First published 2013
At fifty-four, Eben Alexander has built his career on the mechanics of the brain. The Harvard neurosurgeon understands consciousness as electrical impulses and neural pathways. Then a rare form of meningitis strikes. His brain swells. Doctors monitor the damage spreading through his cortex. They tell his family to prepare for the worst. But while Alexander lies unconscious, he experiences something that challenges everything he believed about death and consciousness. An angelic being guides him through realms beyond physical reality. He encounters what he describes as the divine source of existence itself. Time and space dissolve. He learns that all consciousness connects to something eternal and universal. When Alexander awakens after seven days, his recovery astounds his medical colleagues. His brain heals completely. Now he faces a choice between his scientific training and what he witnessed during those seven days in coma.
Genres: science, medical, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-transformation, spiritual-awakening
265 pages · Hardcover · Ansata