Praise for AFTER "Greyson’s enthusiasm is palpable, but he is always grounded in scientific observation, making conclusions based on where the research leads. . . . A bright, passionate journey through murky waters.” —Kirkus Reviews "His long-awaited and amazing book is a major contribution to the study of what happens when we die, and will quickly prove to be a classic in near-death studies.” —Raymond Moody, MD, Ph.D., author of Life After Life "His life story as reported in his book, After, will likely become crucially important for millions trying to make sense of life and death” —Eben Alexander, M.D. New York Times bestselling author of Proof of Heaven "Reading his research and the compelling stories of the experiencers themselves will no doubt transform the lives of readers and their understanding of the very nature of reality.” —Lisa Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University, "I believe all who read this book will be led to positive and permanent insights that will have profound and lasting effects in their own lives.” —Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me

After

A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond

In After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond, one of the world’s leading experts on near-death experiences shares the lessons he has learned over nearly a half century of studying near-death experiences.

Backed by decades of pioneering scientific research and captivating first-hand accounts, Dr. Greyson reveals the evidence that led him to rethink his understanding of the nature of life, death, and the continuity of consciousness. Although NDEs reveal a lot about dying and what might come after, they reveal as much about life and living, about the value of compassion and our interconnectedness with one another, and about what makes a life meaningful and fulfilling. After invites us to open our minds to these experiences, and in so doing, expand our understanding of what it means to be human.

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Praise for After:

“Greyson, a professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia . . . offers a highly knowledgeable, well-contextualized inquiry. He is not here to convert but to present his findings along with a variety of insights and themes. He recounts . . . how he assembled the raw data into hypotheses and discusses the tricky application of practical research questions and protocols to such an amorphous, slippery concept. Greyson presents dozens of illustrative stories—much of the book’s pleasure derives from the author’s concise yet descriptive storytelling—and then tallies a number of distinctive qualities. . . . Greyson’s enthusiasm is palpable, but he is always grounded in scientific observation, making conclusions based on where the research leads. . . . A bright, passionate journey through murky waters.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Bruce Greyson is the towering figure in the research on death, the brain, and consciousness. Now, after four decades of meticulous study, he urges us to consider the deepest mystery of life: Whether we live and die as solely material beings, or experience death as a transition to an unseen reality. With compelling case studies and careful investigation, this book represents the best of scientific exploration. It is guided by a scientist with impeccable credentials and who has the humility and courage to follow the evidence to some surprising – and hopeful — conclusions. This book will define near-death research. It will change the way we live our lives.”

—Barbara Bradley Hagerty, M.L.S., Religion Correspondent, National Public Radio,
author of Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality

“This very captivating book by Dr. Bruce Greyson chronicles his personal, spiritual and professional quest to understand the meaning of near-death experiences. His long-awaited and amazing book is a major contribution to the study of what happens when we die, and will quickly prove to be a classic in near-death studies.”

—Raymond Moody, MD, Ph.D., author of Life After Life

“Bruce Greyson is the most influential medical doctor-investigator over the last 40 years of this world-changing analysis. His work has done much to organize the scientific investigation of these experiences, to take them from fascinating anecdotes to systematic and objective study that will truly enable the world to benefit from these deep lessons. His work has the potential to completely change our fractured and confused world, offering insights that may lead to an explanation of the nature of consciousness. His life story as reported in his book, After, will likely become crucially important for millions trying to make sense of life and death. It will also help to nudge the entire scientific community towards realizations that can alter human history — bringing far more peace, harmony, and comfort to uncountable millions of souls both now and in future generations.”

—Eben Alexander, M.D. New York Times bestselling author of Proof of Heaven

“In After, psychiatrist Bruce Greyson tells the story of his personal and professional journey from a skeptical scientist to his becoming the most distinguished and important authority of near-death experiences (NDEs) in the field. Drawing on his treasury of forty years of research, and studding his account with fascinating cases, Greyson provides an always engrossing and illuminating survey of the basic findings and implications of NDE studies for the general reader. In his book, he shows us why he is regarded as the leading expert to put NDE studies on the map and establish it as a legitimate scientific enterprise. Moreover, he is not afraid to share his insights on spiritual issues that NDE research affords, including the possibility that death isn’t a dead end. Both inspiring and deeply personal, this is a book to savor and the culmination and capstone of Greyson’s outstanding career.”

