While the pilgrimage on the Road to Santiago is conducted with different religious groups
, all of them have their own way of teaching things to the disciples. Paulo Coelho has been ordained in the Order of RAM which slightly mysterious and esoteric compared to other groups. There are secret meetings in the group and people say passwords to each other before conversing. They also fight a dog which is the symbol of evil. Paulo Coelho conveys some serious insights and lessons; the only problem is they come with a different brand of religion which people are not really familiar with.