Characters of the James Ray Trial: The Return of Genaro the Apologist

So in the Genaro Comment Blog we have our next post which came in less than 6 hours, I guess Genaro couldn’t sleep with so much James Ray on her mind, or was it the annoying voice of Prosecutor Polk ringing in her head. I mean why can’t she move around more like the defense, so that her words will be drowned out more often, and thus less haunting. I’m happy because then I wouldn’t have the Genaro Comment Blog to get me a-writing.

Genaro turns out to be quite an advocate for courtroom auditory protocol even calling for handcuffing her beloved defense to the podium so she can hear them, nothing like handcuffed attorneys in a heartfelt Good Friday post.

One thing that pisses off Genaro more than the rampant jealousy of bald people is people who can’t answer a question directly. Genaro we see is an avid critic of what constitutes direct communication, and thank heavens. Genaro suggests we smack ‘em around in a slapstick fashion. It wreaks more of bad 50’s detective movies, or extraordinary rendition, or some other beat the truth out of people shtick. Genaro knows the best way to get to the bottom of things with people that try to HIDE SOMETHING (* Genaro’s All Caps, not mine) is crack their skulls but please make it funny. Well you can be the judge is it is funny, here is the Introduction Genaro blessed us with on James Ray's website yesterday...

Genaro says: April 22, 2011 at 5:34 pm

JAMES ARTHUR RAY TRIAL

GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 22, 2011

INTRODUCTION: Let me say that I find the voice of prosecuting attorney Polk very obnoxious and annoying. However, since she doesn’t walk around I can easily hear everything she says. The defense attorneys tend to walk around and their voices get louder and softer, louder and softer, louder and softer. Sometimes I can clearly hear what they are saying and sometimes I cannot. It can be very frustrating. It seems to me that the future of court trials will be that attorney’s who like to walk around will use cordless microphones attached to their clothing. THEY SHOULD BE USING THEM NOW!!!! How about the defense either use cordless microphones or handcuff themselves to the podium so that I can always clearly hear what they are saying. Thanks!

If there is one thing that really gets on my nerves it’s when people give indirect answers to direct questions. Keeping this in mind I was tempted over and over to give Mr Hamilton official ‘Three Stooges’ slaps and demand he answer direct questions put to him directly. It is my belief that people who don’t want to answer direct questions directly ARE HIDING SOMETHING! They are dishonest people who do their best to hide their dishonesty by giving indirect answers to direct questions. It’s their way of trying to change the subject in order to get themselves off the ‘hook’. Mr Hamilton is obviously an expert in the usage of this particular strategy.

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In this same post Genaro continues with some deep mental investigating that opens up lots more insight into how she sees this whole kaboodle of a trial... To Be Continued.

Characters of the James Ray Trial: Genaro the Apologist

Anyone that suffers through the postings on the James Ray site is familiar with the commenter Genaro who has been at it since right after the Sweat Lodge 2009. Genaro Flores is a dedicated poster and thus leaves a wide imprint on what makes her tick (I think it’s a woman but one can’t be sure of everything, can we.)

Lets start with some of these recent postings that were the impetus for Genaro the Apologist to be my next Character piece for the James Ray Trial. I realize many may think this individual does not deserve such scrutiny, and if you feel that way feel free to move on, my feelings won’t be hurt. I beg to differ though. I think that the views of this individual are important, no matter how unsavory they may appear to you. So let us begin, here Genaro is real upset about Michael Hamilton’s relations with Archangel Michael.

Here is the entire post from April 22, 2011 at 12:33 am

DEFENSE: ‘We feel it is crazy to believe that the Biblical Archangel Michael can appear to you and tell you what to do. We officially request that when Mr Hamilton leaves the witness stand he immediately be subject to a thorough psychological examination focusing on these angel visions of his. The result of that thorough examination may indeed make all the difference in this case.

We could save the State of Arizona some time and money. We all agree it is crazy to believe that the Biblical Archangel Michael can appear to us and tell us what to do, right? We all agree on that, right?’

*I think you will find that Mr Hamilton didn’t want anyone to die, but he did indeed want to permanently ruin Mr Ray’s reputation. Never once thought he might be dragged into it headlong. There is a saying in the Bible: something about my enemies falling int the pit they dug for me. In this case, I would imagine, you can substitute ‘sweat lodge’ for ‘pit’. Oh yes, Mr Hamilton was jealous of Mr Ray alright. There was just much too much hair on his head!