—Kenneth Ring, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Connecticut,
author of Life at Death: A Scientific Investigation of the Near-Death Experience

“Dr. Greyson brings to near-death experiences what the Kinsey report established for human sexuality. He has used a systematic thoroughness to reveal a new sector of human experience that has been the subject of popular fascination but scientific taboo. Reading his research and the compelling stories of the experiencers themselves will no doubt transform the lives of readers and their understanding of the very nature of reality.”

—Lisa Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University,
New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child,
Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality,
Editor of Spirituality in Clinical Practice

“In this very important book, Dr. Bruce Greyson helps elucidate the near-death experience with a scientific sensibility that makes what was exquisitely personal more accessible to a general audience. He bridges the gap between science and spirituality with elegance, and offers those who have not had such a transformative experience a glimpse of the changes possible in their own lives from reading his book. I believe all who read this book will be led to positive and permanent insights that will have profound and lasting effects in their own lives.”

—Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me

“As a practicing surgeon and near-death experiencer, I appreciate Dr. Bruce Greyson’s dual position as a scientist and psychiatrist, and have an even deeper appreciation for Dr. Bruce Greyson’s more than forty years of dispassionate and methodical research into the experience of dying and his commitment to rigorous investigation of this threshold between life and death. This book addresses the nature and meaning of life through Dr. Greyson’s interweaving of personal stories and scientific evidence and in doing so, provides hope to the dying and comfort to those left behind.”

—Mary Neal, M.D., Former Director of Spinal Surgery, University of Southern California,
New York Times bestselling author of To Heaven and Back

“What happens when we die? Dr. Bruce Greyson takes on this age-old mystery as one of the world’s leading and most qualified investigators. After is loaded with fresh, exciting, and enormously valuable new understandings. The most relevant and important research is masterfully presented in a remarkably easy to read format. For everyone interested in life after death, science and spirituality, and life’s meaning, this book is a treasure trove of insights and inspiration.”

—Jeffrey Long, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of the Afterlife

“Bruce Greyson is undoubtedly one of the world’s foremost authorities in the field of near-death experiences. Where some have limited themselves to opinions without scientific experimentation, Dr. Greyson has patiently and thoroughly applied a scientific and systematic approach to exploring and unraveling the mystery of near-death experiences. Now after four decades, Dr Greyson shares his tremendous knowledge and insights, which have been gained through his work as a professor of psychiatry and the study of near-death experiences, with the wider public. His work in engaging, appealing, and thoroughly informative. An absolute must read for anyone who has ever contemplated the question of what happens when we die.”

—Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Critical Care & Resuscitation Research
New York University Langone Medical Center,
author of What Happens When We Die?

“What makes Bruce Greyson’s work and approach so unique and special is — next to its intellectual integrity – that he approaches the topic of NDEs in a truly scientific spirit, and thereby shows that a synthesis of spirituality and science is possible even, or especially, if one does not start out by presupposing spiritual truths, but rather when one follows the evidence where the evidence leads to. For such a book will appeal both to those interested in a something refreshingly new within the NDE field and to those who are interested in accessible treatises on brain, cognition, mind, and psychology, but so far have been pushed off by the often New Agey or spiritual undertone of typical NDE literature. It is for this reason that I’m convinced that Bruce Greyson’s book has the potential to become a major international book of lasting value.”

—Alexander Batthyany, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Psychology,
International Academy of Philosophy, Liechtenstein,
Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute, Vienna, Austria,
author of Mind and its Place in the World

“Dr. Greyson’s masterful intellect and laser-sharp focus on scientific rigor make his research recorded in this book virtually irreplaceable. After beautifully recounts his personal and professional journey through largely uncharted waters where science meets the spiritual.”

—Michael B. Sabom, M.D., author of Recollections of Death: A Medical Investigation

“Bruce Greyson takes us on a fabulous tour of near-death experiences in a completely new and engaging way. This information is absolutely essential for anyone interested in the most important experiences people can have with profound implications for understanding the meaning of life and death. A must read for anyone regardless of their religious, spiritual, or scientific background.”

