Who Is Melchizedenek In The Alchemist

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The Alchemist is a book that tells the story of a young man, Santiago, who tries to fulfill his Personal Legend. A Personal Legend is the goal of our lives and what we work to achieve. In the story of The Alchemist, the protagonists Personal Legend is to go to the Pyramids of Egypt. Along his adventurous journey, he met many people including a Gypsy, a crystal merchant, an Englishman, and an alchemist, but one of the most important people he met was Melchizedek while in the town of Tarifa. Melchizedek introduced himself as the King of Salem and gave life changing advice. The King of Salem told Santiago that the world's greatest lie is that we all lose control of own lives and must let them be controlled by fate. He says that most books tell