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The Map of Heaven
and Proof of Heaven
In Proof of Heaven and Map of Heaven, neurologist Dr. Eben Alexander, M.D., answers questions based on his own near-death experience: Is there a heaven? What happens after we die? | read more»
About Dr. Eben Alexander, M.D., and Books
A Harvard-trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Eben Alexander, M.D., believed that near-death experiences were simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. That was until he had a near death experience and entered another world after he spent a week deep in coma from an inexplicable brain infection. He lived to share his story in Proof of Heaven and his latest book, The Map of Heaven. | read more »
Read an Excerpt: Proof of Heaven
"As a practicing neurosurgeon with decades of research and hands-on work in the operating room behind me, I was in a better-than-average position to judge not only the reality but also the implications of what happened to me." | read more »
Read an Excerpt: The Map of Heaven
"Each of us carries a memory of heaven, buried deep within us. Bringing that memory to the surface—helping you find your own map to that very real place—is the purpose of this book." | read more »
Praise for Dr. Eben Alexander, M.D.
"Dr. Eben Alexander's near-death experience stands as perhaps one of the crown jewels of all near-death experiences. The knowledge of what he experienced raises the bar for serious investigators and pundits. It marks the beginning of a new era of rational investigation of humankind's deepest mystery, life after death." —Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D., author of Life Beyond Life, 1974, and father of near-death experience studies. | read more »
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Seeking Heaven: Sound Journeys Into the Beyond
Dr. Alexander presents four 30-minute audio meditations produced specifically to access the brain state of blissful higher consciousness and that he attained during his near death experience. | read more »
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