Stunning Development: James Arthur Ray Clears James Arthur Ray’s Name
What a pussy.
What a cowardly ass.
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UPDATE: Continues to SPAM Wife and Mother of Deceased
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Arthur Ray <jamesray@jamesray.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Subject: Important Update Regarding the Sedona Investigation
To: alyssa.gillespie@gmail.com
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For more than two months now we have been cooperating with Arizona authorities to help determine the cause of the tragic Sedona sweat lodge accident. We have worked to facilitate interviews involving the James Ray International employees and the authorities, and my representatives have also conducted a large number of interviews and collected a great deal of other information on their own. As this work continues now into the New Year, I believe it is time to share with you the information – two White Papers, along with supporting materials -- that my representatives have shared with Arizona authorities.
   * White Paper No. 1
   * White Paper No. 2
As always, we appreciate all the support that we’ve all received during this difficult situation and time.
Much love and respect,
James Arthur Ray
President/CEO
James Ray International, Inc.
UPDATE from Cassandra Yorgey: things that make you go hmmmmm.
"They closed the flap starting the 7th round. It was then someone said, ‘she's not breathing; I can't get her to move’. James Ray said, ‘doors down; we will deal with it later’. Someone said, ‘I can't take it, I am hurting’. James Ray then told them to quiet down he said, ‘I'm the one talking now’. Everyone seemed to quiet and Beverly said she was concentrating on getting through. The door came open and James Ray invited everyone who had left to come back in for the last round."
"Beverly said she tried to get up and was told to sit back down. That was when she looked at Sydney [Spencer] who was still unconscious. Beverly said Sydney's eyes were rolled back in her head and she had drainage coming from her mouth and nose and was barely breathing."
A participant who was at the hottest part of the death lodge reports the following:
"After Sidney [Spencer] was taken out, James (Shore) came back in and took that spot so now it is James and Kirby (Brown) to her left. They went another round and someone said something about Kirby, she believes it was James (Shore). The participant said they decided to roll her over because she was on her back and gurgling. She said it was awful like there was fluid in her breathing, like a snotty nose and gurgling and she said it was alarming. She would not respond to roll over and James went to the other side of her trying to turn her. The participant said she took her feet while still trying to stay flat to get her up so she was no longer on her back. James was pulling on her arms and talking to her all the while she continued to gurgle. The participant said she and James were face down trying to get this done. She said the next time she saw Kirby she was now laying on her side and James was facing towards her up on his arm coaching her along and talking to her. She said at one time James opened the back so there was light, trying to get air. She said it was requested that he close it. She said he asked that Kirby needed to come out. The participant said at that point James Ray said nobody else can leave at this time."
"The participant remembers thinking James (Shore) was so incredible helping Kirby. She said James Shore did ask to have Kirby moved. She said James (Shore) just put it out there (the statement that Kirby needed assistance) in a matter of fact tone. She said it was late in the process and they were pretty weak. She thinks James Shore said, we need help over here. She believes James Ray said the ceremony was going to continue, that no one else can leave at this point we have to close the gate. She said the gate was open when she (Kirby) was having this problem. I asked if everyone else could see Kirby and she said she didn't know because Kirby was a person away from her."
This is where I fell asleep at my keyboard last night, sobbing over the loss of two people I will never have the chance to meet. All accounts indicate that James Shore knew exactly how dangerous it was to go back into the death lodge, but he did it anyway to try and save Kirby Brown. James Shore died a hero’s death while James Ray, one of the only able-bodied people left, didn’t lift a finger. James Shore was alive and talking right up until the end of the last round. He probably would have survived if he and Kirby hadn’t been left in the death lodge.
James Arthur Ray emails Widow Just in Time for the Holidays!
