Larry is one the few people whose work made a difference in the lives of so many people. I will be forever grateful to him and he will always have a special place in my heart.

Antonio  MD

Italy

Today, once again, I am missing our wonderful talks...
I know you understand the reasons for the silence as everything was lost and I do not know your other family members so if/when they read this, I extend my deepest condolences. Besides a gifted psychologist, teacher, speaker, etc. you were a true friend that reached out at a time I needed one the most. I treasure our conversations, I hold them dear and am deeply honored to have had you in my life. (I thank JA for that!)
Although we were across the country from one another, I never felt you were not near and I was always excited to speak to you...on so many topics...one thing leading to another. Your curiosity for life and 
what else 'is'
 inspires me to this day. 

I miss your presence but I feel your energy still. 
May it stay with me!

Thank you, Larry, 
for your wisdom, your thoughtfulness, that has strengthened the spirit of so many.

Karen Simonton

50 years ago, I knew it would be a great day to turn 25.  Jonathan Livingston Seagull was to go on sale at Scribner’s, and I was invited to a party at a friend’s place in Greenwich Village with celebrities like Andy Warhol and famous rock musicians.  My first year in New York had exceeded my wildest dreams, working by day at CBS-TV and exploring spirituality by night and weekends.  I’d even taken part in a ground-breaking training in spiritual healing, led by psychologist Dr. Larry LeShan, who had found the key to healing from interviewing the world’s greatest healers.

At lunch, I got Jonathan at Scribner’s on Fifth Avenue, having heard the excited buzz about it.  I planned to read it at my desk, starting at 4:30 PM when everybody left for home, finishing it by 6 PM to take the Fifth Avenue bus down to the Village.  The book grabbed me by the throat and never let go.  I was soon weeping at every page.  That damned seagull was me.  Someone understood the passions that drove me and validated my existence.  By 6 PM, I was high as a kite as I boarded the bus to the Village.

My friend, Cherie, greeted me at the door with, “Quick, one of the rock musicians is in terrible agony.  You and Gene took that class, and he’s already here.  You guys work it out, but please help him.”  I motioned to Gene, and we retired to a quiet corner, telling the musician to sit still between us, about five feet apart.  Gene and I tuned into the “oneness” we had learned, and lovingly sandwiched the musician in a field of energy that was overwhelming.  So much love I couldn’t keep from weeping again.  The guy in the middle exclaimed, “What are you guys doing to me?”  He was swaying back and forth with the energy.  I told him to take it easy.  Then it calmed down after five minutes, and he left us.

Two weeks later, Cherie called.  “Ulcerative Colitis, instantly cured.” -Bruce Gregory 02/23/21 about 09/01/70.


I am your cousin and would like to contact you. Please drop me a line !

I have just learned this very sad news. Please except my heartfelt condolences.

Reading Larry’s book, Alternate Realities, helped me make sense of the world. When I heard him speak several years later, I was in tears by the time he had finished and asked to study with him. Many workshops and personal conversations with him deeply influenced my life and the work I have been able to do in the world. I am incredibly grateful for his wisdom and his generosity. 

I am a 59 y MD from Italy and in my early 30s I took part in a Cancer a turning point seminar in Southern Florida. I stayed in contact with him for almost 30 years and met him several times during that period. Larry was really a turning point in my life. I healed from cancer and I became a better physician by incorporating into my daily medical practice what Larry taught me. I learned from Him that really good psychotherapy  do exists and it is a life changing experience. I terribly miss Larry and I pray for Him. Antonio

I was at a Cancer as a Turning Point Workshop with Larry and Mary Bobis and Ruth Bolletino and they were asking us to do all these self-reflective exercises. I was talking with Larry privately and told him I felt uncomfortable being so self-centerd and he said.
“Little one, we are not asking you to be self-centered, we are asking you to be self-caring and that is a big difference.” I love you Larry and you taught me things I should have been taught many years ago - your spirit will live in me forever and I shall try my hardest to pass on your wisdom to others as well. The world was a better place with you in it physically and shall always be a better place because you were!!! LUVU  forever -Victoria Rose

This note is to thank Larry for his groundbreaking work in the Consciousness field.  In the 1970s I read his book: The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist Toward a General Theory of the Paranormal and was compelled to contact Larry through his publisher. This led me to the CRTP organization which has profoundly influenced my life.  My heartfelt condolences to Larry’s entire family.  With gratitude.  Silvia Athans, Clifton, New Jersey

Larry,  dear,
   I have never met you in person but I joined the CRTP training  in 1998 after a bout with cancer .   I was hoping to learn a way to  deal with my own fears , and grief ,  but I learned, oh , so much more .   The training itself was filled with many lively and funny moments  , many sad experiences, but most of all a chance to think deeply about  living  and it’s meaning and to try to join all of humanity in compassion and love.  
   Thank you with deep gratitude for your important  work and masterful teaching of your methods to my teachers .  
Esta Rose 

Beloved Larry, CRTP mentor, CRTP co-board member, cherished friend -your remarkable legacy as objective parapsychology investigator, brilliant innovator scholar author, compassionate 
Therapist, kind human being - you live in our (my) hearts forever. You paved the path for other awake conscious human beings to follow your  leadership.

