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- Title
Is the Womb Barren? A Located Study of Spiritual Tourism in Sedona, Arizona, and Its Possible Effects on Eco-consciousness.
- Authors
Coats, Curtis
- Abstract
New Age practitioners report that 'ancient people' considered Sedona, Arizona, the womb of the Earth. This is only part of the story of Sedona that has made it a New Age tourist destination. The New Age practitioners interviewed in this study estimated that well over one million New Age pilgrim-tourists travel to Sedona annually to experience the vortices, or energy spots. Though eclectic, there is a common thread that unites these practitioners. The red rocks of Sedona, according to devotees, hold great mystical power—a power that is explained with a mix of New Age metaphysics and modern science. Using field data from in-depth interviews, text analysis, and participant observation, I detail the content and contours of the scientific-spiritual worldview attributed to Sedona's landscape and embodied by its pilgrim-tourists. I also address possibilities for eco-consciousness embodied in the narrativized, lived experiences of this worldview.
- Subjects
SEDONA (Ariz.); ARIZONA; PILGRIMS &; pilgrimages; NEW Age persons; TOURISM; WORLDVIEW; METAPHYSICS
- Publication
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture, 2008, Vol 2, Issue 4, p483
- ISSN
1749-4907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/jsrnc.v2i4.483