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Two lawsuits were filed Friday in Arizona over a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony that left three people dead and sickened others. James Arthur Ray , the New Age guru who led the "Spirit Warrior" retreat in Sedona, and his company, James Ray International,...
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Motivational speaker and author James Arthur Ray is canceling his remaining 2009 seminars in the wake of three deaths that occurred after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in Arizona. Ray announced on his Web site Thursday that he needs to dedicate all his...
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TV the family knew her 49-year-old mother, Liz Neuman, would hike and fast, but she had never heard of a sweat lodge. She says she might have assumed it was something safe like a sauna. Law enforcement is investigating the Oct. 8 ceremony at the retreat...
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Even as a boy, self-improvement guru James Arthur Ray was fixated on money and spirituality. The son of an Oklahoma preacher recalls in his 2008 book, Harmonic Wealth , that his family was so poor they had to live in the church office. "The hardest part...
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American Indians say the use of a sweat lodge for a "Spiritual Warrior" retreat in Arizona where three people died has little resemblance to their rituals. "If you ask just about any Native American out there, they will be appalled by this," Freddie Johnson,...
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Investigators looked over a sweat lodge near Sedona, Ariz. Three people died after an Oct. 8 "Spiritual Warrior" ceremony at the lodge. Tom Tingle / The Arizona Republic James Arthur Ray led the sweat lodge ceremony. James Arthur Ray, the New Age guru...
So, that horrifying sweat lodge where Oprah-endorsed guru James Arthur Ray may or may not have inadvertently killed three people? NYT has some new eye witness reports, and they're as scary, icky, and infuriatingly New-Agey as you thought. Texas orthodontist...
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A third person has died after being overcome at a Sedona, Ariz., sweat lodge and the first two deaths are being investigated as homicides, police said. Lizbeth Neuman, 49, died Saturday at a hospital in Flagstaff, Ariz., the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office...
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A man collapsed four years ago at a New Age retreat center in Arizona where two people died last week in a sweat lodge, officials say. Amayra Hamilton, one of the owners of the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, told The Arizona Republic James Arthur...
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A self-help expert said Tuesday that he has hired his own investigators to determine what happened at his Arizona retreat last week, when two people died after spending considerable time in a sweat lodge. Tuesday's tearful speech before about 200 supporters...
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