"MAGA DIARY", or "Pilgrimage", as this book is also called, is a description of Paulo Coelho's journey along the legendary Way of Santiago, passed by millions of pilgrims since the Middle Ages. In his search, he meets mystical guides and demonic messengers, learns to understand the nature of truth, to gain the Power he meets the exercises-rituals of the mystical Order RAM .. "The Magician's Diary" occupies an important place in the formation of Coelho as a writer Although this is his first book, it is not inferior to the phenomenal “Alchemist” in depth and search for meaning. In 1986, when Paulo Coelho made his pilgrimage, only 400 people walked the Santiago Way. The following year, after the publication of The Magician's Diary, more than half a million pilgrims passed through this Path.