Dr. Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who always felt that near-death experiences were fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then came the day when Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by an extremely rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion shut down completely and Dr. Alexander lay in a hospital bed in a deep coma for seven days. Just when his doctors thought about stopping treatment, Dr. Alexander's eyes popped open. His recovery was a miracle but while he lay in a coma he journeyed to a world beyond our own with an angelic being.
a doctor's extraordinary account of her death, heaven, angels, and life again : a true story
Neal, Mary C
2012
In 1999, in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, Dr. Mary Neal drowned in a kayak when it became pinned at the bottom of a waterfall. This is her story of what happened as she moved from life to death to eternal life and back to life again.
Amelia, long a ghost, forms a strong bond with eighteen-year-old Joshua, who nearly drowned where she did and who awakens in her long-forgotten senses and memories even as Eli, a spirit, tries to draw her away.
Amelia, determined to protect her loved ones from the dark spirits, goes to the cemetery at midnight to perform a powerful ritual, and Joshua joins her for his own reasons.
Howard Storm chronicles his own near death experience, describing how he found himself being dragged into realms of darkness and death, and discussing how that experience helped him change his life for the better.
Thirteen articles explore various aspects of death, including grief, the role of faith in the grieving process, choosing to die, and near-death experiences.
Examines near-death experiences and how a person's culture affects it. Includes an in-depth study of the children's book The Velveteen Rabbit and how it relates to Western near-death experiences.
Having had a near-death experience in the accident that killed his younger sister, eleven-year-old Will tries to cope with the situation by writing her letters.
