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Original Title:	Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
ISBN:	0099427869 (ISBN13: 9780099427865)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Illusions #1
Literary Awards:	National Book Award Finalist for Religion/Inspiration (Paperback) (1980)

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (Illusions #1)

Richard Bach

Paperback | Pages: 144 pages

Rating: 4.15 | 54997 Users | 2209 Reviews

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Title	:	Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (Illusions #1)
Author	:	Richard Bach
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 144 pages
Published	:	March 12th 2001 by Arrow Books Ltd (first published 1977)
Categories	:	Fiction. Philosophy. Spirituality. Fantasy. Classics

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In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda — former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.... In Illusions, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places — like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.

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Ratings: 4.15 From 54997 Users | 2209 Reviews

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It's a wonderful short tale which has so much philosophy. I can also call it a "life changing book" but this latter depends on the way you'll perceive its messages..

While I was still in high school, Mother recommended Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I could see why she would like it. Years later, a friend recommended his subsequent book, Illusions. It was more of the same, but at least these were human beings. Like its Messiah Handbook, one may get a lot out of it if one approaches it the right way--sort of like the I Ching.



I loved this story. I love taking responsibility for my own life and outcome. I love doing what I want to do, and leaving others free to do what they want. I loved the analogy about all the creatures clinging to the sticks and rocks in the river, but one was tired of clinging and let go to follow the path the river led it down. I loved the point that freedom is watching "your own films" not someone else's films, and the introspection that resulted when I pondered the films I actually like and

Once again a wonderful yet short tale, enjoyed this even more than Livingston Seagull. It's like reading a condensed philosophy, with key points cleverly highlighted using the 'Messiah handbook'. Bach is as ever insightful, shall definitely revisit this after some time has passed."What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly."

I call anything sounding grand and oh-so-awesome but actually meaning squat a Richard Bach quote. Illusions, to summarize, is a compendium of such quotes. However, I gave the book two stars only because it is consistent with the philosophy it preaches. The idea that the book is saying anything of consequence is an illusion and you are the one attaching any reality and importance to it. The book might have had some 'message', but I was too busy smell-proofing my mind from all the shit flying

I LOVED this book!! I read it over and over and have given copies to several people.The book starts off with a "handwritten" and smudged story, written like books in the Bible, by a auto mechanic who discovered the Divine in himself and was followed by throngs of people,who called him a messiah, until he had to disappear.Then the "real" book begins: A young man flys around the country in his airplane, supporting himself by selling flights in his plane. One fateful day, he meets a strange