num_pages: 196
description: Thousands of people have had near-death experiences but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon Alexander knew that NDEs feel real but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.Then Dr. Alexanders own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotionand in essence makes us humanshut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then as his doctors considered stopping treatment Alexanders eyes popped open. He had come back.Alexanders recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. 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. There he met and spoke with the Divine source of the universe itself.Alexanders story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven God or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.
language: English
title: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
publisher: Simon & Schuster