Introduction
Imagine picking up a book that changes your whole view of life…and death. That’s what happened to Else Byskov. A former atheist, Else was once skeptical of anything spiritual. But when a book about the Danish mystic Martinus’ landed in her hands, her life took a new direction. She felt something shift. The idea that we live many lives made more sense than anything she had believed before. And so began her journey.
Else is now one of the leading voices bringing Martinus’ spiritual science to the world. Through her books, she raises bold questions: Why do we still believe in the one-life theory when it has never been proved? Why ignore the signs of reincarnation and karma? In this interview, Else Byskov shares what drew her to Martinus’ work, what she’s learned, and why she believes the big answers are already within reach.
Q1. Else, thank you for joining us. Since embracing Martinus’ work completely transformed your worldview, could you share a defining moment when Martinus’ teachings shifted your perception of life and consciousness?
Else Byskov: My defining moment came when I encountered the Martinus material. Let me explain. I have been a searching soul my whole life, and due to the lack of logic in the Christian religion I grew up with, I became an atheist in my early twenties. It did not bother me at all to wave goodbye to the angry, strict, judgmental guy the others called God, so I got on with my life without him.
I was studying at university at the time, so I was not alone in my rejection of religion. Later, I got married in the civil service, and my two children never got baptized. Despite my rejection of religion, I was a searching soul and wanted to find answers to the big questions, such as: why am I here, where have I come from, and where am I going? Is there life after death? Is this the only life we live? What is the meaning of life? And so on.
My story is an example of the truth in the saying ‘search and you shall find,’ and also in ‘when the pupil is ready, the teacher appears.’ I was in my mid-forties when a book about Martinus found its way to me. The moment I saw the book, I intuitively knew that this was where my search ended. I read the two main works of Martinus: Livets Bog (The Book of Life – 7 volumes) and The Eternal World Picture (4 volumes at the time, now 6) in around a year. I threw myself into the work like a starving wolf, crying out with joy and enthusiasm as I was reading. Here it all was: A logical explanation of what life was all about. No dogmas, no lifted fingers, just intellectually sound explanations of the solution to the mystery of life. The writing appealed to my rational intellect like nothing I had ever read before. I was beyond enthusiastic and said to myself: I have to tell this to somebody!!!
This resulted in my first book, titled: “Death is an Illusion – a logical explanation based on the Worldview of Martinus.” I wrote the book in English (in which I have a university degree), and the book was published in the USA in 2002 by Paragon House Publishers. Later, it also came out in German, Danish, and Spanish.
Since then, I have written 10 other books about different aspects of Martinus’ work.
Q2. In the Mosaic Digest article, you mention that “death is an illusion, and that our existence follows a master plan,” and that “in about 300 years, the last war will have been fought.” How do you envision this long-term trajectory influencing current global efforts toward peace and environmental responsibility?
Else Byskov: In my latest book, “The Earth, the Universe and God in a Cosmic Perspective,” I present the overall plan with life on Earth, as Martinus revealed it in his extensive work.
Generally speaking, we are all on our way from being primitive, trigger-happy, egoistic, and greedy human beings to becoming altruistic, empathetic, humane, compassionate human beings that can only emanate universal love. That is what our evolution is all about, and we need many lives to evolve from egoistic to altruistic. As we live life after life, we gather experiences and insights, learn many lessons from our mistakes, and gradually become more and more altruistic, all-loving humans who have respect for all other living beings.
It is in the middle of this process that we find ourselves today. When we look at the population of the planet, it is clear that not everybody has come equally far in this process. Some are still very egoistic and will do anything to feather their own nest, irrespective of how this may affect others. They are greedy, power-hungry individuals who only care about their own glorification.
On the other hand, we also see many people who only want peace on Earth and want us all to live in harmonious coexistence in societies with a just distribution of the wealth of the planet. They cannot bear to see cruelty performed towards humans or animals, and they are advocates for peace and reject all types of killing. They therefore live on a plant-based diet.
Now, the question is: how do we go from being egoistic, greedy, and murderous beings to becoming peaceful, altruistic ones?
The answer is this: The universe has been created in such a clever way that we reap as we sow. What we do to others, we eventually do to ourselves. This has been called the law of karma, and it is the superior pedagogic tool of the universe. When we sow killings, disrespect for other living beings, and greed, then that is what we will reap in this life or in a future life.
The law of karma rules our fate, so when we go out and kill, send bombs against other living beings with no consideration for their survival and well-being, then that is what we will reap ourselves. And when we do, we will suffer just as we made our victims suffer previously. The law of karma is the strictest, so nobody can go scot-free. They will reap exactly what they sowed until they change their way and stop practicing the killing principle.
The reason for all suffering in the world is the result of actions we have sown ourselves in former lives. It is never other people’s fault if we suffer. It is our own. We have once sown what we are reaping. We must therefore take full responsibility for our own lives and fates. We once sowed the fate that we are now reaping.
But the suffering that we have brought upon ourselves via our egoistic, greedy, and murderous acts will eventually transform us from primitive and egoistic beings to altruistic, empathetic, and all-loving beings. Obviously, this process takes many incarnations, but it is happening all over the globe in this red-hot moment. In this way, we can say that wars generate peace lovers, because when you have participated in many wars and suffered on the battlefields, in your coming life, an echo of your own suffering will prevent you from participating in yet another war. You then refuse to be recruited and shy away from violence and killings.
