Manual of the Warrior of Light is a collection of Paulo Coelho ’s teachings summed up into one volume. This book is written as if it were an actual handbook for a supposedly Templar or Paladin warrior, the warrior however being a metaphor not for those who serve a certain lord, an ideal or the weak, but for those in pursuit of their dreams and who appreciate the miracle of life.
The manual describes the challenges the warrior faces and solutions to the problems, including paradoxes (such as the section "sometimes the Warrior behaves like a rock" is followed directly by "sometimes the Warrior behaves like Water". Rock and Water (flexibility) are given as opposite metaphors in Taoism).
As stated in the book’s summary, the Manual is for those who strive to meet their destiny and who want to ascend to a higher level of being.