Spiritual Materialism At Its Finest: 2 Die in "Spiritual Warrior

James Shore of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Kirby Brown of Westtown, New York, died and 19 others fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending up to two hours in a sauna-like "sweatbox" while they were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur The dead and the injured were among the 50 or so visitors at the Angel Valley Resort near Sedona attending Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program. The "sweatbox" is a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets.
Self-help expert and author James Arthur Ray rented the facility as part of his "Spiritual Warrior" retreat that began Oct. 3 and that promised to "absolutely change your life. . A brief search turns up a match for Michael E. or Michael M. Hamilton (age 60, of address in Sedona, AZ, and past addresses in Columbus, IN, Temecula, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, Akron, PA, Mountain Center, CA, and Riverside, CA), with a long list of business names (and variations):