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This is my favorite book, ever.
Thank you, Mr. Paulo, for creating this book.
I had enjoyed reading it. I just wonder if Brida
is a true story or it is non-fiction?
Thank you.
dear swikriti,
i may be very late …..but after reading your post felt like rosponding to your question….I agree with manisha…am also an Indian …what i sincerely advice you is first understand what love is….there is huge difference between love and sexual attraction….identify true love…which according to me is the selfless love and care one shows on the other without expectation….to be successful and happy in life ..the love has to be reciprocated by the other person too…so think several times is assessing your love before expressing it….nothing wrong in thinking over if the other person is worth your love..if everything goes well and still there is problem dear please remember what paulo says in one of his books…’if you love someone so much you must be prepared to set them free’…i am suggesting you because….its three years since my beloved left me…it pained a lot…but these words of paulo really made a change…now i live without him physically…but every moment i think of him…i love him as i loved before…..and still leading a happy life chasing my dream… never felt attractd towards any male afterthat….i know he is my true iove….but prepared to set him free and most important thing is i dont want to make my life miserable after that…now i am what am is because of paulo…and for anyone of any nation its important to feel proud of their nation ,its culture,customs, traditions and the honour one does to his nation is to live according to his culture..whether one is in his native nation or any other nation…i hope u read this…
Well , I just came across on some reviews about Brida and I’ve just read an intro at the begginig of the book in English version saying that ,this book is completely fictional and I am a bit of shocked! I thought that Brida is a book based on real events. That this is the real story of Brida O’Fern. I have read some information about her on the book “O Mago” by Fernando Morrais , saying that Paulo met her on his pilgrimage to Rome, and therefore she told him her story of how she became a Teacher of RAM..
I am really confused and shocked! What is the truth?
Is the story fictional or real? This is a very important information that would completely turned my thoughts upside down.
I have told people in this blog that the book is based on real events. And I have given these responds several times in here. I am afraid of missleading people by mistake.
Please Paulo, answer my question.
It is very very important!! Make a clear statement so no missunderstanding is possible from now on.
Knowing this one as a true story, I have based many of my thoughts according magic.
I am sure that you understand completely the importance of the matter.
I would appreciate a reply Mr. Coelho.
Thanks..
Me tope con el libro porque mi madre avia comprado varios libros de paulo coelho, porque a ella le gusta leer mucho y le encanta libros de paulo!.
Enci, yo no leeo mucho libros y e leidos muy pocos, pero me decidi leer su libro por una manera de distraerme ensi cuando comense a leerlo comense a comprenderlo de apoco y a entender que por medio de la magia del sol y la luna y de la historia de brida que hay cosas inisplicables pero con su respuesta solo que no la vemos. y de lo que tanto le enseno wika a brida.
ensi el libro para mi fue una forma de aprender que hay algo mas que no nos esperamos que lo debemos intentar y que por la ilucion que el amor y mi yo siempre se podra encontrar de una manera u otra.. y aunque sea tan indivisible .. la magia/
Voy a recomendar mucho el libro quisa a mi ex novia para que le de sentido a su vida y espero no revolvercela mas.. jejeje..
pos data: Ulmide opinion de un buen libro
adorabile BRIDA,non mi stanco mai di rileggerlo…
Bridaaaaa!!!!!
Un libro disenado para tocar corazones, un libro para el alma, un libro para aprender y crecer como persona. Un libro que no es para todo tipo de persona, pero si para cada generacion. Un libro que da fe, alegria y deja pensando a todos. Un libro lleno de fantasias y realidad. Un libro lleno de teorias y preguntas. D veras es un libro exelente y lleno de sabiduria. De Paulo Coelho solo me he leido aparte de este libro pues “el alquimista” y ni sabia que Brida existia… Nunca pense que un libro me fuera a gustar tanto, ni que me iba a cambiar la vida como lo ha echo Brida. Adoro este libro y si le pudiera regalar una copia a cada persona que conozco, lo haria!! Todavia no he terminado de leerlo, porque estoy disfrutando cada segundo de el… Lo cierro y me siento a pensar,,, Hago las cosas que le ensena Wicca a Brida y siento que me motiva… que me hace crecer. Este libro fue creado para cambiar vidas y crear ilusiones,,, fue creado para todos aquellos apasionados y aquellos que han olvido el verdadero significado de la vida o del amor… Es un libro excelente!!! :) Gracias Coelho por este libro tan hermoso y gracias a Martin que me lo recomendo…
-Laura S.
