Joan Halifax
Actor · b. 1942 · Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she founded in 1990.
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Movie6.4DocumentaryJonas Elrod woke up one day with the ability to see and hear angels, demons and ghosts. Filmed over the course of three years, this documentary follows Jonas and his girlfriend as they try to understand the phenomenon.
Wake Up
2010 · 8 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryHow do we live, knowing we are going to die? In search of answers, we probed the minds of atheists, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, physicians, philosophers, authors, academics, a legendary stand-up comic, and scores of random pedestrians.
Aside From That
1 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryAn examination of occultism as practiced in different parts of the world.
The Occult Experience
1985 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryWestern culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.
Crazywise
2017 · 2 votes