4.1.3. A Mysterious Man
Paulo is also a mysterious person. His wife thinks that he is a mysterious person who lives in a strange way may be because he is a magus. He lives between
the modern and the mystical world that has many traditions and rituals on it. He learns many kinds of rituals, doing something strange in this modern life, a magus who lives
in mystical way that many people do not understand about it. It can be seen in the quotation below that he does something suddenly. Drop everything in order to
achieve his hope to seek his guardian angel. Sometimes, he makes other people confuse of something he do for his life. His attitude and his behavior makes some
people think that he is a mysterious person. What a strange way to live, thought Chris. She looked at her husband as he
walked over to pay the bill. All she knew was that he felt he had to speak with the angels, and that was that Drop everything, jump on a plane, fly
for twelve hours from Brazil to Los Angeles, drive for six hours to this gas station, arm himself with enough patience to remain here for forty days: all
of this in order to speak–or rather, try to speak–with his guardian angel15
From the quotation above, it can be concluded that Paulo is a mysterious man. He is a magus and his position as a magus affects his way to live. He never says
something about magic to his wife. It can make Chris does not understand about his behavior. Paulo’s characteristic as a mysterious man can be seen through Character as
Seen by Another.
4.1.4. A Knowledgeable Man
Paulo is a knowledgeable person. He is good at estimating distances. It can be seen when he and his wife decide to go to the salt lake. Chris believes that they really
close to the salt lake. During their journey to salt lake, Paulo realizes that there are no
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objects in desert to base comparison on. He knows that there are no points of reference to calculating the distance. He has learned anything about living in the
desert. He has prepared many preparations in doing his journey to seek his guardian angel.
“Our calculation was wrong,” he said. Chris had already noticed that. She was surprised, because Paulo was good
at estimating distances, and he had trusted her guess of three or four miles. “I know how we went wrong,” he said. “Theres nothing in the desert to
base comparisons on. Were used to calculating distance based on the size of things. We know the approximate size of a tree, or a telephone pole, or a
house. They help us to decide whether things are near or far away.”
Here, there was no point of reference. There were rocks theyd never seen, mountains whose size they could not estimate, and only the sparse
vegetation. 37
From the quotation above, Paulo has knowledge how to calculate the distance while they are doing their journey in the desert. This characteristic of Paulo can be
seen through his speech with Chris. She sat there in silence for a while, sensing that she had given her all, and
that the channeling had ended. Then she turned to him. “I went very far today. Its never happened that way.”
Paulo caressed her face and kissed her. She didnt know whether he was doing that out of pity or pride.
“Lets go,” he said. “Lets respect the earths desire.” “Maybe he is saying that to give me a stimulus, to get me to try to continue
channeling,” she thought. But she was certain–something had happened. She hadnt invented all that.
“The prayer?” she asked, fearful of his answer. “It’s an ancient indigenous chant. From the Ojibway shamans.”
She was proud of her husbands knowledge, even though he said it didnt count for much. 70-71
From the quotation above, it can be concluded that Paulo really has good knowledge, especially about mystical things. It can be seen when Chris is learning
to her Second Mind. At that time, she says something weird that she never knows about it. What she says is about an ancient chant from the Ojibway shaman. Then,
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Paulo explains it to his wife. He is good magus that has good knowledge.
4.1.5. A Loving Husband
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