Paradise

The concept of paradise may be defined as an “exemplary center” where needs and suffering are eliminated. The archetype of paradise has been employed by tourism to emulate a climate of relaxation, recreation, and abundance which contrasts with daily working life. In paradise, all desires are fulfilled, and people are in communion with the gods. In many cosmologies, the human fall brought about an epistemological rupture between the world of the gods and earth. As a punishment, the gods introduced suffering and work to humankind. The process of redemption is predicated on the acceptance of laws and work (Korstanje and Busby 2010).

Joseph Campbell explains that the concept of Eden means a “space of pleasure,” while paradise relates to the Persian words Pairi (outskirts) and Daeza (restricted space). When the founding parents are expelled from Eden, it becomes a paradise, a prohibited untouched space. At first, the quest for pleasure, the return to paradise, denotes its own restricted and...