Self-Help Guru James Arthur Ray Arrested For Sweat Lodge Deaths
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 @ 08:40PM
James Arthur Ray, the author of Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want, was arrested on manslaughter charges on Wednesday for the deaths of three people who passed away during a sweat lodge ceremony.
Ray was leadind a ceremony at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, Arizona, during which participants Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman died.
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"Sheriff Waugh would like to thank the victim’s families for their patience while the Sheriff’s Office completed a thorough and comprehensive investigation," according to a statement by Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh. "With the arrest of James Ray, Sheriff Waugh hopes the families of the three victims will now have some measure of closure to this tragedy."
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Ray is being held on a $5 million bond and is awaiting transfer to the Camp Verde Detention Center.
"I, too, want to know what happened that caused this horrible tragedy," Ray said.
Ray charged $9,000 for the five-day retreat. Dubbed the "Spiritual Warrior," the experience was rigorous: people were expected to fast for 36 hours and were crammed into a 415-square foot, sauna-like hut.
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Jun 07, 2011 @ 03:25
Awesome post! Interesting info to know.
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Posted Fri, 04/09/2010 - 1:09am
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Posted Fri, 04/09/2010 - 1:08am
Vulnerable troubled people turn to this occult practicing crap searching for their betterment and to find guidance out of their private hell. The Guru's make millions, look at Deepak Chopra and his crap he promotes!
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:25pm
Oprah has misguided so many people to follow this" occult new age crap" through her own cult following and misguided belief system. I cannot wait until she leaves TV for good! I hate what she promotes and the lives she misguides.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:24pm
when is oprah going to apologize for promoting this idiot? about the same time satan iceskates in hell.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 11:30am
You can fast for months without a problem ( as long as you have water). but in a sauna situation I would have thought you'd get nauseas and vomit and get out before dying.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:08am
I vastly prefered Phil Donahue to Oprah. Donahue would have never personally vouched for this New Age snake oil like Oprah did. She hadn't voted for 20 years when she promoted Obama either.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 12:52am
I liked donahue too :)
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:07am
I agree with you, Smitty. The people that attended this particular seminar were not too smart to begin with. Easily led to their demise.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 12:25am
Never have I liked Oprah. She's not what she seems. She has promoted people like Dr. Phil who is REALLY a nasty man. The man in this article knew he was putting people at risk. He gambled with their lives and LOST.
Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 12:23am