Como encuentro a Wicca, A travez de mi vida he hecho de forma instintiva muchas de las cosas que le enseñan a Brida.
Como que la genética tubiese memoria.
Recuerda cosas que uno no vivió,en este período y lo mismo con información.Y busqueda constante de algo, inefable.
Me llaman la brujis.
Veo cosas, que suceden.
being an indian i have always given importance to society and its norms cause it matters over here in india..what i want to know is ppl opeanion on the fact that is it right to be in 3-4 relations until and unless you found out your true love,on the other hand its also written that true love happens once in a life time rest all is a compromise with people u are with i am confused cause in india it is believed that your first love is true love i dont believe in it but our society make us believe in this myth nd somewhere i start feeling guilty..i fell in love with people just to discover that this is not my types nd i ferar that i dont have any character(as ppl here in india believe)..can someone clear my vision on this subject i know i have make a mess of everything but if someone understand how i feel nd weather i m right or wrong.. do reply
HI swikriti..it was really nice to read such question..coz people have doubts..questions but they dont feel they can ask..now if u ask me i would surely agree with what it ws in Brida..that there is your soul mate somewhere… and trust me when u find him you soul will let u know..but yes i do understand the Indian society..so better take some time..grow yourself as a person… go more into spirituality so that ur inner self guides u better..but yes dont live a compromised life…coz Love is the only thing which is far far than compromise..coz if u compromise n then in future your soul mate comes…it will be toughest part to handle n most of the time u wont be able to let your soul mate go…Life will be a tremendous journey if you will walk with yout soul mate…every moment every second will be a lifetime experience… dont know if u belive or not..but do meditations…ask god to give you your soulmate…….coz true love is rare thing..its not all around…or u can say its always around but we dont have that eyes to feel it…wait…. its definately worth waiting… belive n wait…all the best ..take care
Dear, how can one oppinion on such multisided thing as love be the same and normal for different people?The first love is pure and no doubt miraculous but we fell in love for the first time when we are young even children,we are too naive and innocent, ages make us wiser, more expirienced in this or that, changes our mind and as a result our demands in love which we realize with next love.Each love is a step for the final….that’s why we see people falling in love even if the are 90 yar old)God Bless you
I admire Paulo Coleho and his books… they inspire me… but there is one sticking point in Brida that I cannot reconcile… Lorens never knows about what happended between Brida and Magnus (when the join together)… So Lorens cannot make a choice if he is happy with what occured…
can someone shine a light on this?
Um de seus personagens que mais marcou em minhas leituras de suas obras. Identifiquei-me com Brida, acho que em algum lugar já fui bruxa.(kkkk) Abs.
I’ve read Brida several years ago but still has this persistent sense of relative thoughts. This is one of my favorite books, and all the stuff including soul mates and Another Half touched my own soul. I guessed about splitting the soul into two, then again into two and etc. and this very conception is very relative for me. If you can, can you explain me the meaning of the Brida’s question when she asked Wikka: And only one of these parts aware who is she?What part did she mean? And why Wikka didn’t answer?
Me gusto mucho el libro de Brida aunke el final no fue como yo esperaba, creo q asi es la vida te sorprende a cada mometo, no sabes lo q pasara y puede q no pase lo q esperabas.Aprendi a dar importancia a cosas que me parecia q no eran importantes y recorde lo que es enamorarse… Gracias por este libro D.T.B.M :)
EXELENTE , EL MJOR INCREIBLE .
Brida, to me, illustrated that what we search for is sometimes right in front of our eyes. She has Lorens, but knows there is someone else out there (her soulmate). When she sets out to find him – she starts a journey that would involve stripping her being as it is and transforming it into what it could be: she takes risks, she’s brave but in the end she relents to reason(by walking away from the Magus) and finds true love with Lorens – who was always there supporting her in her search
Hi Mr.Cohelo
By now i have read Brida Thrice,Ofcourse not continuously.But wanna tell you one thing as and when i read it,I dunno why but i straightaway plunge into the character.I start Imagining myself in her place.And its Kindaa becomin obsession for me and i am longing to be in such fantasy world.
By the way I believe in every character you create,the world you create.
