Jensen, Wiers (1866-1925)
Jensen, Wiers (1866-1925)
Norwegian dramatist who was active in the field of psychical research. Jensen was born on November 25, 1866, at Bergen, Norway, and was educated at the University of Oslo. In addition to his work as a playwright and an instructor at theaters in Bergen and Oslo, he edited the journal Norsk Tidsskrift for Psykisk Forksning, dealing with psychical research, from 1922 to 1925. His play Anne Pedersdotter is about a mediumistic woman believed to be a witch.
Jensen made a special study of the phenomenon of the psychic double as known in Norway and Scotland. His experiences and those of other individuals were chronicled by Thorstein Wereide in an article in Tomorrow in 1955. He died August 25, 1925. After Jensen's death, communications believed to be from him were received through the automatic writing of the medium Ingeborg Dahl.
Sources:
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.
Wereide, Thorstein. "Norway's Human Doubles." Tomorrow 3, no. 2 (winter 1955).