"Eben Alexander brings a unique perspective to the sacred world combining a glorious, personal vision of spiritual consciousness with patient, insightful scientific inquiry. "Proof of Heaven" is a compelling story of what may lie ahead for all of us in the life beyond this one. We have nothing to fear." --Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, author of "The Scalpel and the Soul" and "Zen Mind, Zen Horse"
""Proof of Heaven" is more than just an awe-inspiring account of a profound encounter with spiritual reality. Dr. Alexander's neuroscience career taught him that near-death experiences are brain-based illusions, and yet his personal experience left him dumbstruck. His honest struggle to make sense of this unforgettable journey is a gripping story, unique in the literature of spiritual experiences, that may well change how we understand our role in the universe." --Bruce Greyson, MD, co-editor of "The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation"
"I can highly recommend this important book that has the potential to break many scientific taboos." --Dr. Pim van Lommel, cardiologist, author of "Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience"
"Dr. Eben Alexander's near-death experience is the most astounding I have heard in more than four decades of studying this phenomenon. [He] is living proof of an afterlife."--Raymond A. Moody, M.D., Ph.D., author of Life After Life
Prologue -- 1. The Pain -- 2. The Hospital -- 3. Out of Nowhere -- 4. Eben IV -- 5. Underworld -- 6. An Anchor to Life -- 7. The Spinning Melody and the Gateway -- 8. Israel -- 9. The Core -- 10. What Counts -- 11. An End to the Downward Spiral -- 12. The Core -- 13. Wednesday -- 14. A Special Kind of NDE -- 15. The Gift of Forgetting -- 16. The Well -- 17. N of 1 -- 18. To Forget, and to Remember -- 19. Nowhere to Hide -- 20. The Closing -- 21. The Rainbow -- 22. Six Faces -- 23. Final Night, First Morning -- 24. The Return -- 25. Not There Yet -- 26. Spreading the News -- 27. Homecoming -- 28. The Ultra-Real -- 29. A Common Experience -- 30. Back from the Dead -- 31. Three Camps -- 32. A Visit to Church -- 33. The Enigma of Consciousness -- 34. A Final Dilemma -- 35. The Photograph -- Eternea -- Acknowledgments -- Reading List -- Appendix A. Statement / Scott Wade, M.D. -- Appendix B. Neuroscientific Hypotheses I Considered to Explain My Experience -- Index.