More on how the New Age can kill

Both the L.A. Times and the N.Y. Times have new stories about Sedona, Ariz. self-help guru James Arthur Ray. The LAT story notes that with possible manslaughter charges in his future, Ray is nonetheless on the road right now, still peddling New Age snake oil.

But, as long as Ray can find suckers to pay him $5,000-$10,000 for his “retreats,” he will stay out there, to garner money to pay lawyers if nothing else.

Of course, one other “guru” has, in the story, already used the magic phrase “learning experience” about all of this.

The NYT story takes us back to the killer sweat lodge. And, per that story, will people like Oprah apologize for their part in facilitating its growth?

Probably not, not as long as people even nuttier than Ray 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 lodge and chosen not to come back because “they were having so much fun.”

As for Ms. Bunn, will she abandon the New Age in general, or just Ray?
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