Thanks for letting me experience such lively and beautiful world!!!
Espavo Paulo,
you made me start reading books passionately,before I wasn’t interesting in novels till reading a book of yours. I almost read all your novels and I am a fan of your stile but I couldn’t stop myself telling you how I felt for Brida, I HATED BRİDA but I can not get rid of thinking it,it touched my heart and my deeper feelings.I had brushed all my wishes under carpet but Brida took off my wishes off ,and gave me motivation for life again,and made me remember some precious things in life again.
No no ofcourse I was kidding about hating Brida, but you know ıt was a more comfortable life when wishes were under carpet,feeling no ambitious for life but now I feel I am alive again,thank you
and,ESPAVO PAULO
I just read The Witch of Portobello and Brida–loved them both! I truly identified with Athena and Brida. I appreciated both their quests for truth, faith & wisdom (and love). Both stories were powerful.
Hi carlos Brida o’ Fern is a typical irish name,. Pronounce it BRY DA O’ FER N there is no translation. other names like this is breda bronounce bree da. love his books ger
Paulo
Em 1994, eu tinha 17 anos e morava numa cidade pacata no Centro de Mocambique e durante os 6 meses em que la morei, re-li Brida 3 vezes… E incrivel que dai em diante decidi acreditar que vejo os olhos das pessoas que me amaram ate agora brilhar de forma especial, encontrei inclusive justificacao para que tal suceda!
Ja comprei 4 livros Brida e ofereci a pessoas que acreditei que o livro lhes faria bem.
Ter um escritor que originalmente fala a nossa lingua, da nossa pequena comunidade (CPLP) com tanta aceitacao mundial, mesmo acreditando que algum sentido da genese do livro original se perde na traducao, e simplesmente de orgulhar, apreciar!
Enquanto eu escrevia este texto descobri algo, sou seu fa!
Os outros livros que li seus nao sao menos interessantes…..Ao meio da sua leitura eu me perdia por completo acreditando cegamente no que lia, como se de ficcao nao se trata-se.
Keep it up mate. Today, I have checked your website because a jobmate is reading alchemist!
Zolas
Maputo – Mocambique
I have read Brida more than just a few times…and it is because I feel I can identify with the main character Brida in her journey for a higher truth which she searches for with the help of the Magus and Wicca; each individual has their own ‘higher truth’ , so my journey is not exactly the same, but still I feel I go through many of the things Brida goes through.
(p.s: One of my other very favorite books by you, Paulo, is The Witch of Portobello…. “Athena always lived between two worlds: what she felt was true and what she had been taught by her faith.” … my life in a few simple words you have written. Thank you!)
Querido Paulo!!
gostaria de falar que adooooro seus livros!! Brida foi o 4º livro que li, e o que fiquei mais impressionada é que, além de eu ja ter pesquisado e lido sobre Wicca, eu terminei de ler o livro essa semana quando eu também tenho 21 anos e trabalho numa empresa de comércio exterior, assim como a Brida! adorei as coincidências!!
parabéns pelo livro e pela sua obra maravilhosa!!
Beijos de sua grande admiradora!
Hi Paulo,
I am currently reading Brida and loving it – it is my book club selection for the month. It’s been a while since I read a book that makes me want to go back to it so frequently. However, I like to leave some time between my reading in order to let the narrative sink in. I also have a blog and have dedicated one of my entries to the “dark night” – although I have taken liberty with the interpretation.
The following quote inspired me:
“A mother bringing up a child must feel that she’s plunging into the Dark Night.” (Brida, Coelho)
http://alliwaw.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/dark-night/
Thanks, Allison
Loved the picture with Grandad. Niko’s eyes are wide open!:)
an interesting read though i still fail to connnect the link between christianity and magic.
when the bible is read as metaphor it is so simple and sound coded and full of ancient truth. christianity when the sacred feminine, the holy spirit , mother (gaia) of us all is a part of the equation christianity crosses over for me. Anything feminine has been demonised and when we look under the 13 we find 13 new moons in every year, under the snake we find Australian indigenous Rainbow serpent mother creator laying eggs, eve and the apple, lilith who wouldnt lie down under adam. It’s all there. waiting for us to come home into the arms…of love.
