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looked like a weak woman but she was actually strong and brave. She would do anything to defend her love even doing dangerous things, such as when she came
face-to-face with Valhalla and challenged her on the Ritual That Demolishes Ritual.
3. Literal Meaning
Literary, Paulo and Chris‘s forty-day journey in Mojave Desert was conducted in order to complete Paulo‘s task given by his master and to learn how
to converse with his angel. Paulo had to find Gene somewhere in Mojave Desert because Gene was the one who would guide Paulo in the process of completing
the task. Gene taught Paulo the first step before he could converse with the angel, which was channeling. Gene used Chris as a medium of his teaching. Gene said
that he could not help Paulo to converse with his angel. He told Paulo to find the Valkyries to teach him to converse with his angel because the Valkyries were also
the ones who taught Gene in the process of conversing with his angel. Paulo and Chris met the Valkyries in a dinner place. Valhalla, the leader of
the Valkyries, agreed to teach Paulo how to converse with his angel. From this moment on, Paulo and Chris went to travel with the Valkyries following them
roaming around the desert. During their journey together, Valhalla taught Paulo what was necessary in order to converse with his angel. In the end, Paulo was able
to converse with his angel.
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4. Deeper Meaning
The deeper meaning of Paulo and C hris‘s forty-day journey in the Mojave
Desert was more than just conversing with one‘s angel. In the process of learning how to converse with his angel, Paulo also achieved a lot of things, such as self-
forgiveness, self-esteem, and love. Paulo accepted Go d‘s forgiveness when he
broke his pact with the demon and self-forgiveness when he could finally accept himself.
During his journey in the Mojave Desert with the Valkyries, Paulo learned how to accept himself, to accept the fact that he had survived and managed to live
a better life. Valhalla helped Paulo to regain his self-respect by forgiving himself. She taught him that he is worthy of the love of God and he had to learn to accept
it. In the end, he was finally able to regain his self-esteem, which was the result of achieving self-respect.
During their journey, Paulo and Chris‘s love were tested. They tried to save their marriage and love. Chris had to fight for her love and Paulo had to learn
to realize his true love. Paulo and Chris had the commitment but they lack of intimacy, intimacy encompasses feelings of closeness, connectedness, and
boundedness. It involves a high level of trust between two individuals, which Paulo and Chris are lacking of. In the end, Paulo learned about his true love. He
fell for Valhalla but he realized that it was merely an infatuation whereas with Chris, his wife
—the woman who fought for her love—he had Consummate Love, which is the complete form of love. Chris was Paulo‘s true love.
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forgiveness and love. Accepting forgiveness and love were essential in order to converse with one‘s angel. When Paulo walked alone in the desert, he bet his faith
and surrendered himself into the hands of God; he believes that only God could help him. In the end, his angel appeared. He could see his angel. He felt the
presence of his angel. Paulo was able to converse with the angel. Paulo‘s angel is symbolized in a form of nature.
In conclusion, the deeper meaning of the journey is for forgiveness and love. Being able to converse with the angel indicates that Paulo has achieved both
forgiveness and love as well as reached self-actualization.
B. Suggestions
