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People Still Signing Up for Guru's Sweat Lodges

James Arthur Ray is out recruiting, and audiences are buying, despite deaths

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2009 5:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – James Arthur Ray has hardly missed a beat since three people died in one of his sweat lodge ceremonies two weeks ago: The self-help guru is back on the road peddling his workshops, and many members of his audience seem unfazed by the deaths. "... Read full story »

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