Tag: sweat lodge deaths
Posted on Mon Oct 19, 2009 at 06:55:00 AM EST
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Another story I missed that seems to have long legs: the New Age retreat run by self-help guru James Arthur Ray. 50 people were crammed like sardines inside a sweat lodge, 21 got sick, and now three have died. Authorities are treating the three deaths as homicides.
According to one of those present:
a channeler at the retreat last Friday said the deceased had an out-of-body experience during the sweat lodge ceremony and "were having so much fun that they chose not to come back."
For a thorough take-down of the new-age scam, see Theresa at Making Light, "$9,695 New Age sweat lodge session kills 2, injures 19"
I wonder how much media attention the story would have garnered if the participants hadn't each paid $9,695. to attend the weekly retreat.
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