Dear and respected Paulo,
Thank you so much for inspiring me a lot. Especially this book, I found myself so much related to Brida and actually I had been doing things like her to find my soulmate but I still haven’t find him or perheps I did find him but we just couldn’t have the chance to be together. Thanks for the Magus as he reminds me that I am kind of stubborn as him in search of our soulmates. So what if you have spent your lifetime to find him and he could only spend a short time with you. I think that would be a lot more painful than not knowing him…
Thank you so much, Paulo, for your wisdom, stregthen and faith. I learn to cherish more about what I have in this life. And what I can do for the people, the nature that I love.
The point of light on the soulmate’s shoulder. Don’t really know of it’s authenticity in the real world..but is it true?? Thanks :)
i dont know!!!!i mean is there any such majic practised if YES den sm1 plz do let me knw!!!!! case even i wish to follow brida path!!!!!!!
xoxo
I got Brida last week from Els, who is dying of cancer so that gives some load to the book it doesn’t deserve. Some people you just loath and yet have to deal with them. With Els i have had to deal for 25 years and only now that she is turning into a life skeleton can i open my heart to her, but oh well that is not the point:
the point is that there is one line in the book that really touched me. It is where Brida enccounters the voices for the first time when she has to sort out her clothes and it says that things on the outside are far more difficult to change then things on the inside.
That is so true!
God how true is that!
We all look for the ultimate love and are prepared to give our soul to our other half but all hell breaks loose if he doesn’t clean up his socks in the bathroom.
Der Teufel ist im Detail – indeed ;)
AMEI O LIVRO BRIDA…..É UM DOS MELHORES LIVROS Q JÁ LI…..
Querido Paulo,
Amei Brida e amo Sua forma tão Paulo de fazer-nos pensar, de reavaliarmos nossa vivência.
Obrigada por existir.
Abraços mil.
I dont want search love all my life.Its just few years of happyness,and then goes sacrifice,pain,misunderstanding,betrail.What is good in that?The man which i loved once almost destoyed me,when he just left for searching better life,better country.I cant love man the way i loved him,and i reallky dont want to…Why is so important for everyone to find the soulmate?Maybe he is not exist!So why then to be sad and depressed about this?
Hi samsara…hmmm…what to say dear..i can understand waht u r going through..but if someone left that also means that he was suppose to leave.. life is beautiful..and lvoe makes it complete..i know a broken heart and its pain is so cruciating..but dear life is as such not always happiness ..love be there or not but life is a challenge n a journey with all ups and downs..with a campanion you learn more..live more..and walking with someone one the pth is better than walking alone on the path …let your heart heal..keep it open..let the light come in..let it be warm again..dont keep it closed and cold thats waht my point is….give your life a chance to live freely..dont be desperate but keep it open…take care..I will pray for u .
Dear Paolo
What happened to Brida, also what happened to the Magus?
marlyn from Ireland
i supose brida got a soulmate in lorens…n magus as he lived alone he did it and practised some more powerful styles of magic!!!!!!!
I wonder about the same on many occasions, especially whenever I hold this book out from my shelf…I always end up thinking about this one unanswered question… what really happened to them after the book ends..
If there’s one thing I truly believe in, it is LOVE. I would do anything and everything to find it. But as we grow up, we realize, love isn’t all about being happy, gushy, mushy and all. The truest essence of it is Sacrifice. We may love but if ever there will come a time that we need to set the person we love the most free, even if our hearts temporarily stop due to severe pain, we have to do what we must for their happiness means more than what we feel. And that happiness may no longer include us anymore. Yet we continue to give them what they want and suffer on our own. :)
hi chris, i agree with you. im wondering if someone in relationship do not want to sacrifice and give in to one another. I’m sure if people who really love with us want and will make sacrifices for us, even though it hurts and makes him suffer all his life.
