Spiritual Entrepreneurship in the High North: The Case of Polmakmoen Guesthouse and the Pilgrimage "the Seven Coffee Stops"

In order to frame the relationship between tourism and New Age spirituality, I identify actors in the tourism sector who draw inspiration from New Age as spiritual entrepreneurs. A spiritual entrepreneur is a tourist entrepreneur promoting a New Age philosophy and spiritual values such as ‘self-deve...

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Published in:International journal for the study of new religions
Main Author: Fonneland, Trude 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: equinox 2014
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Further subjects:B Tourism
B New Age
B spiritual entrepreneurship
B Indigenous spirituality
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Summary:In order to frame the relationship between tourism and New Age spirituality, I identify actors in the tourism sector who draw inspiration from New Age as spiritual entrepreneurs. A spiritual entrepreneur is a tourist entrepreneur promoting a New Age philosophy and spiritual values such as ‘self-development’, ‘holism’ and ‘deep-values’, and who present a vision of crossovers between religion, local development and tourism, combining local traditions with global trends. The article is an analysis of two chosen spiritual entrepreneurships, namely Polmakmoen Guesthouse and the pilgrimage ‘The Seven Coffee Stops’ in Tana municipality in Finnmark, northern Norway. The article’s aim is to examine how values central within New Age here emerge as key terms in the production of unique experiences.
ISSN:2041-952X
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of new religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.v5i2.26231