Ccbb: Dr. Bernard Beitman, Md

Terje Gerotti Simonsen, PhD, is a Norwegian author and Historian of Ideas, specializing in the esoteric and occult. He has though introductory courses on central Western philosophical and literary works at the Institute of History of Ideas, University of Oslo. Today he works as a freelance writer. He is also an avid salsa dancer, amateur pianist and chess player. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by the paranormal—especially phenomena as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and healing. In addition to fairytales and mythology, this interest has been based on experiences of his own as well as strange stories told by trusted friends. Later, as a scholar, he has taken this interest in the paranormal as a starting point to explore traditions—the esoteric and occult traditions—where these phenomena are not seen as chimera but as manifestations of our expanded consciousness. Furthermore, he has explored the science about such phenomena, namely parapsychology. The result of his exploration can be found in thi