A NEW BOOK BY DR. VIVEKANAND PALAVALI
Searching
for Soul
When people come close to death, some describe leaving their bodies, entering a tunnel of light, or meeting loved ones. What do these experiences reveal about the soul—and do they offer evidence that the soul survives death?
A Brain Surgeon’s Exploration of
Near-DeathExperiences and Afterlife
ABOUT THE BOOK
Searching for Soul explores near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, consciousness, and beliefs about the afterlife through the perspective of a neurosurgeon with more than three decades of experience treating the human brain.
Does the soul exist, and can it survive the death of the brain?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vivekanand Palavali, MD
Vivekanand Palavali, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with more than three decades of experience treating disorders of the brain and spine. His encounters with patients facing brain injury, tumors, neurological disease, and death led him to explore one of humanity's oldest questions: Does consciousness—or the soul—survive the death of the brain?
Searching for Soul brings together his experience as a neurosurgeon with an exploration of neuroscience, near-death experiences, philosophy, and humanity's enduring questions about consciousness, the soul, and the possibility of an afterlife.