always the first quality – is a devotion to truth." and on praise "From praise comes joy, from joy – strength, from strength – virtue, from virtue – purity and from purity comes realization of one’s full potential." Leon MacLaren is described as one of three men responsible for meditation being practised so widely in the west due to his early adoption of the practice and propagation of it globally via the School of Economic Science, the other two men being Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Dr Francis C. Roles of The Study Society.) He taught until the last week of his life. In 1994, though ill, he flew from London to South Africa to lead a study week with the School's senior students. His visit was cut short when his health failed. He was flown back to London, where he died. Personal life According to MacLaren's foundation web site he married twice, had two daughters and lived in Hammersmith and later Hampstead and Oxfordshire. MacLaren had two unsuccessful marriages, both with Study Society members. Neither woman ever joined the School of Economic Science, preferring to stay with Roles, even after MacLaren officially split from Roles and his group. He had a keen interest in music, he played the saxophone in a jazz band in his early life and also played the piano. He also composed several pieces inducing: "In The Beginning", "Isha Upanishad" and "Rig Veda", based on a seven-tone scale described as the "natural octave", based on Gurdgieff and Ouspensky's teachings. Published works Nature of Society () Music: The Foundations of Harmony () "Reminders": Extracts from the Lectures of Leon MacLaren () The Science of Economics: The Economic Teaching of Leon MacLaren () References External links MacLaren Foundation Official Web Site School of Economic Science Official Web Site Leon MacLaren and the origins of SES 1910 births 1994 deaths People from Wimbledon, London Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Georgists Advaitin philosophers 20th-century British philosophers Transcendental Meditation exponents cs:Škola ekonomické vědy