To lead is to kindle. Leadership aglow is no illusion.
Illusion is to reality as the smoke to the fire.
But it is reasonable to inquire whether in the mystical illusions of man there is not a reflection of an underlying reality. H ow long they must have stared. The flame would have mesmerized J. J. Becher first. That would have been in the 1600s. Yes, they ultimately did claim to know what lay at the heart of the flame.