The Celestine Prophecy

Another chance encounter occurs on the road as the narrator and Father Sanchez journey to Machu Picchu. They see a couple pulled over, and Father Sanchez recognizes the woman as Julia. She is also a spiritual seeker. While the priest goes over to talk with her, the narrator is left alone with Julia’s companion, Rolando, who makes him feel uncomfortable. As Julia and Rolando leave, she tells the narrator that she is sure they will meet again.

Back on the road, Father Sanchez asks the narrator if he spoke to Rolando about Wil and then gently rebukes him for not doing so. Father Sanchez explains the Sixth Insight to the narrator: Each person must examine their past to figure out their own control drama and break free from patterns of manipulative behavior. As the narrator remembers his parents, he realizes that they were “Interrogators,” and his control drama is “Aloof.” Father Sanchez describes the four basic control dramas in greater depth.

Father Sanchez and the narrator arrive at the home of another priest, Father Carl, but he is not there. Later, Father Carl meets the narrator at the Machu Picchu ruins and guides him to start processing the Sixth Insight more fully by asking questions about his past and his parents.