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Dr. Eben Alexander on His Near-Death Experience—And What He’s Learned About Consciousness

By Eben Alexander

In 2008, Eben Alexander, MD, an academic neurosurgeon for over twenty-five years, fell into a deep coma. Not only did he make a full and miraculous recovery, but he recounted an incredibly deep and profound near-death experience from his time in this coma, when the neocortex of his brain was completely shut down.

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