Marketing Mysticism and the Purchase of Pilgrimage: The Rise of Spiritual Tourism in Cusco and Iquitos, Peru

This thesis presents my findings on the Peruvian spiritual tourism industry in both Cusco and Iquitos, based on six weeks of fieldwork during Summer 2005. New Age and Peruvian spiritual belief systems have converged to form current Andean mystical and Amazonian shamanic practices. Increasing numbers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owen, Bonnie Jean
Other Authors: Tesh, Sylvia
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193281