This study uses the concept of ontological shocks and the emerging phenomenon of psychedelic tourism to link sustainability to tourism and individual behavior through the deep, paradigmatic shifts proposed by Meadows’12 system-dynamics leverage points. Ontology concerns itself with the nature of reality – it addresses the question of “what exists?” or “what is?” and precedes epistemology, that...
This study critically evaluates the complex inter space of spirituality, drugs, and tourism through tourists’ and shamans’ accounts of ayahuasca tourism in Iquitos, Peru. Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic beverage traditionally consumed for spiritual and health purposes. Using micro-ethnography, one of the researchers was immersed for one month in the tourism experience of ayahuasca. The findings...
This study critically evaluates the complex inter space of spirituality, drugs, and tourism through tourists' and shamans' accounts of ayahuasca tourism in Iquitos, Peru. Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic beverage traditionally consumed for spiritual and health purposes. Using micro-ethnography, one of the researchers was immersed for one month in the tourism experience of ayahuasca. The findings...