Santiago speaks
with the desert, the wind, and the sun to find the answer of how to turn into the wind, but none
of these elements knows. While conversing with the sun, though, the boy's own thoughts reveal
that he knows more about the Language of the World than he originally thought. During this
conversation, the boy realizes that love is the most powerful force in the universe, and the sun
does not have much experience with it. In fact, he recognizes that the sun, the desert, and the
wind are all on their own paths of learning and cannot provide him with the answer he needs.
Therefore, the sun suggests that Santiago ask the hand that created the world in order to find
out how to perform the miracle he desires. "The Hand" must mean the universe or God,
so Santiago prays in his heart without words. It is as though he connects his heart with that of
God's and discovers the following:
only the hand
understood that it was a larger design that had moved the universe to the point at which six
days of creation had evolved into a Master Work. The boy reached through to the Soul of the
World and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own
soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles (152).
Based on the passage above, Santiago discovers that he is a part of the Soul of the
WorldGodand he has the power within to perform a miracle and change himself into the wind. This
is an amazing discovery because the power to perform miracles is found within himself as he
connects his soul with that of the Creator's. The process of finding the answer he needs is a
complex one, but it suggests that once we all discover that connection with the Soul of the
World, we too can perform miracles because we are all a part of God. As a result, Santiago finds
the answer he seeks within himself.
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