Terje G. Simonsen

Norwegian historian and nonfiction author

Terje Simonsen
Terje Simonsen in October 2018
Born	Terje Gerotti Simonsen (1963-04-23) April 23, 1963 (age 61) Kristiansand, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Occupation(s)	Historian, non-fiction writer
Awards	Parapsychological Association Book Award (2019)^[1]

Terje Simonsen (born April 23, 1963) is a Norwegian historian and nonfiction author. He was among the first to predict the arrival of an androgynous pronoun in Norway.^[2]

Early life and education

Simonsen was born in Norway on April 23, 1963, in the municipality of Kristiansand^[3] and raised in the town of Mandal.^[4]^[5] He graduated from the University of Oslo in 1993. In 2001, his thesis on the Janus journal and Alf Larsen was published by Solum Forlag as a book JANUS—A Journal and an Era.^[6]^[7]

Career

In 2003, he wrote an introductory essay to a Norwegian edition of I and Thou by Martin Buber, published by Bokklubben.^[8]^[9]

In the article “En språklig mutant i anmarsj” (“A Linguistic Mutant Approaching”), published in Morgenbladet, in 2006, Simonsen suggested that gender related changes in culture and society would result in an androgynous pronoun appearing through an evolutionary process resembling natural evolution.^[10]

Simonsen's main interest has been esoteric traditions—hermeticism, kabbalah, sufism etc.—and he has also edited and authored writings within this field.^[3] Among other things, he instigated the first Norwegian translation and edition of the antique esoteric text Book of Enoch in the series Verdens Hellige Skrifter ("The World’s Holy Scriptures"), where he also wrote an introductory essay.^[3]^[11]^[12]

In 2013, Simonsen authored a book on parapsychology, where he explored various paranormal phenomena in a historical context as well as the evolution of the intellectual foundations of parapsychology.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] In 2018, an expanded and updated English edition was published by an Italian company Pari Publishing.^[17]^[18] In November 2019, it received the Parapsychological Association Book Award.^[1] A new edition was released in the United Kingdom and United States in 2020 by Watkins Publishing (2020).^[19] | In 2013, Simonsen authored a book on parapsychology in Norwegian, where he explored various paranormal phenomena in a historical context as well as the evolution of the intellectual foundations of parapsychology.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] It was published in English as Our Secret Powers—A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal (Pari Publishing, 2018) and Czech (Nakladatelství Prah, 2021).^[17]^[18]^[20] In November 2019, the book received the Parapsychological Association Book Award.^[1] The following year an upgraded English edition was released under the title A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal - Our Secret powers: Telepathy, Clairvoyance and Precognition (Watkins Publishing, 2020).^[19]

Publications

Janus—et tidsskrift og en tid [Janus—a Journal and an Era] (in Norwegian). no:Solum Forlag. 2001. ISBN 9788256013128.
Buber, Martin (2003). "I begynnelsen er forholdet" [In the Beginning is the Relationship]. Jeg og Du [I and Thou] (in Norwegian). Bokklubben. ISBN 9788252537536.
"Enok—den glemte profet" [Enoch—The Forgotten Prophet]. Enoks bok [Book of Enoch] (in Norwegian). Bokklubben. 2004. ISBN 9788252551778.
Simonsen, Terje (2013). Våre skjulte evner—telepati, klarsyn og fremsyn [Our Secret Abilities—Telepathy, Clairvoyance and Precognition] (in Norwegian). Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-3559-8.
Simonsen, Terje (2018). Our Secret Powers—A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal. Pari Publishing. ISBN 978-88-95604-33-6.
Simonsen, Terje (2020). A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal: Our Secret Powers—Telepathy, Clairvoyance and Precognition. Watkins Publishing. ISBN 978-1786783578.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 PA Book Award Winner - A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal—Our Secret Powers: Telepathy, Clairvoyance and Precognition". Parapsychological Association. 2019-12-10. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ Krogsæter, Silje Marie (2015). "Hen—et politisk pronomen" [Hen—a political pronoun] (PDF) (in Norwegian). University of Bergen. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c Syvertsen, Emil Otto (2004-06-22). "Veiviser til mystikken i Enoks bok" [Guide to the mysteries of the book of Enoch]. Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ Jack Van Der Hagen Nørgaard (2013-10-23). "Gjorde som Snåsamannen sa" [Did what the Snåsaman said]. Lindesnes (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.(subscription required)
^ Jack Van Der Hagen Nørgaard (2014-10-22). "Salsa i tåkete landskap" [Salsa in misty landscapes]. Lindesnes (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.(subscription required)
^ Bugge, Niels Magnus (2001). "Janus sett med friske øyne" [A fresh look at Janus]. no:Libra (in Norwegian) (4). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ Tjønneland, Eivind (2002-02-22). "Porno for kulturradikalere" [Porn for cultural radicals]. Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-09-22.(subscription required)
^ Simonsen, Terje (2020). "Et møte med et Du, eller et møte med et Det" [An encounter with a You, or an encounter with an It] (PDF). Norsk Gestalttidsskrift (in Norwegian). XVII (1): 60–71. ISSN 1503-8912. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ Nerol, Valborg Helene (2007). "El Stemme Mellom Dei Andre Stemmene" [A voice among other voices] (PDF) (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ "Androgynt pronomen" [Androgynous pronoun]. Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). 2006-05-26. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ Boccaccini, Gabriele; Collins, Johnh Joseph, eds. (2007). The Early Enoch Literature. Brill Publishers. p. 345. ISBN 978-90-04-16154-2.
^ "Intervju med Terje G. Simonsen om Enoks bok" [Interview with Terje G. Simonsen on Book of Enoch] (in Norwegian). Bokklubben. 2004. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ ^a ^b Bach, David (2013-10-15). "Logger på "det mentale internett"" [Logging on to «the mental internet»]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ ^a ^b Egeland, Tom (2014-02-06). "Bokanmeldelse: Terje G. Simonsen: Våre skjulte evner" [Book review: Terje G. Simonsen: Our Hidden Abilities]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ ^a ^b Fønnebø, Vinjar (2014-04-08). "Leseverdig reise i bevissthetens grenseland" [Valuable journey in the borderland of consciousness]. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (in Norwegian). 134 (748): 748. doi:10.4045/tidsskr.13.1699. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ ^a ^b Skjeldal, Eskil (2014-04-05). "Reisen til randsonen" [The journey to the edge zone]. Vårt Land (in Norwegian).
^ ^a ^b "Terje Gerotti Simonsen". Pari Publishing. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ ^a ^b Williams, George R. (2020). "A Far Ranging Tour of All Things Psi". Journal of Parapsychology. 84 (1). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
^ ^a ^b "Terje G. Simonsen". Watkins Publishing. 2020-05-21. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ "Jaké knihy si přečíst v prosinci" [What books to read in December]. e15.cz (in Czech). 2021-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-17.