—Andrew Newberg, M.D., Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology,
Thomas Jefferson University,
author of The Mystical Mind

“Near-death experiences (NDE) suggest that consciousness is not limited to the brain and body, and that something survives bodily death. This implication is such a radical challenge to the prevailing scientific worldview—which insists that consciousness and brain activity are identical—that NDEs demand very serious consideration. The ideal analyst should not be biased by religious beliefs, be deeply familiar with modern medicine and the frailties of the human mind, maintain a consistent skeptical stance, be recognized by his peers for his distinguished career, and have studied thousands of cases of NDEs. That ideal person is Dr. Bruce Greyson, who after 40 years of investigating NDEs reveals his paradigm-shattering conclusions in After. Thoroughly recommended.”

—Dean Radin, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences,
author of The Conscious Universe

“Doctor Greyson is one of the very few people who is both a scientific and medical expert on NDEs and the nature of the mind, and a practicing healer, a psychiatrist who knows how to help people understand and learn from unusual experiences rather than dismissing them by thinking of it as ‘crazy.’ His new book is authoritative, readable, and sharing real human contact, not just some ‘expert’ speaking down to the ignorant. It’s a book I will refer anyone who has an NDE to, as well as those scientifically and spiritually interested in the mind. I don’t know how I can praise it more than this.”

—Charles Tart, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of California, Davis,
author of States of Consciousness

“Forget boring science. This is a medical detective story that will grab your heart. Read every page. There’s fear here, and mystery, unbelievable stories of unbelievable events that transform even the faint-hearted. It’s all here . . . every aspect of human emotion, profound transformations. I know Dr. Bruce Greyson’s work. And I know we all owe him thunderous applause for his quiet determination to solve this greatest of all puzzles—why some people return from death telling us about worlds beyond worlds and the true power of love.”

—P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D., author of Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story

“The mind-boggling, incredible, and clinically scientific work of Dr. Bruce Greyson leads the world in near-death research. Before you die, before you care for someone dying, you need to read this book—and you’ll never regret it! Dr. Bruce Greyson has collected and confirmed countless near-death experiences with the highest standards of clinical rigor. As we care for our elders or wonder about our own deaths, this is a book whose time has come. You’ll never forget it.”

—Carl Becker, Ph.D., D.Psych., Professor of Medical Ethics and Policy Science,
Kyoto University, Japan,
author of Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism

“Bruce Greyson is almost certainly the foremost authority on near-death experiences, having spent decades conducting and publishing fascinating work. He is always reliable, well-informed, and a precise and enjoyable writer. In this book he offers a plethora of fascinating vignettes, showing how and why they led him to reach challenging but scientifically justified conclusions about the nature of death and life. I cannot think of anyone else who could better lead the reader through such a realm. I expect this book to have a great cultural impact.”

—Etzel Cardeña, Ph.D., Thorsen Professor of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden
Editor of Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence

“Professor Greyson shows that far from representing two opposing views of humanity, science and spirituality are complementary and it is a marriage between these two disciplines which gives the best chance of understanding ourselves and the nature of our consciousness.

While expanding our knowledge of the science behind the NDE, the book is also a description of Professor Greyson’s personal journey in his discovery of the wide field relating to both life and death, characterized by the near-death experience. This is a book which has important messages not only for the medical profession but for everyone about how we should live and what it is like to die. It will become a classic of the near-death experience and its science.”

—Peter Fenwick, M.D., Senior Lecturer, King’s College Institute of Psychiatry
Author of The Art of Dying

“In this fascinating book, a prominent doctor and researcher in the field recounts his journey of discovery into the deeper meaning of human consciousness and life. Bruce Greyson’s book After may be the most important you will ever read.”

