Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451695195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alexander’s credentials are impressive: medical school at Duke and 15 years at Harvard-affiliated hospitals. --Karen Springen . From Booklist A neurosurgeon’s first-person account of his near-death experience after an E. But to agnostics and atheists, Alexander may not come across as a completely objective observer. He writes that he attended his Episcopal church even as he questioned how God, heaven, and an afterlife could exist, yet the heaven he describes seeing certainly seems like a biblical one; a typical line is, “the visual beauty of the silvery bodies of those scintillating beings above.” His story includes interesting asides about past struggles with alcohol and with adoption. (His birth mother delivered him when she was 16 and for years did not want to meet him.) But the book mostly focuses on religion. coli meningitis-related seizure and seven-day coma will reassure afterlife believers, though it is unlikely to convince skeptics. It ends w
"I am skeptical about his claims and the narrative." according to nc. I'm a medical student from the medical school that Dr. Alexander attended who also does neurological research so I was naturally interested. The thing immediately read as the sort of dribble that a top notch neurosurgeon wouldn't have time to write unless he was down and out. If you read the recent esquire piece on the whole thing you will see what I mean. Got about halfway done and could tell that a lot of this was built up as a ridiculous story.I have been fascinated with NDEs for some time. If you really want a good prime. Beyond Science and ReligionEndorsement and Support from another NDE survivor Patric Miller As someone who has experienced an NDE, and struggled with many of the same things that Eben discusses here, I am not surprised at the response that many are having to this book. To say "people who have NDE experiences often find the telling of their story, while trying to impart the information they receive during their experience, a difficult task," would be an understatement as vast as the universe.The clinical aspects of Dr. Alexander's experience are what make this story unique, along with his outright conversion from a . You need to read this. This was a fascinating story of a neurosurgeon who experiences the complete shut-down of his cortex due to a rare bacterial infection and yet has memorable experiences while he is apparently essentially brain-dead. It totally changed his outlook on near death experiences which he had previously believed to be the result of chemical or electrical error-functioning of the brain. You need to read this.
Visit him at EbenAlexander. . Eben Alexander, MD, has been an academic neurosurgeon for the last twenty-five years, including fifteen years at the Brigham & Women’s and the Children’s Hospitals and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is the author of Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven
He had come back.Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. Dr. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.Then, Dr. The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.. That it happened to Dr. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself.Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. For seven d