21 Facts About Martinus Thomsen

Martinus Thomsen, referred to as Martinus, was a Danish author.

Martinus Thomsen did state that he suspected the proprietor of the farm to be his real father.

Martinus Thomsen's mother was unable to care for him as a young child and as a result, he was taken in by her brother and his wife.

Martinus Thomsen mentioned that despite their meager circumstances, they always made him feel secure.

Martinus Thomsen's mother died when he was just eleven and for the most part, his contact with her was very limited.

Martinus Thomsen spent six hours per week in class in the summer and thirty hours per week in the winter.

At the age of sixteen Martinus Thomsen became a dairyman, working around various parts of Denmark, he later worked as a watchman, and in 1920 he was an office clerk in at the dairy company Enigheden in Copenhagen.

Martinus Thomsen himself rejected any suggestion that his revelations were inspired by Theosophy.

Martinus Thomsen called the new state of consciousness which he attained at the age of 30 "cosmic consciousness".

Martinus Thomsen considered the prerequisite for cosmic consciousness to be a highly developed faculty of intuition, which all human beings will develop sooner or later.

Martinus Thomsen initially found it difficult to express his ideas in writing, drawing symbols instead.

The magazine Kosmos, dedicated to Martinus Thomsen' thought, was first published in 1933.

Martinus Thomsen considered himself a religious messenger, along the lines of the Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus, and that he had a pivotal role to spread his message of the world's redemption through wisdom and love.

Martinus Thomsen cosmology contains numerous elements of ultimately Indian origin, such as karma, reincarnation, energies, and levels of energy.

Martinus Thomsen considered his work as a kind of school, college or institution for a science of life.

At present 19 of Martinus Thomsen' books have been translated into English and some of Martinus Thomsen' books have been translated into 20 other languages.

Martinus Thomsen drew and painted a large number of symbols, figures, colours and lines, each illustrating specific areas of the cosmic analyses which he claimed are important elements in his overall description of the eternal world picture.

Martinus Thomsen left a number of additional symbols, which the Martinus Thomsen Institute expects to publish in later volumes of The Eternal World Picture.

Martinus Thomsen lived in a small apartment on the first floor of the Martinus Thomsen Institute until he died on 8 March 1981 at the age of 90.

Martinus Thomsen has generally been considered part of the tradition of western esotericism.

Martinus Thomsen published many books and pamphlets, many of which have been translated.