Texas resident Beverley Bunn says spiritual guru James Arthur Ray pushed participants too far in what was supposed to be a life-expanding experience. Within an hour of entering the ceremony, people began vomiting, gasping for air and collapsing. Yet Bunn says Ray continually urged everyone to stay inside.

Bunn says by the time the ceremony began, the participants had undergone days of physically and mentally strenuous events. In one game, Ray even played God.

Bunn is the first participant inside the sweat lodge to speak out publicly about the events.

Officials say the deaths are homicides and that Ray is a focus of the investigation. Ray says he is deeply saddened by the tragedy.
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