but, im thinking if brida is exists or not? i mean in her life.. i just read brida one time and actually i want to read it for the second time.. :) but, overall. i really in love with the book. what a masterpiece!! :)
agnes
Ilike brida alot , i beleive in the idea the soulmate and i hope some day i find my soulmate
Dear Mr. Coehlo,
I am now in my late 30s. It has been a problem for me to sense for my soul mate. I understand that there is a unique feeling a person would experience being with her/his soul mate. And, I think I had actually met or been with him. But, he was gone… Just like Brida and Magus, they believed or discovered they’re soulmates to each other but had to sparate ways. Why would soul mates separate ways instead of living together and enjoying the rest of their live forever… Will there be another one to come for a person who he/she thinks that a soul mate had already came only to pass.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US IN THIS OR THAT WAY EXPERIENCED SOME MYSTIC THINGS HAPPEN. THE BIBLE SAYS EVERYBODY HAS HIS OWN PATH IN THIS LIFE AND HAS TO FOLLOW THIS PATH.BUT SOMETIMES ITS NOT SO EASY TO FIND THAT PATH-SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEVER DID WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO AND THE OTHERS JUST FOLLOW THEIR PATH WITHOUT EVER THINKING MUCH ABOUT IT.BRIDA IS THE ONE WHO LISTENED TO HER INNER VOICE AND SO MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. WHO IS YOUR SOULMATE? THE ONE PREDICTED FROM ABOVE, I BELIEVE.AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR HIM,TO WAIT..WHEN YOU MEET HIM YOU JUST KNOW ITS HIM.ISNT IT A MIRACLE?!
Namaste,
Brida’s the catalyst for change. She makes a wish… I want to learn magic… Of course there is something unique about her, but then there is something unique about anyone who is a catalyst for change. In truth it is herself that she changes the most, but that journey she takes shakes the foundation of those who surround her as well, as we all do when we move our personal mountains.
I noticed her name as well as being like Brid or Bridget who is both a Pagan Goddess and a Catholic Saint. Perfect. She is the Goddess of Art as well as spring… Renwal… which Brida was for Wicca and especially for the Magus.
Her vision was most interesting. I know the history of that crusade against the Cathars. “Kill them all and let God sort them out!” was the battle cry. Sad. Memories provoked by Wicca of the burning times affected me deeply as well.
Again, a strong female lead character. I read in one of your old blogs that you wouldn’t talk about why men love women because you thought you’d be considered sexist, but honestly, your female characters are all well developed independent thinkers. The hardest thing to do, in my opinion, is to write the opposite sex realistically. I am currently reading The Winner Stand Alone and all that’s left from your library for me to read after this is The Pilgrimage, so I can safely say that as a feminist who is hypersensitive to slights, your women have never struck me as demeaning in any way. In fact, I find your discussions of the Sacred Feminine to be bold and powerful for which I am grateful.
Love to you
Brights Well or Brdgets Well has only begun flowing again in this new millenium I have heard. Can anyone attest to this?
I lived an entire life while reading Brida. the experience of reading this book has been unique in many ways… the silence I’ve experienced within me, the energy I felt floating around me, the visuals that my mind’s eye could see, the sound of the void I could hear, certain mysteries would just reveal itself… I wish I could explain in detail… but I can’t as the experience has been so mangnimusly subtle- that I am speechless. I am now going to read it for the second time for some new discoveries…Brida is with me all the time, in my bad when i travel , on my bed when I sleep, on my desk when I work. The journey has began..
Thank u sir for what U have shone light onto…
brida eşsiz bir kitap huzur aradığında her an yanında olması gereken bir arkadaş o herkesin anlatmaya çalıştığını ne güzel anlattı..brida gerçek bir yaşamdan alıntıysa ki öyle bence onu tanımayı çokama çok isterim tabiki en başta coelho seni sen bir mucizesin
Brida, Brida..
an adventurous soul…
but maybe seeking too much.
How can she seek something with the magus and then turn back around to be with lorens. surely something was lost in that ‘turning away’.
Or..found,that’s another perspective
I love and look up to Brida.
She is strong, charming, decisive and in some ways she reminds me of myself.
A lovely character that made me love the book.
Dear, Coelho!!
I bought “Brida” today.
I read 8 page including prologue until now.
I have a question.
Is Brida just imagenary person or real?
When I read a prologue, I thank a real person.
Is connected Brida story with the tradition of RAM?
Teacher and pupil.
Hi, Paulo-
I loved Brida’s story of bravery, courage, and faith. The power of choice is such an integral part of life. To commit to a path and bravely follow it to the end, without being overcome by fear and doubt, is the very essence of vitality. Thank you for helping me to arrive at this important, new awareness.
