Laurence J. Bendit

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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 Lecture on the subject Adam, the Prodigal Son. He was involved with the Theosophical Research Centre in London during the 1950s.

Writings

  • Self Knowledge: a Yoga for the West. Quest Books, 1967.

Written with Phoebe D. Bendit:

  • Our Psychic Sense (1943)
  • 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

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