Time again

Ir's been some time since I last errupted. This past week end Tony Raven , one of the 5 founders of the PEA passed from this veil of smiles and tears. To hopefully a better and pain free place. Tony , born Robert Lynn 75 years ago less than a mile from where this blog is being typed. In the late 1970's together with Bob Cassidy, Scott Gordon Mary Lynn and Dian Buehlmeier he formed the Psychic Entertainers Association. To finance the goal , he second mortgaged his home in Waldwick, NJ. It was an admirable goal . One that had been attempted by Bob Nelson and Bob Mason unsuccessfully. Strange all Roberts. But their failure perhaps augured his success Tony/Bob amd the other founders succeded in bulding an organization , originally devoted to the mental arts. It drew from among the best and the brightest of the time. The first Meeting of the Minds (named by April Becker) was like no magic convention. No formal lectures, instead seminars where all attendees participated. No dealers. Ray Piatt who showed up to flog his wares was sent home. A true meeting of the minds. Attendees left on a spiritual high. But it was not to last Internacine squabbling nearly rent the organiztion asunder. But it survived albeit not the same And Tony/Bob stepped down to an Emeritus role , never to be very active again. About 10 years ago Tony/Bob moved to rural North Carlolina and started yet another career giving lectures on Native American culture He became Bob Raven Lynn. So a few days ago, his stay in this plane ended. I recall, when he referred to magicians as conjurors. And jokingly said, in the yellow pages it indexed ..magicians see also clowns. Irony bering what it is, the Minister at his funeral, and I gather a close friend was also a clown. Not the kind that now pervade the PEA, but the ones that try to make people laugh. So Tony/Bob, your sojourn is over . Your job well done. Time for your eternal rest In my own Native tongue I wish you Shalom