The Map of Heaven, Eben Alexander
The Map of Heaven, Eben Alexander
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The Map of Heaven
How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

Author: Eben Alexander

Narrator: Eben Alexander

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/07/2014


Synopsis

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings.

When Dr. Eben Alexander told the story of his near-death experience and his vivid journey to the other side, many readers wrote to say it resonated with them profoundly. Thanks to them, Dr. Alexander realized that sharing his story allowed people to rediscover what so many in ancient times knew: there is more to life, and to the universe, than this single earthly life.

Dr. Alexander and his coauthor Ptolemy Tompkins were surprised to see how often his readers’ visions of the afterlife synced up with each other and with those of the world’s spiritual leaders, as well as its philosophers and scientists. In The Map of Heaven, he shares the stories people have told him and shows how they are echoed both in the world’s faiths and in its latest scientific insights. It turns out there is much agreement, across time and terrain, about the journey of the soul and its survival beyond death.

In this book, Dr. Alexander makes the case for heaven as a genuine place, showing how we have forgotten, but are now at last remembering, who we really are and what our destiny truly is. The Map of Heaven takes the broad view to reveal how modern science is on the verge of the most profound revolution in recorded history—all around the phenomenon of consciousness itself!

About Eben Alexander

Eben Alexander, MD, has been an academic neurosurgeon for the last twenty-five years, including fifteen years at the Brigham & Women’s and the Children’s Hospitals and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is the author of Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven. Visit him at EbenAlexander.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 25, 2016

The Map of Heaven was awesome, here's why: Dr. Alexander takes the ancient Eleusinian mysteries (classicists aren't even sure what these entailed, I've always found them fascinating) and combines them with Plato's mysticism to make a stunning examination of the afterlife and how modern society needs......more

Goodreads review by Dixie on October 14, 2014

I received a copy of this book in exchange for a review. This book is interesting. Not necessarily in the good way. I agree with most of what the author is saying, but the way he says it... He tends to take quotes or scientific facts, tells us about them, and then come up with a therefore that has li......more

Goodreads review by Laura on November 14, 2014

I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Alexander speak in Baltimore earlier this week and was so glad I did. His incredible experience gave me hope and inspired me to do a little soul journeying of my own, since "a true seeker must go deep into his or her consciousness to come closer to realizing the tru......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on February 27, 2016

I love this book. At the moment anyway it's one of half-a-dozen or so books that I keep on a table beside me in the living room and pick up now and again on an ongoing basis. The author blends his own experiences of 'Heaven' or the eternal with the stories of others who have written in to him along......more

Goodreads review by Katlin Steeves on October 22, 2014

*Won in the Goodreads Giveaway* I received my copy and gave it right to my Grandmother. We recently lost my Grandfather and I felt like this book would put her mind at ease. She loved it. She always hoped there was an afterlife but never had proof. She said this book helped her realize that my Grand......more