Dave Lucas (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Something happened to James Arthur Ray on his way to spiritual enlightenment: he bumped into the dollar. Not that there's anything wrong with making a buck. JAR went a little buck-a-rooney, it seems. "James Ray pretty much abandoned all of us. He left us there to figure out what was going on," orthodontist Beverly Bunn told "Good Morning America"... Some are calling...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Survivor Beverly Bunn said James Arthur Ray "never came back."
Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... participants probably had to get hard money loans to pay the $9,000 fee for the retreat. However, Beverly Bunn told The Associated Press that when someone reported that another participant was passed out, he said “Leave her alone. She’ll be dealt with in the next round.” I do believe that there is a term for letting someone die: negligent homicide. ... click here...
SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... are out there, per the NYT: On a conference call Ray held last week for sweat lodge participants, Beverly Bunn (an orthodontist who participated) was shocked to hear one recount the comments of a self-described “channeler” who visited Angel Valley after the retreat. Claiming to have communicated with the dead, the channeler said they had left their bodies in the sweat...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Beverly Bunn and Sidney Spencer say spiritual guru pushed participants too far.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A survivor of the Sedona, Ariz., sweat lodge incident that killed three people this month is now suing motivational speaker , saying she nearly died from kidney and liver failure. Beverly Bunn and Sidney Spencer say spiritual guru pushed participants too far.Sidney Spencer, 59, said she paid $9,000 to attend the five-day retreat, at which Ray promised participants would be cleansed from...
Day on Torts (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... Warrior" event apparently cost $9,000-plus for each participant. One survivor, Beverly Bunn, said that "Ray pushed for participants to go without sleep, enter into altered states of mind through breathing exercises and meditation, compete in a game in which he played God and fast for 36 hours during a vision quest." Bunn also said that "people were vomiting...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... life. But it was not long before the ceremony turned into a terrifying experience, according to Beverly Bunn.People were vomiting in the stifling heat, gasping for air, and lying lifeless on the sand and gravel floor beneath them, she said. One man was burned when he crawled into the rocks, seemingly unaware of what he was doing, she said. Eventually, three people would die. Related...
