Ray’s story took its dark turn when 55 people paid $10,000 apiece to attend the Spiritual Warrior retreat in Sedona, Ariz., in October 2009. "You’re not going to die,” Ray had told the group before ...

By Clay Risen James Arthur Ray, an Oprah-endorsed motivational speaker who spent two years in prison after the 2009 deaths of three people in a sweat lodge, the culmination of a three-day ...

PHOENIX — James Arthur Ray, a self-help guru whose multimillion-dollar business toppled after he led a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that left three people dead, has died. He was 67.

Self-Help Author James Arthur Ray, Whose Seminar Led to Tragedy and Death, Dies at 67 PHOENIX (AP) — James Arthur Ray, a self-help guru whose multimillion-dollar business toppled after he led a ...

PHOENIX (AP) — James Arthur Ray, a self-help guru whose multimillion-dollar business toppled after he led a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that left three people dead, has died. He was 67. In a post ...