Oh, it gets better--Yavapai County police are now investigating said deaths as homicides. I doubt Dr. Ray will be charged with first degree murder, but criminal negligence and/or negligent homicide are not out of bounds here. Evidently the good spiritual leader was also checking out his clients' medical records before the sweat lodge retreat began--for what purpose is either not known or the cops aren't saying.
The people involved in this sweatlodge evidently paid a crapload of money for an 'out of body experience.' The cynic in me is chucking at the fact those unfortunate few who died apparently got their money's worth. There are many ways to separate fools from their money, he just happened to find an effective one--until now. Seeing as this is the same guy who wrote The Secret, it makes me wonder if he was trying to attract notoreity and got exactly what he wished for.
There's still a lot left to shake out, and there's a lot that police, investigators, and lawyers CAN'T say because this is still an ongoing investigation with the associated ongoing lawsuits.
This post has been edited by Darkmage: Nov 14 2009, 08:05 AM
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As the water grinds the stone, We rise and fall As our ashes turn to dust, We shine like stars... --Covenant, "Bullet"
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