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Joan Halifax

Author of Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

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

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence… 133 copies, 3 reviews
The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting With the Body of the Earth 131 copies, 1 review
Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives 112 copies
Shaman : The Wounded Healer 77 copies
Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet 35 copies, 2 reviews
A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex (Wit Lectures) 13 copies
Changing the Way We Die: Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice… 2 copies
Die andere Wirklichkeit der Schamanen. Erfahrungsberichte von Magiern,… 1 copy
Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern… 1 copy
Being with Dying: Contemplative Practices and Teachings (Cassette) 1 copy
Seeing Inside 1 copy

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Also by Joan Halifax

For a Future to Be Possible (Contributor) 197 copies, 1 review
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (Contributor) 167 copies, 1 review
The Wisdom of Listening (Contributor, some editions) 49 copies, 2 reviews
Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life's Challenges (Foreword, some editions) 15 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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