The Joy of Being

Collaboration between Paddy McMahon (Patrick Francis) and a highly evolved spirit being known to him as Shebaka resulted in a series of books originally published in five volumes entitled The Grand Design.
This book contains selected excerpts from the five volumes, with each page of text faced by a related illustration.
The illustrations and the cover design are by Michel.

Born in France and educated in both France and America, Michel has drawn ever since he could hold a pencil. He is also very active in the fields of photography, writing and international publishing.

"This book represents a new development for me in that, while the text consists of excerpts from The Grand Design series (books by Paddy McMahon), each page is faced by a related illustration. In all my communication with Shebaka I have been conscious of his ever-bubbling sense of humour and his gentle reminders that we humans tend to take ourselves too seriously. I think that Michel’s illustrations have wonderfully captured the spirit, including the profundity and yet the simplicity, of Shebaka’s teachings." - Paddy McMahon