Blessings,
Carol
Brida – Her story is resonating with me deeply. While reading the beginning (I am only half way through), I kept pulling to a memory of meeting a stranger in a pub in Dublin and spending 2+ hours talking to him. In the end, he gave me his necklace – an old piece of black wood with an Ogam on it. I still have it, and I still find myself oftentimes wanting to speak to him again. That meeting, changed the course of my life in many ways, but I am only now able to see it. I hope he knows how very much I am thankful to him for sharing with me that evening. Like Brida and Magus, the time spent was enlightening, even if it was only for a short time.
I love Brida, the character, because I could identify with her quest to inquire deeply into the magical side of existence. I love to contemplate the mystery and the magic that surrounds our every breath. I was enthralled just by reading about magic. I loved the idea of a bridge between the visible and the invisible and that Wicca explained to Brida that we each in our own way have a connection to that wonderous bridge. Mystery and Magic exist in us and around us as ordinary people going about our lives, each of us in a unique way. Each of us with a unique purpose in life. I loved reading about soulmates and the characters brought life to this desire we each have to find our soulmate and the idea of how a soulmate connects us to a part of our own soul. You are truly a wonder filled person,Paulo Coelho, and it is a great journey reading your books because through your writing we get to share with you a world that lives inside of you. peace and joy, aliza
My first reading of Brida happened this year. It seem like Brida never made it to my country when it was first published but Paulo Coelho decided to re-release it, and I gladly got my copy.
I felt like I could relate to the character, Brida. She was written as a person introducing herself to magic and the unseen world. It is a stage which we all go through when we want to follow the path. Seeking information, hanging out in bookstores, and looking for the right people to talk to. It was nice to read about a female character with a strong connection to things mystical, and a desire to follow the world of signs. Brida inspires and will give certain readers the feeling that they are not alone.
thank you Bridget for letting us know,
that’s intresting :-)
Brida é um livro encantador!
Comecei a ler Paulo Coelho por influência da minha mãe, e hoje não largo mais!
Já li Brida duas vezes, e sempre me encanto com a história.
Parabéns Paulo! Tu és maravilhoso!
Beijos.
Caro amigo Paulo Coelho.
Se e que posso chamar-lo de amigo.
O seu livro foi o primeiro que li quando tinha 20 anos e foi ai que comecou o meu gosto pela leitura e fique sabendo que e meu autor preferido.
Moro na Florida e trabalhaei com uma garota da Irlanda que tambem tem uma admiracao muito grande por voce.
Meu livro preferido aind sigue sendo BRIDA,sou apaixonada por este livro.
Espero que sempre tenha muita inspiracao e agradeco o tempo que tem de deixar tudo isto de bom para nos leitores e admiradores tambem.
Um grande abraco com muitas energias positivas.
Namaste…
Cintia.
Yes, very interesting choice Brida for the characters name. Bride coming from Brigid, The Exalted one, she was an Irish goddess of fire, poetry and smithcraft.
Imbolc is celebrated around February 1st. It is a celebration time of growth and renewal. Preparing the way for Spring. She was converted to a saint, St. Brigid which in Christianity is known as Ground Hog day. Some also say she was a midwife to Mary when Jesus was born.
It’s also a name for a Cheese… Bree.. coming from the sheep’s milk.
I also loved the fact that her name is Brida. I thought Brida was a celtic godess/saint?
I loved that character, and for some ways she reminds me Athena, from the Witch of Portobello. The writer, you dearest Paulo, was able to transmit the feelings, sometimes, or almost all of the times I was able to live the story. Lovely the Romantic scenes, both with Lorens, both with the Magus. Brida could be some part of me. I was so sorry when the Magus sent her to Lorens, and Brida had tears in her eyes…
Loved her courage, the night spent in the forest alone. The way she felt is same as mine, strong emotions, sensitivity.
Whilst I loved this book entirely, as an Irish woman, I feel compelled to say that the name ‘Brida O’Fern’ put a broad smile on my face.
;o)
Maybe only other irish people would appreciate the accidental (or deliberate?) unbelievablity of such a name and it’s therefore comedic value.
Or maybe the intention was to make it overtly fake sounding so as to emphasis the idea that this is a real story and the real names have been changed to fake ones?
Anyway…it is a minor point.
Dear Fi, could you explain to us, people who speak spanish, the meaning of Brida o´Fern? thanks in advance.
Brida today, is a Teacher of RAM as Paulo is.
And I guess that the rest of them continue their journey, Wicca and the Magus too( if they’re still live.