The New Age in the Before Times

The Arizona town of Sedona is an active center of spiritual tourism and New Age spirituality. Many visitors expect to have some kind of spiritual experience in Sedona. New Age practices available range from vortex tours to crystal healing, meditation, yoga, and shamanic rituals. This paper discusses many of these facets of New Age spirituality, including vortexes and bioresonance therapy. Most of these practices share a common belief in energies working at multiple levels in the world. Therapies at all levels involve unblocking the flow of energy. Like most of the world, businesses in Sedona came to a sudden stop during the COVID pandemic. But the pandemic’s effects were fleeting. Sedona’s spiritual tourism industry continues to grow and unite most of its residents.