TRANSITION         by   The late Dr. John B. Score   Look not upon my body, and think it me; I am no withered corpse to foul your sight. Think not I'm there imprisoned, for I'm free From earthly limitation, clothed in light.   Look not back upon the many years We shared together, nor regret; But forward throw your vision free of tears, And we will meet again, as once we met.   The tender thread of love so frail, Yet strong enough to bind us all the way Will ever hold us through the misty veil And join us once again on Love's own day.    

Dr. John B. Score (1960)

    John was the founder and editor of The Wiccan and the originator of The Pagan Front in Britain.  A man of fearless character and many talents which ranged from Astrology, poetry and metal work to a wide-ranging knowledge of vegetarianism, local and national sociological issues, he was a 'natural' in the realm of management and the organisation of pressure groups.  Indeed his active mind encompassed more areas of life than can be enumerated here.
 
He was a champion of complementary therapies and indeed received his doctorate from an American college for sterling work in this latter field.  John died in 1979 at the age of 65.  I remember his last words to me when we spoke by telephone a few days before his death: "Good-bye, old friend."  He will never be forgotten.
  (In many lives we kept good company and will again, old friend - Gareth.)   POETRY PAGE