On Christmas Eve, I went to visit my second earthly mother, Jane, in order to drop off James and Alyssa's eldest daughter's Christmas present (James Shore's lap top - which returned from Arizona without its owner). I stayed to visit with Jane - a wonderful and loving mother - an unrelenting advocate for her children - a mother who has twice had to bury one of her sons. She was stoic, per usual... but this didn't fool me. I have known Jane for years. While I wrote down the password for the computer, Jane was looking at a photo of James and Alyssa which she had pulled from the center of the fireplace mantle. I took note and drew a deep breath... Then she said, "He can never be replaced." I replied, "I know it." I exhaled slowly and affixed the sticky note to the machine's screen and closed the lap top that was once held in the loving hands of my brother James - to send it, gift wrapped, to his eldest daughter. That I was sending forth a relic - a cold, calculating-machine to his first child - in the guise of something she might want for Christmas was almost laughable. Who will embrace these children as their father?
James' youngest - his son, D, fell fast asleep knowing that in the morning he would know the truth of Santa Claus... He told Alyssa that if Santa was real, he would surely bring his father back (especially given how well-behaved he's been these past couple months.) He tucked himself in early, so excited was he that his father would be returned to him when he awoke. Who will give him his childhood back? Who will take him to the skate park, the movies, read to him the exploits of Frodo and Gandalf, and teach him about being a man? Who will see him off when the time comes for him to make his own way? Who will counsel him - as flesh-of-flesh, blood-of-blood?
Jane is right: he can never be replaced.
From: James Arthur Ray <jamesray@jamesray.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Subject: Happy holidays
To: alyssa.gillespie@gmail.com Happy holidays to all my friends and loved ones...
I just wanted to send out a quick message during this season to remind you to take time from all the typical rush to keep in mind the true value of what the holidays represent; to connect with your family; to count the many blessings you have in your life; to celebrate all your accomplishments for the year, whether great or small; to remember all the wonderful lessons you've learned, even if they came disguised as challenges; and to maybe most importantly take some time for yourself and reflect upon your dreams, intentions and values for the new year.
Happy holidays,James Arthur Ray
President/CEO
James Ray International, Inc.
This message was sent from James Arthur Ray to alyssa.gillespie@gmail.com. It was sent from: James Ray Intl, 5927 Balfour Court, Suite 104, Carlsbad, CA 92008. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below.
What an ass... a complete charlatan, murderer and horse's ass is no way to go through life.
UPDATE: when negligence becomes something much worse...
According to documents, a man who helped build the lodge told investigators he helped with the ceremonies three times, and every time people would end up in medical distress. He also said Ray ignored the problems.
James Shore, the "Heretic" - Dies on a "Good Day to Die"
During the sweat lodge, Beverley remembers hearing someone say, "I can't get her to move, I can't get her to wake up." James Ray replied, "Leave her alone, she'll be dealt with in the next round." This confirms the statements made by the Mercers. At one point, someone lifted up the side of the tent to get air. James reprimanded the person and said this was "sacrilegious". We determined through other interviews that the person lifting up the tarp to get air was one of the victims, James Shore. Beverley also stated that James Ray was saying things like, "You may think that you're going to die but you're not going to die." This further confirms the Mercer's statements.
Where’s Papa?
James Shore's children called him "Papa."
One of the wonderful things I get to do, having been James' close friend and business partner, is to surf all of his machines at work. This is a difficult, though necessary, thing to do. For one, I shouldn't have to. James should still be alive and with us today, but for James Arthur Ray's negligence. For another thing, it feels as if I am invading James' personal space... which I am. But his widow works to assemble to the best of her ability his estate. And his children still need to be fed and clothed. So I do this in loving memory of my brother and for the sake of his young family which now finds itself without their Papa.
While I scour James' machines and thumb-drives and "outboard" drives for tax returns, bank statements, mortgage statements, and all manner of account information... as I check each and every file for information relating to this or that, as necessary for the assemblage of his estate, I invariably encounter James.
Family photos - he has tons of them. And this in no way surprises me. I cannot look at them for long. Because I know I am looking at the happy times. The children, I, A, and D, are all smiles - as they were when Papa was still in their midst. He was a doting father. And, not surprisingly, Papa is missing from most of the photos - he, being behind the camera, prompting smiles.
Videos - in particular of the children singing Christmas carols for Alyssa, wife and mother. The children captured with missing teeth and barefoot in their warm and cozy family room. And James quietly conducting behind the camera.
Emails - lots of emails. Up and beyond the date of his death. SPAM does never really stop. Some I have to forward to Alyssa and cc myself - from James' accounts. And when I find them in my own email inbox, I am still shocked to see his name on my screen. Worst though was yesterday's email from James Arthur Ray. Crass. Awful.
