| Dr. Alexander looking at a scan of his brain. |
It was a place of butterflies, joy and big puffy pink clouds': The leading brain surgeon who is CONVINCED of heaven after 7-day out-of-body odyssey. Harvard-educated Eben Alexander did not believe patients tales of out-of body experiences. But now says he experienced a place filled with butterflies while in a coma. He describes 'a sound like a glorious chant came down from above'
A skeptical scientist who had spent his career studying the mechanics of the brain and dismissing patient tales of journeys to heavenly realms has revealed his extraordinary conversion after his own encounter with the afterlife during a near-death experience.