Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death, and the Space Between podcast. I'm a licensed

clinical psychologist and medium and here we explore life, death, consciousness, and what it all means.

I'm super excited for today's guest, Collumn Holland, on the show. Column reveals

how you can discover the power to miraculously change the world around you beyond all recognition

and for the better. Column will tell you the story of his encounter with Paolo Quelo

and his best-selling book, The Alchemist,

and how discovering the secret in Paolo's novel

gave him the insights to achieve true empowerment in his life

and to write his book, The Secret of the Alchemist.

Welcome, Colm. Thank you, Amy Secret of the Alchemist. Welcome, Column.

Thank you, Amy.

Pleasure to be here.

Thanks for having me.

So can you take a few minutes and just tell us the background to this book?

Because it had me captivated.

As soon as I picked up your book, I was captivated by your story.

Okay.

I'll keep it as brief as I can.

If you want the full version, I do actually have it on my website, and it's also the

prologue to my book, The Secret of the Alchemist.

So here goes.

I was a fairly lowly, middle manager in a publishing company called Harper Collins, which

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