A few years ago I asked you: “Larry do you believe in consciousness after death?”
In typical humble, succinct, originality you replied: “I’m waiting to be surprised.”

We (I) miss you immensely but feel your Essential Essence lovingly guides us still.

Always and forever with 💗 Love,
Patricia Abrams


From The Consciousness Research and Training Project, Mike Bova and I extend our condolences to Ada and Wendy. For the past 10 years, Mike and I have had the great joy of teaching this healing and meditation method which Larry developed so many years ago in his parapsychology research. The CRTP training seminars continue to this day, and hundreds of us have found the work to be transformative and life-changing.

In Larry’s teaching, and in so many of his books and articles, he liberally quotes many of his own mentors. One favorite which he shared with us is this from Albert Einstein:

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Blessings to Larry for a life well lived, and for helping all of us to access life’s miracles.

Kathy Stillson, President
Consciousness Research and Training Project, Inc


Way back in about 1970, Dr. Leshan was an adjunct professor at Mills College of Education in NYC.  I was fortunate enough to be in his class. What a joy!  His love for the subject, combined with his sense of humor and incredible store of knowledge made his class so enjoyable and enlightening. 
  I remember it with fondness all these years later. RIP. 

My friendship with Larry spans half a century. During that period of time, we had many memorable encounters, both at professional meetings and at his apartment, which I visited each time I came to New York City.  On those occasions, he would always order lunch and I opted for a turkey sandwich and a bottle of Dr. Brown's Celery Soda, which is hard to find outside of New York. In between visits, I would read Larry's latest books. He was an outstanding writer, having the gift of conveying complex topics in a reader-friendly manner. Larry never lost his ability to think clearly, articulating his thoughts in well chosen words even when his physical condition made speaking difficult.  I am so pleased that he lived long enough to read the tribute that Mike Bova and I wrote for the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and to know that the journal held him in such high esteem.

I met Larry in 1971 when I attended one of his meditation healing seminars. Months before that my brother died, I was grieving, failing in my college courses and Larry revitalized my life and I am so grateful for this. Over the years we remained in contact and Larry became even more of a mentor and friend. As I grieve again, but this time for Larry, I can remember all that I learned from him leaving me with fullness, love, and connection. As I feel loss, in these moments of knowing, we are beautifully connected and held by love.

My heart is broken but I take solace that Larry hopefully is with my grandmother Eileen Garrett  and my mom Eileen  Coly and the work continues as they  now have the answers that eluded us.  He was like a grandfather to me and was ever supportive in both my professional and personal lives.  Thank you Ada and Wendy for sharing him with me and the field of parapsychology.  Please accept my sincere condolences.

It was an honor to work with Dr. LeShan on his book, "Landscapes of the Mind."

My sincerest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

Denise Meyer
Eirini Press

Thanks to my teen years friendship with Wendy LeShan, I  was fortunate to spend a lot of time in the LeShan household and almost felt Eda and Larry as surrogate parents at a time when my own family was in crisis.

They were both so supportive and their interests through my self-absorbed adolescent eyes, seemed fascinating and exotic. 

Going to an all girls school and scared about my attractiveness to boys, I remember returning from the dismal experience of the first dance (with a boy's high school), feeling I would never have a single boy friend. Larry consoled me in no uncertain terms, "You are beautiful. Boys are stupid. They don't know what they are missing. One day you'll look back on today and laugh remembering this silly dance. " 

Such a simple thing to say and I am sure that many young women heard something similar from their fathers, without it's requiring the special genius that Larry had. But in my upbringing, it was a form of paternal support I rarely experienced-- and I was so grateful that I was staying there that night to hear it from Larry.

Thank you, Larry, you've done so many greater things than this. But I have never forgotten your words and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Condolences to Wendy and the family.  Love, Alison

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Lawrence Leshan

8 septembre 1920 – 10 novembre 2020

Riverside Memorial Chapel

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