—John C. Gibbs, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University
Author of Moral Development and Reality

“This is the book I have been waiting for by the author who knows more about the subject than anyone else in the world: Dr. Bruce Greyson. The questions engaged here, essentially Greyson’s life-work of some four decades, concern every human being on the planet: how can we marry science and spirituality in a way that is both plausible and sustainable in our scientifically savvy world? Dr. Greyson addresses these questions with both the rigors of empirical science and the power of personal stories, whose impossible details will shake even the hardest skeptic, as they once shook a skeptical Dr. Greyson. The final result is a book that will fundamentally change the conversation about what we are and, just as importantly, what we might yet become.”

—Jeffrey J. Kripal, Ph.D., J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, Rice University,
author of Changed in a Flash: One Woman’s Near-Death Experience

“At the forefront of evidence-based research into NDEs for several decades, Dr. Bruce Greyson is a world authority on these intriguing experiences and the questions they raise about life, death, and consciousness. Uniquely, the author approaches the subject by recounting his personal journey of research and discovery, through which his scientific worldview expanded to accommodate the spiritual. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the big questions.”

—Paul Marshall, Ph.D., author of Mystical Encounters with the Natural World

“For decades Dr. Bruce Greyson grappled with the tip of the spear when it comes to near-death experiences. As he became a world expert on NDEs, Dr. Greyson maintained an impressive objectivity and scientific rigor. But he ultimately found room, too, for the reality of the unseen and unmeasurable. Dr. Greyson’s engaging, walk-with-me writing style, brings something from beyond science and something from beyond death together in this culmination of his career. It’s a must read.”

—Jeff O’Driscoll, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.,
author of Not Yet: Near-Life Experiences & Lessons Learned

“Widely considered the father of near-death studies, Bruce Greyson has been there for it all. Now at the end of his career, he tells the story of a deeply personal journey, recounted with gripping stories, yet one that is driven from start to finish by the evidence. This is the book on near-death experiences that I have been waiting for. For the questions raised by NDEs could not be more personal; they are the central questions of our existence. Yet to answer them we need to open our minds and turn to the evidence. And literally no one is better qualified to lead us through that process than Dr. Greyson.”

—Robert Perry, Founder of the Circle of Atonement Teaching and Healing Center
author of Reality and Illusion

“An important, entertaining, and approachable story of serious science, this book has the authority to fundamentally change the way people think about death and life. Dr Bruce Greyson’s impeccable credentials and storytelling talents guarantee that this will be the definitive source on near death experiences. It is likely to change readers’ lives in ways as profound as his subjects’ lives were changed by their experiences.”

—Natalie Sudman, M.F.A.,
author of Application of Impossible Things: A Near Death Experience in Iraq

“In After, Bruce Greyson—widely considered the leading expert on near-death experiences (NDEs) world-wide—set for himself the challenge of simultaneously introducing readers to NDEs, conveying what he’s learned over forty years of meticulous investigation, and sharing the personal and institutional obstacles he faced in trying to understand an aspect of human experience that many people approach with skepticism. Dr. Greyson is clearly up to the challenge, and he achieves his objective through riveting vignettes of experiencers, tackling his colleagues’ incredulity, and facing his own struggles trying to study scientifically a phenomenon that seems to defy scientific examination. Through these fascinating vignettes and Greyson’s personal revelations it becomes clear that this renowned scientist is also a sensitive clinician and someone not afraid to challenge his cherished assumptions about life, death and consciousness. Both lay readers and investigators will surely come away from this book challenging their own assumptions about the meaning of life and death.”

—Howard Tennen, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Community Medicine
and Health Care, University of Connecticut
Editor of The Handbook of Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology

“Bruce Greyson is the leading expert in this field of near-death experience research today. This book is the best account we now have of those extraordinary experiences catalyzed by modern medicine’s ability to bring people back from the brink of death. It will be a prime reference for students of mystical experience, religious scholars, neuroscientists, psychologists, and all of us concerned with the ultimate questions of human existence. It is, to put it simply, a magnificent, life-giving book.”

—Michael Murphy, Founder, the Esalen Institute
author of God and the Evolving Universe

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Paperback Facts:

Bantam Press
Penguin UK
On sale: 03/11/2021
ISBN: 9781787632752
352 Pages

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Penguin UK
On sale: 3/4/2021
ISBN: 9781473573390
352 Pages

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