Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are
controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific
community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of
those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of
brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith
call the “soul” is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have
been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in
truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then
came the day when Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by an extremely rare
illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence
makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days Alexander lay in a hospital
bed in a deep coma. Then, as his doctors
weighed the possibility of stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He
had come back. Alexander’s recovery is by all accounts a medical miracle. But
the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma,
Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who
guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met,
and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. http://www.ebenalexander.com/books/proof-of-heaven/
Eben Alexander III (born December 11, 1953) is an American
neurosurgeon and the author of the book Proof
of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, in which he
describes his 10 November 2008 near-death experience when he slipped into the
coma as a result of severe bacterial meningitis. He asserts that his out of
body and near death experience (NDE) proves that consciousness is independent
of the brain, that death is an illusion, and that an eternity of perfect
splendor awaits us beyond the grave — complete with angels, clouds, and
departed relatives, but also including butterflies and beautiful girls in
peasant dress.
Eben Alexander’s horoscope as provided by Astro-Databank [1]
is reproduced here. What strikes us immediately is the Mars-Neptune conjunction
on the Ascendant in a trine to Jupiter-TNP Vulcanus in the 9th
house. Traditionally, the 9th house is associated with “dreams, visions , inspired thoughts, mysticism,
philosophy, beliefs” etc.[2]. About Jupiter-Neptune, Renn Butler in Pathways to Wholeness writes:
Jupiter-Neptune represents some of the most positive and
uplifting archetypal influences that human beings can experience. Jupiter
expands Neptune’s impulses towards mystical union softening people’s boundaries
and allowing them to access new and unseen layers of meaning. Opening deeply to
the divine soul or anima mundi that permeates the phenomenal realm, people may
become aware of rich symbolism and metaphor through the entire creation. They
can experience waves of imagery welling up through their psyches like a kind of
cosmic cornucopia or divine spring often including unusually rich dreams.
In his book, Dr. Alexander writes:
"At 4:30 in the morning, November 10,
2008, I got out of bed. I was getting ready to go up to work. I was working in
Charlottesville at the time and I had severe sudden back pain, much worse than
I had ever experienced. Literally within 10 or 15 minutes, it got me to a point
where I could not even take a step. I was really in tremendous agony…"
Table I below lists Dr. Alexander’s converse solar
progressions. Notice that the Sun
triggers the Mars-Neptune conjunction (valid for a period of +/- 2 years around
the exact date) and therefore the entire configuration involving the trine to
Jupiter in the 9th giving him the experiences mentioned above. Also for Mars-Neptune Ebertin gives “consequences
or results of an infection; the discharge of pus”. The Mars-Neptune conjunction
is in Libra – a sign associated with lower back.
Eben Alexander - Natal Chart
11 Dec 1953, 2:42 am, EST +5:00
Charlotte NC, 35°N13'37'', 080°W50'36''
Geocentric Tropical Zodiac
Koch Houses,
True Node
Selection: Converse Solar Arc Dirns
P1 (H) Asp P2
(H) EXL Type Date Pos1 Pos2
Sun (1) Cnj Nep
(1) (X) cSa-Na 16 Feb 2007 25°Li26'
D 25°Li26' D
Sun (1) Cnj Mar
(1) (X) cSa-Na 17 Feb 2008 24°Li27'
D 24°Li27' D
*** END
REPORT ***
The second table below gives the transits of Uranus and
Saturn to Dr. Alexander’s radix Sun closer to the actual date of his experience.
Selection:
Outer transit aspects
P1 (H) Asp P2
(H) EXL Type Date Pos1 Pos2
Sat (12) Sqr Sun
(3) (X) Tr-Na 4 Nov 2008 18°Vi59'
D 18°Sg59' D
Ura (6) Sqr Sun
(3) (X) Tr-Na 21 Dec 2008 18°Pi59' D 18°Sg59'
D
*** END
REPORT ***
Saturn transits through his 12th house while Uranus [19pi] is in the 6th
both forming a T-square with radix Sun in the 3rd. The 12th house rules the unconscious
brain here in conflict with the conscious rational mind in the 3rd
house. When positive, the rational mind is enriched by images from the
unconscious. In astrology, the 6th house is associated with illness
so that the Uranian awakening came through a psychosomatic illness (12th
house).
Finally, we notice that the star Sabik [17sa], eta Ophiuchi conjoins
the radix Sun [18sa]. Incidentally the
constellation Ophiuchus is identified with Aesculapius (Asklepios, Asclepius),
an ancient physician who grew so skilled in the craft of healing that he was
able to restore the dead to life [3]. Ophiuchus
is often depicted as struggling with a serpent an ancient symbol of death as well as regeneration
into a new life.
About this star Diana Rosenberg writes:
Sabik is a star of the
ancient Sogadian (Uzbek) “Wajrik, the Magician,” a shaman struggling to make
contact between our world of appearances and alternate worlds of limitless
space and totemic powers.
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