sweat lodge

Those sweat lodge deaths sound MUCH WORSE THAN I HAD IMAGINED.

The following passage is typical of how J.A. Ray’s attitude is characterized in the piece:

“At one point, someone lifted up the back of the tent, allowing light into the otherwise pitch-black tent. Ray demanded to know where the light was coming from and who committed the ‘sacrilegious act,’ Bunn said. A man, yelling ‘I can’t take it, I can’t breathe, I can’t do this’ had crawled out, Bunn said.”

When the story first appeared, I sort of assumed it was a self-help retreat gone awry through a bit of carelessness, but if this story is accurate, Ray certainly deserves criminal prosecution.

Here’s another passage from a related article:

“In one game, guru James Arthur Ray even played God. Within an hour of entering the sweat lodge, people began vomiting, gasping for air and collapsing. Yet Bunn says Ray continually urged everyone to stay inside.”