Chapter 1, The First Night Summary and Analysis

Embraced by the Light is a story of a near death experience and how it changed the life of the author, Betty J. Eadie. In the hospital for a simple surgery, Ms. Eadie found herself floating above her body for reasons she did not fully understand until many years later and moving into a spiritual realm she had never dreamed could exist. In this realm, Ms. Eadie learned many truths that she carried into her existence on Earth and continues to learn from. Embraced by the Light is a story of courage and spiritual enlightenment that goes beyond the mortal realm.

Betty Eadie was admitted to the hospital the evening of November 18, 1973 in order to undergo a partial hysterectomy. Ms. Eadie's husband had just left, and she was feeling uneasy, as though something was about...