Laurence J. Bendit

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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.

Personal life and education

Laurence John Bendit was born

Psychiatric practice

In 1923, Dr. Bendit established his psychiatric practice in London.

Collaboration with Phoebe Bendit

Bendit met Phoebe D. BenditPhoebe Daphne Payne through a group of people who were studying clairvoyance, and they began to work together in 1937. After marrying in 1939, . They collaborated in lecturing, teaching, and writing.

Theosophical Society involvement

In 1948 he delivered the Blavatsky Lecture on the subject Adam, the Prodigal Son. He was involved with the Theosophical Research Centre in London during the 1950s.

From 1958-61, Dr. Bendit served as General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in England. At the end of his term, the American Section, Theosophical Society in America, invited him to head the research department at their headquarters in Wheaton, Illinois. In 1962, he and Phoebe were asked to revitalize the education program at Krotona School of Theosophy in Ojai, California.

Writings

The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 154 articles with Dr. Bendit as author and 24 articles about him and his books. He wrote a number of books:

  • Self Knowledge: a Yoga for the West. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1967.
  • Paranormal Cognition. Faber & Faber, 1946.
  • Key Words in the Wisdom Tradition. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1962.

Written with Phoebe D. Bendit:

  • Our Psychic Sense. 1943.
  • Living Together Again. 1946. This volume was focused on mental health of families reunited after war.
  • An Introduction to the Study of Analytical Psychology. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1947.
  • This World and That: An Analytical Study of Psychic Communication. 1948 or 1950.
  • Man Incarnate, A Study of the Vital Etheric Field. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1957.
  • The Transforming Mind. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1970. Published after Phoebe's death.
  • The Etheric Body of Man. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1977. Reprint of Man Incarnate.
  • Some Unrecognized Factors in Medicine. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1949. Coauthors were Phoebe Bendit, H. Tudor Edmunds, E. Adelaide Gardner, and M. Beddow Bayly.
  • The Mirror of Life and Death. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1965.
  • The Mysteries Today, and Other Essays. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973.

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:

Dr. Bendit alone:

Notes

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