"To Heaven and Back" by Mary C. Neal M.D.
Regardless of what path we may take in life or who we turn to for guidance, most of us are still pondering from time to time on the great existential questions which surround our existence: why are we here?
What happens after death?
Is there really a God out there?
Chances are that as long as we live, we will never learn the undisputable truth, but it doesn’t mean that you should just lie in bed until you die without trying to figure it out… you’ll always have the time keel over and see everything for yourself.
One of the more interesting sources people have come to explore in search of answers are accounts and testimonies from people who have had near-death experiences, and allegedly one of those people is a woman by the name of Mary C. Neal. In her book titled To Heaven and Back she describes her harrowing journey into the afterlife as she momentarily drowned during a kayak trip. Even though her friends were trying to save her, it was apparently too late as she went into the beyond.
In the book, she spends time describing what little time she spent beyond the realms of death, detailing her visions of God, heaven, the angels, and the sense of great sadness when she realized she had left Earth too early. As she claims in the book, it wasn’t yet her time and so her soul was sent back, at which point she came back to life. The book goes beyond the experience itself as Mary looks into how her life changed afterwards, going into her opinions on life in general.
One of the more interesting sources people have come to explore in search of answers are accounts and testimonies from people who have had near-death experiences, and allegedly one of those people is a woman by the name of Mary C. Neal. In her book titled To Heaven and Back she describes her harrowing journey into the afterlife as she momentarily drowned during a kayak trip. Even though her friends were trying to save her, it was apparently too late as she went into the beyond.
In the book, she spends time describing what little time she spent beyond the realms of death, detailing her visions of God, heaven, the angels, and the sense of great sadness when she realized she had left Earth too early. As she claims in the book, it wasn’t yet her time and so her soul was sent back, at which point she came back to life. The book goes beyond the experience itself as Mary looks into how her life changed afterwards, going into her opinions on life in general.
Whether or not you are religious and believe in the Christian way of life you should take what is written in this book with a little grain of salt. In some cases, the author really jumps to conclusions in some cases, not to mention that bits and pieces of the story seem a bit suspect.
You should just look at it as what a Christian remembers from her near-death experience and how it impacted her moral, political and religious views. All in all, a good read which provides some very interesting information, as long as you don’t take it close to heart.
 | Dr. Mary NealPersonal site Dr. Mary Neal is an orthopedic spine surgeon who lived a most extraordinary experience, having drowned while Kayaking on a South American river, and was brought back to life, afterwards claiming to have had an experience of life after death with religious overtones which she chronicled in her bestselling book, To Heaven and Back. |
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