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'''Dr. Laurence J. Bendit''' was an English Theosophist and psychiatrist who practiced in London, England. He is best known as a researcher, writer, and lecturer on parapsychology who worked in collaboration with his wife, clairvoyant [[Phoebe D. Bendit]]. 
 
== Early life and education ==

== Psychiatric practice ==

== Collaboration with Phoebe Bendit ==

== Theosophical Society involvement ==

In 1948 he delivered the [[Blavatsky Lectures|Blavatsky Lecture]] on the subject [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/BL_1948_Bendit_Adam_the_Prodigal_Son.pdf ''Adam, the Prodigal Son'']. He was involved with the [[Theosophical Research Centre]] in London during the 1950s.

== Writings ==

The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Laurence+Bendit&method=all&header=field4 154 articles] with Dr. Bendit as author and [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Laurence+Bendit&method=all&header=field3 24 articles] about him and his books. He wrote a number of books:

* '''''Self Knowledge: a Yoga for the West'''''. Quest Books, 1967.
* '''''Paranormal Cognition'''''. Faber & Faber, 1946.

Written with [[Phoebe D. Bendit]]:

* '''''Our Psychic Sense''''' (1943)
* '''''An Introduction to the Study of Analytical Psychology'''''. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1947.
* '''''This World and That: An Analytical Study of Psychic Communication''''' (1950)
* '''''Man Incarnate, A Study of the Vital Etheric Field''''' (1957)
* '''''The Transforming Mind''''' (published in 1970, after Phoebe's death)
* '''''The Etheric Body of Man'''''. Quest Books. 1977ish
* '''''Some Unrecognized Factors in Medicine'''''. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1949. Coauthors were Phoebe Bendit, H. Tudor Edmunds, E. Adelaide Gardner, and M. Beddow Bayly.

== Audio recordings ==

These audio recordings were made by the [[Theosophical Society in America]] from live lectures and radio broadcasts: 

Dr. Bendit with Phoebe Payne Bendit:
* '''[https://archive.org/details/1402_20200110 Visions, Dreams, and Symbols]'''. 1961. 69 minutes.
* '''[https://archive.org/details/1090_20190726 Medical Diagnosis by Clairvoyance]. 1957. 44 minutes.
* '''[https://archive.org/details/1116_20190828 Imagination as Creative Force]'''. 1961. 54 minutes.
* '''[https://archive.org/details/1140norm Resources of the Mind]'''. 1961. 63 minutes.

Dr. Bendit alone:

* '''[https://archive.org/details/1185_20191126 Hidden Aspects of Health and Healing]'''. 1961. 54 minutes.
* '''[https://archive.org/details/thedevelopmentofmind The Development of Mind]'''. 1959. 49 minutes.

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