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Joan Halifax

Author of The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting With the Body of the Earth

Includes the names: Joan Halifax, roshijoanhalifax, Roshi Joan Halifax, Joan Ph.D. Halifax, Ph.D - Joan Halifax

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Works by Joan Halifax

The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting With the Body of the Earth 122 copies, 1 review
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence… 117 copies, 3 reviews
Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives (Arkana) 107 copies
Shaman : The Wounded Healer 75 copies
Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet 18 copies, 1 review
A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex (Wit Lectures) 11 copies
Changing the Way We Die: Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice… 2 copies
Voci sciamaniche : rassegna di narrativa visionaria 1 copy
Seeing Inside 1 copy
Die andere Wirklichkeit der Schamanen. Erfahrungsberichte von Magiern,… 1 copy

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For a Future to Be Possible (Contributor) 190 copies, 1 review
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (Contributor) 156 copies, 1 review
The Wisdom of Listening (Contributor, some editions) 45 copies
Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life's Challenges (Foreword, some editions) 14 copies
Zen and the Art of African Initiation : Lunch with Bokara TV Series [video… (Guest) 1 copy

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Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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Tulane University

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