbc-5ea8-5b61-bad8-d9b17fd2722b)

Wicca knelt down and looked (#uba8938aa-1ec2-54bb-81d4-099ee1d4a031)

She woke with water dripping (#litres_trial_promo)

Talbo came closer (#litres_trial_promo)

For a whole week (#litres_trial_promo)

That night, she had a beautiful dream (#litres_trial_promo)

She walked for some time (#litres_trial_promo)

It was so good to have Brida (#litres_trial_promo)

The Magus lived a little way (#litres_trial_promo)

Winter and Spring (#litres_trial_promo)

Over the next two months (#litres_trial_promo)

Wicca continued to teach Brida (#litres_trial_promo)

It was quite late on in the year (#litres_trial_promo)

Brida continued to perform (#litres_trial_promo)

When they met again (#litres_trial_promo)

I came to apologise (#litres_trial_promo)

They walked to a place (#litres_trial_promo)

She sat distractedly watching (#litres_trial_promo)

On Saturday morning, Lorens phoned (#litres_trial_promo)

The following day, she phoned Wicca (#litres_trial_promo)

They went to one of Dublin’s (#litres_trial_promo)