Eben Alexander & Karen Newell: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into The After-Life and Back Again

Inner Truth with David Newell

Eben Alexander III is an American neurosurgeon and New York Times bestselling author. His book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife describes his 2008 near-death experience (NDE) and explains that science can and will determine that the brain does not create consciousness and that consciousness survives bodily death.

In 2008 Eben fell into a spontaneous a meningitis-induced coma for 8 days which led him into the spirit realm to commune with entities that described the true nature of reality to him.

Since the release of the book, he has presented hundreds of lectures around the world in churches, hospitals, medical schools, and academic symposia, besides appearing on TV shows including Super Soul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey. Alexander has also expanded on his NDE in the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the peer-reviewed Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association.

He is also the author of the 2014 book The Map of Heaven which builds on the claims in his previous book, and coauthor of the 2017 book Living in a Mindful Universe which describes his personal journey since 2008 along with co-author Karen Newell.

In this conversation, Eben, Karen and I talk about his NDE, the afterlife, the nature of consciousness, and the lessons he’s brought back to teach from that moment in time.