Editing Leon MacLaren (section)

==Personal life==
According to MacLaren's foundation web site he married twice, had two daughters and lived in Hammersmith and later Hampstead and Oxfordshire.<ref name="MacLaren Foundation web site"/> 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.<ref name=":1">Petsche, Johanna J. M. (2015). "Gurdjieffian Overtones in Leon MacLaren's School of Economic Science". ''International Journal for the Study of New Religions''. '''6.2''': 197–219</ref>

He had a keen interest in music, he played the saxophone in a jazz band in his early life and also played the piano.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Music : the foundations of harmony |last=MacLaren |first=Leon |year=2013 |isbn=9780956596840 |edition= Revised |location=London |oclc=874928840}}</ref> 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 George Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky's teachings.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gurdjieff and music : the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann piano music and its esoteric significance |last=Petsche |first=Johanna J.M. |isbn=9789004284425 |location=Leiden |oclc=892055973|year = 2015}}</ref>