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Le Conte, Joseph +

The bibliography cites “Correlation of Vital with Chemical and Physical Forces” and ''Evolution and its Relation to Religious Thought'' (1888). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#655|4:655]][[SMW::on]]). American geologist and chemist, of Huguenot descent. Educated at Franklin College, Ga. graduating in 1841; received degree in medicine at New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1845 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#442|9:442]][[SMW::on]]). +

Le Lendemain de la Mort +

A work by L. Figuier, originally written in French. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Spiritualism and Occult Truth|BCW 3:472]]) +

Le Lotus Bleu +

Monthly organ of the Theosophical Society in France, published in Paris. Zirkoff’s bibliography lists its early volumes beginning in March 1890. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#386|5:386]][[SMW::on]]). Published [[Courmes, Dominique Albert|D. A. Courmes]]’s French translations of substantial portions of The Secret Doctrine and other writings by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Theosophie et Spiritisme#11|BCW 5:11]]) +

Le Loyer P. - IIII Livres des Spectres +

A work by [[Le Loyer, Pierre|P. Le Loyer]] published at Angers in 1586. Its discussion of guardian genii on pp. 16–17 draws on chapter III of Censorinus’s De die natali; [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] translates passages from its early modern French. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Theories About Reincarnation and Spirits#195|BCW 7:195-196]]) +

Le Loyer, Pierre +

French demonologist, poet and royal councillor, author of ''Quatre livres des spectres''. The work discusses apparitions, spirits, magic and exorcisms; an English translation appeared in 1605. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#379|7:379-380]][[SMW::on]]). +

Le Mystère d’Alexandre I +

V. V. Baryatinsky’s work on the theory identifying Alexander I with Feodor Kuzmich. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] lists French editions of 1925 and 1929 and Russian editions of 1912 and 1913. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Assassination of the Czar|BCW 3:124]]) +

Le Plongeon, Alice Dixon +

In Ancient Races raised the question whether Indian elephant worship derived from supposed mammoth worship in America. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] appended a comment on this hypothesis. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (61)#382|BCW 12:382]]) +

Le Plongeon, Augustus +

Antiquarian and photographer who studied Maya ruins in Yucatán. His photographs provide an early record of the monuments; his speculative accounts of Maya origins were rejected by later scholarship. +

Le Roman tragique de l’Empereur Alexandre II +

M. Paléologue’s illustrated book, published by Plon, Paris, in 1923, 154 pages. Cited by [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] as a source on Princess Yuryevskaya. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The State of Russia (1)|BCW 3:168]]) ([https://www.bibliotheque.nat.tn/BNT/doc/SYRACUSE/37852/maurice-paleologue-le-roman-tragique-de-l-empereur-alexandre-ii?_lg=fr-FR National Library of Tunisia]; [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Roman_tragique_de_l%E2%80%99empereur_Alexandre_II/01 French Wikisource: original text]) +

Le Voltaire (newspaper) +

Paris (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#480|8:480]][[SMW::on]]). +

Leadbeater, Charles Webster +

English Theosophist associated with the Theosophical Society at Adyar. A prolific author, known for his accounts of clairvoyant investigations and his role in the early life of Jiddu Krishnamurti. In autumn 1889 moved from Ceylon to England to become resident tutor to [[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]]’s son Denny, accompanied by the thirteen-year-old [[Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage|C. Jinarajadasa]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxiii|BCW 12:xxiii]]) +

Lebanon +

A range of mountains in Syria, with a few remnants of the gigantic cedar trees, a forest of which once crowned its summit. Tradition says that it is here, that the timber for King Solomon’s temple was obtained. (See [[Druzes]].) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Leconte, Léon +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol5|vol. 5]] (1883–1884). +

Lefranc de Pompignan, Jean-Jacques +

Author of an ode on the death of J.-B. Rousseau (1671-1741), quoted by Abbé Roca in his controversy with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Abbe Roca - Reponse de lAbbe Roca aux Allegations de Madame Blavatsky contre lEsoterisme Chretien#356|BCW 9:356]]) +

Legge, James +

British sinologist and missionary, editor and translator of ''The Chinese Classics''; became professor of Chinese at Oxford in 1876 and translated the ''I Ching'' for ''Sacred Books of the East''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#655|4:655]][[SMW::on]]). +

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm +

Zirkoff tentatively identifies the reference ''Opera philos.'' with J. E. Erdmann’s collection of his philosophical writings in Latin, French and German (Berlin, 1840). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#379|7:379]][[SMW::on]]). +

Leiningen C. de - The Soul according to the Quabalah +

A work by C. de Leiningen originally published in Sphinx; T. Williams’s English translation from German was issued at London in 1890 as Theosophical Siftings, volume II, no. 18. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#272|BCW 7:272]]) +

Leino, Alexander Petrovich +

Helped obtain Russian original sources for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s collected writings from the library of Helsinki University ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.1)#xxi|BCW 1:xxi-xxii]]). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)#xix|4:xix-xx]][[SMW::on]]) +

Lele, M. V. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol1|vol. 1]] (1879–1880). +

Lemaistre, John Gustavus +

Author of Travels after the Peace of Amiens, through parts of France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany (London, 1806, three volumes). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#533|2:533]][[SMW::on]]). +