The Shaman of Magic Mountain
true alchemist. In 2007, the highly symbolic Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland/House of the History of the Federal German Republic extoled Schwab as an outstanding manager.[1] How flattered Klaus Schwab must have been, on top of his two PhDs and sixteen honorary doctor titles[2] and despite his Brazilian friend disregarding academic custom, to be anointed Alchemist! Paul Coelho’s novel The Alchemist may have introduced speculative philosophy and white magic to a broader public but welcoming the WEF founder to the ranks of quackery requires closer inspection. Schwab’s t...