Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach

8.64

Rating: 8.64 | Votes: 14

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Submitted by: nia from Ma, USA
love all his books- helped with shifting my perceptions on life.

Submitted by: the pot of three from uk
This is a great little book that changed my life, I am forever greatful to the soul that gave it to me one day.

A must read for anyone feeling the grind of modern pressures and confusion. We're all amazing people, we just have to realise it.

Illusions of the Universe
Review written by: Sharyn Abbott From Walnut Creek, CA United States
Richard Bach has created an Illusion for all of us to investigate. Is it real or is the Reluctant Messiah our hope? Might we find the meaning of our life and discover that it is all an illusion? The questions are engrossing and the book thought provoking.

Read with caution. This is just a work of fiction.
Review written by: Brian Brook From USA
I have reads parts of the book and know the story. This isn't a review of the book itself, so much as a very abbreviated cautionary tale. At age 19, my old roommate read this book while he was suffering from a newly-developed and undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Read during a prolonged manic stage, he took the book too literally. Suffice it to say that it did not end well. We are not all possible messiahs, and we cannot perform "miracles" to alter the reality around us. If you want to attempt to prove otherwise, do so in a safe place, and with respect for those who care about you.

a 1st step on a great journey
Review written by: Sequoia Hughes From Santa Cruz, CA
For all those beginning this quest, this book is a great place to start. It summarizes well all the salient points in a succinct little package. If you're still feeling adventurous after this book, I recommend The Education Of Oversoul Seven by Jane Roberts.

Best book ever written
Review written by: Jeanne From Denver
This is seriously the best book ever written. Even after you've read it and put it on your shelf for a few years and bring it back out, it is like re-discovering an old friend. Awesome...

BEST BOOK YOU MAY EVER READ
Review written by: J. Terry From Florida
Richard Bach's Illusions is the literal equivalent to opening a locked door or treasure chest. Although it is fiction, it awakens that part of you that generally remains subdued in the society (and planet) on which we live. There are things you already know, but have chosen to ignore up to this point in your life. As you read, you "remember." And as the book suggests, answers come to you when you are ready to know them. If this book does not have the same effect on you, you simply are not ready. Try reading it again in a few years. If it never has this effect on you, you were never ready.

I have such a high opinion of this book that I have given it away three times. I am ordering again today to send to someone I think is "ready."

This review comes from someone who mightily loves God and actually reads the Bible (as opposed to hearing it read in church). If you believe in God, you have to believe that we are here for a much greater purpose than just living and dying and being obedient while we are here. The WHY we're here needs to be answered before you can make sense of the things God tells us in the Bible. When you begin to realize that we are more, the things called sin and why we are to stay away from them all start to click. You can stop feeling like a bad child who will get punished for doing wrong and start knowing that you are an amazing child of God and gain the freedom of just staying away from things that detract from your real purpose here.

Having read this book several times now, I think we are here to experience fear and selfishness and how to overcome them. Death is the end of the lesson, you learned it or you didn't; pass or fail.

What happens if you fail? That is one of those things you need to find the answer to on your own.

The answer will come to you when you are ready to know.