It is in the middle of this process that we find the population of this planet right now. And the interesting thing is that, according to Martinus, we are very close to the tipping point, where the peacemakers will reach critical mass and outnumber the war-makers and killers. And when they do, they will take over the reins of the planet, and a peaceful world with equality for all will eventually emerge.
Right now, we see a flare-up of the killing principle with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, but these are “just” the final flare before the killing principle will die.
We are passing a very momentous moment in the history of the planet and humankind.
Q3. In your Medium interview, you outlined the importance of merging science and spirituality to spark a movement, urging authors to “write, write, write” and build a platform. How have you personally navigated the challenges of bringing deeply esoteric subjects like Martinus’ cosmology into accessible, science-informed discourse for modern readers?
Else Byskov: Because of my intense and passionate enthusiasm for Martinus’s spiritual science and all the answers it offers to the big questions, it was easy for me to write about it. What I simply did was put my own understanding of Martinus’ work on paper. As my understanding was based on intense studies over the course of many years, I formulated my own paraphrasing of his work, and it is simpler and more accessible to others than Martinus’ own words, which were written in somewhat archaic Danish (my mother tongue). I can also put it like this: my books are simplified interpretations of aspects of his original work. They are simply easier to read than his own work.
Martinus himself predicted that his work would become the basis for a merger of science and spirituality, and now the spiritual part is ready in the shape of Martinus’ spiritual science. Now we have to wait for our earthly sciences to catch up with the spiritual part. This will happen gradually over the next few centuries, but a prerequisite is that our earthly sciences begin to study the spiritual world. This is gradually happening via the study of near-death experiences, of children who remember previous lives, and the hugely important work with regression therapy of Michael Newton. These fields of research are beginning to recognize a level of existence beyond the physical, an invisible world of energy. This world of energy is the primary world, a world of thought-matter that has given birth to the physical world, which is only secondary. Everything physical starts with a thought.
Once science digs deeper into this world of energy, a merger of science and spirituality will gradually come about.
Q4. You have lived in Andalucía and drawn inspiration from nature, praising hiking as a source of divine insight. Can you describe a specific moment or experience in nature that directly influenced an idea or manuscript in your spiritual writing?
Else Byskov: Nature is the place where we can escape to when we need a reprieve from the noise, clutter, and turmoil of the physical world. In nature, the energy emanating from plants is undiluted, and you can feel the presence of this pure, positive energy as both inspiration and a divine connection.
It is impossible to be sad or depressed in nature in the long run because the positive energy emanating from the plants is overwhelming and uplifting. The more remote and untouched nature is, the better the possibility to connect with a higher level of existence. Andalucia has huge spaces of pristine, virgin lands, valleys, and mountains, so plugging into this vast sea of pure, positive energy is easy there. One-fifth of Andalucia is a protected area due to its many mountainous regions that are simply too inaccessible and rocky to serve as arable land. It is an Eldorado for hikers and those who seek solace in nature.
Innumerable ideas for books, articles, and talks have been downloaded to me out there, so I have no count of them. Just go out and try it yourself.
Q5. Given Martinus’ emphasis on integrating cosmic consciousness, where consciousness “flows through the entire universe” and evolves, what practical daily practices or disciplines do you recommend for someone wanting to cultivate heightened spiritual awareness rooted in this worldview?
Else Byskov: The very best way to strengthen your spiritual “muscles” is to study the spiritual science of Martinus. Reading his work is “body building” for our intuitive ability, and it is via the strength of our own intuition that we get more and more on wavelength with the spiritual world. This is no “quick fix,” but a process that takes years.
But it is also a wonderful process that will open new areas in our brains as we read and study. The Martinus material is so new in its approach to the world that we will need to open more brain space to understand it. As we, at our present level of evolution, are only using about 5 % of our brain capacity, there is plenty of new space to inaugurate.
Many of those I speak to who are beginning to study Martinus’ work say that as they are reading, they have a tendency to fall asleep. This is a good sign, as it means that a new area of the brain is being activated and made operational.
Just study a little bit every day, and you are well on your way.
Spiritual practices such as meditation are also recommended, but do not fall into the pit of believing that meditation alone can make you enlightened.
You become enlightened via the trials and tribulations of everyday life. When you make mistakes and learn from them, when you gather enough experiences to grow in wisdom, and when you become humble and grateful, then you are getting closer and closer to achieving cosmic consciousness.
Please read my latest blog post about how to meditate and what to avoid.
Link to blogpost: http://newspiritualscience.com/on-meditation/
Conclusion
Else Byskov believes we are far more than bodies that live once and vanish. Her message is clear: life has deep meaning, and it stretches far beyond one lifetime. In her view, understanding reincarnation and karma is not wishful thinking; it’s the missing piece of the puzzle. She reminds us that science has not proved the one-life theory, yet it continues to be treated as fact.
Through Martinus’s teachings, she found a framework that answered questions she had asked all her life. Her mission now is to share that clarity with others. If you’ve ever wondered why life feels unfair, why certain things happen, or what really comes after death, Else says you’re not alone. The answers are already here, if we choose to see them. Her work opens a door to a new kind of understanding…one where death is not the end, and the universe makes sense.
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