Writings - James and I were finishing a book on Interactive Marketing. We were damn close after a solid year. Had written the introduction and everything. Remnants remain strewn across his files.
Dreams - James and I had no fewer than 10 projects we envisioned building together. Most pertaining to web portals and new interactive products. But also I have found images of homes in Boulder and info on acreage in Panama... these the dreams of where James envisioned himself and his family in the years to come. But James also had several projects he was pursuing on behalf of his friends. From alternative health websites to medicinal marijuana sites - he envisioned using our little company to advance other people's dreams too.
Where is Papa, James Arthur Ray? Where is father? Who will take the pictures this year and catalog them? Who will take the kids to the movies? Who will teach and comfort and love? Who will leave sweet nothings around the house for Alyssa to find?
Where is Papa?
Something to Think About, me thinks…
I am honored to have been invited to visit with a Lakota Medicine Man today. My friend, and long-time friend of James Shore, Scott, is part Native American - as was James - and arranged a visit.
I will say that I am quite excited. Scott has prepared prayer strings for ceremonial offering. Scott and I will probably not stay for the ceremony. Nonetheless, I am studying up a bit on Lakota Culture, so as not to be the offensive white guy. It is an honor to have been invited along with Scott to visit. I am very aware of this fact.
In studying up, I found this. I think it is very poignant and certainly topical, given the recent death of James and the other two victims at the hands of James Arthur Ray, charlatan extraordinaire.
James Shore, as part Chippewa, would have been heartbroken to know that his death would have resulted in any strife within the tribes, or used to cast any dispersion on Native Peoples. Had he known that his participation in a White Man's Sweat was heretical, he would never had participated.
But I stand by my statement now more than ever: James Shore did not attend the "Spiritual Warrior" event as a "follower" - if you would had known him, as I did, it becomes increasingly apparent that he went as an observer.
Imagine if you will a sociologist wanting to really see an asylum from the inside - and being committed purposefully in order to do so. This has happened in the past.
James was an anthropologist at heart who was fascinated by the fringe.
The truth of the matter will out. But I am here to say that James A Ray was no match for James Shore - spiritually, intellectually, or otherwise. And James was no fool. Which begs the question I will answer: What was he up to?
James A Ray was f**king with things he had no business messing with. And he owes all Native People a massive apology. But he won't apologize - because he is a snake, a profiteer, a murderer of sacred things, a murderer of people.
Interesting… If Happy People Killing Themselves Seems Odd to You
As more and more reports emerge about the activities of James Arthur Ray (he who killed my brother) and JRI (James Ray International) emerge, a certain stink begins to waft about - first slender tendrils of stink which hint - then on to discover the source of the stink, one finds all manner of tragedy, negligence, and greed - a steamy pile of James Arthur Ray in the corner of the living room that someone other than James Arthur Ray will have to clean up.
Here is an interesting blog. Did Colleen Conaway really throw herself to her own doom? Here is a great post.
BTW - there is an art in the land of Search Engine Marketing called "Brand Protection" or "Reputation Management" - wherein a business hires a Search Engine Mktg company to scour the intratubals looking for negative press and combating negative search results with extremely expensive SEM techniques - essentially, so that when one searches for "James Arthur Ray," one sees benign results, rather than natural (organic) search results... which, un-manipulated, would by this time be top to bottom results speaking to James Arthur Ray's negligence and current/ongoing troubles (re: negative press).
It is my professional opinion James Arthur Ray and James Ray International have hired a very adept SEM company to unnaturally impact the natural (organic) rankings. What this means is that they are astroturfing the Search Engines, skewing the organic results in order to protect the brand that is James A Ray.
It is not cheap.
UPDATE: MilwaukeeSEO, Anthony "Don't Call me Tony" Verre, indicates that it is unlikely, based on his analysis, JARay is doing any sort of Search Engine Astroturfing. Sez Mr. Verre, SEM Expert Extraordinaire (my go to now that my business partner is dead) "if James Ray has contracted a SEM firm, they suck at their job."





