PUBLISHED TRIBUTES TO JIM LEWIS:
Marion March, in Aspects, Spring, 1995:
"After a lengthy bout with cancer, Jim Lewis died on February 21, 1995. "So young, so premature," is most people's reaction to Jim's leaving. But age is not always the issue--instead look at what he achieved and what a legacy he left for all astrologers.
Astro*Carto*Graphy has changed the face of mundane astrology and has become an ever-needed tool for this mobile world. It will survive and continue to serve its purpose for many years in the future.
"Brilliant, innovative, and creative, Jim was instrumental in shaping AFAN--the Association for Astrological Networking--and fiercely defended its bylaws and highly idealistic structure. Yet, he succeeded--AFAN has a unique way of networking and dealing with legal problems encountered by astrologers, as well as AFAN's outreach to other countries. These will survive thanks, in part, to Jim.
"Those who called him friend are the ones who will really miss him. I will miss him as a sounding board for UAC. Nobody could infuriate me as much as Jim when he insisted on being right--what can you expect with Pluto conjunct his Ascendant? But whenever he and I disagreed, he made me think. That was another of Jim's talents--his mind never stopped; he never ran out of new concepts--and four UACs benefited from his ideas.
"Jim was a complex human being, cerebral yet emotional, a former stutterer who became one of the top astrological lecturers of his time. He was ambitious, yet gave more time to his causes than to his career. I will miss our intellectual discussions about life and death and his often wild, yet usually feasible ideas." Marion March
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