In this post we have Genaro speaking as the Defense, and declaring the belief that Archangel Michael can appear to you makes you insane. It is obvious that Genaro gets a kick out of herself (I will use the female pronoun until I find out differently) She is quick to go on the offensive, in the comments of James Ray’s website that is. It appears that comments that are not seen positively by the admin are deleted, and then the mania that is Genaro is allowed to roam free and really show quite clear the disease of the apologist in black and white for anyone that has the constitution to deal with such mess.

After declaring the craziness of Archangel encounters she looks for support. The only problem she posts hundreds of words as if the James Ray is her personal blog with no call and response to come except a meager one punctuated at the end.

She stars her last paragraph I guess to tell us that she will now say something really important: “I think you will find that Mr. Hamilton didn’t want anyone to die” To be honest I'm not in a lets agree with Genaro kinda mood, I might as well jump on board with what Tallkat Conley wants to set sail with. Once Genaro has you agree to Michael Hamilton not wanting people to die, she lays down her reason for the star, that Mr. Hamilton is hell-bent on ruining the reputation of James Ray. I wonder if Genaro ever thinks about the damage her posts due to the causes of James Ray as viewed by members of a less sensational ilk. They are out to get her homey, and this calls for a Bible verse, except Genaro seems a bit hazy on what the bible says about the whole falling into a pit thing. All in all that only makes it that easier to switch up pit for sweat lodge (don’t you love convenience in the place of logic, perhaps knowledge, or a sense of respect?) And just when we thought we may actually get some substance out of the matter from Genaro Flores we get he is jealous all right, this Mr. Hamilton, because of the hair on Mr. Ray’s head.

Wow! So let me get my scorecard straight here, it is fair game to make fun of a man who talks to angels, especially since he doesn’t want to kill nobody, but don’t mess with the reputation of Ray, or you will get hazy biblical quotes, and be mocked because of your appearance, absolutely brilliant stuff. The next post can only get better I’m sure….

Characters of the James Ray Trial: Michael Hamilton Edition

In any well crafted drama the characters are what allow the story to play out, and it is no different with the characters of the James Ray Trial. One interesting thing about this trial is the people enmeshed in it. For the past 2 days Michael Hamilton the co-founder of Angel Valley is testifying.

On the Angel Valley website is Mr. Hamilton smiling on their services page as the first in a line-up followed by his wife Amayra, Fawn Foster, and a host of others. The Hamilton’s are non-denominational ministers that perform wedding ceremonies. Their practices are referred to as modalities and Michael’s also include Intuitive Coaching and Affirmations, his wife Amayra’s modality list runs quite longer and includes Channeled Writing, Crystal Skulls, and Angel Walks.

On another page Michael talks of his spiritual journey that started July 22, 1996 when the Archangel Michael came to him during a channeling session, and from there on Michael found himself on a mission.

Much more recently, in December 2010, that mission got curtailed by a land use permit denied by The Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission who had some questions about his plans to section off parts of his property for third party use. For one thing the County didn’t want to see unchecked expansion over at Angel Valley.

Now if you asked where did they meet James Ray? It started when a guy who was “in with an agent” according to what Michael Hamilton said to detectives on 10/26/09 where they made it clear to him that he wasn’t under criminal investigation for the sweat lodge. They got into the sweat lodges after being around some people with the “Native American Energy” as opposed to the white minister energy I presume. Two of these natives are David Singing Bear and Angel Valley’s former manager Gary Palisch who has some native blood, according to Hamilton.

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Now jump to today and he is the wood expert. Defense attorney Do asks Mr. Hamilton as someone who has worked in construction for 30+ years and knows a lot about pressure treated wood. Then she drops the new organophosphate defense, which is CCA, with the key word here in the A which stands for arsenic. It is arsenic, the new smoking gun, well not exactly.

And one final word, last night when looking at the Angel Valley website to get a feel for how the Hamiltons choose to present themselves online, I thought to myself crystal skulls would be an easy target for the defense and sure enough here they are. Now we are in recess and I wanted to get a few words out on the trial. Then I will go ahead dig in to the Michael Hamilton story a little more, and later expand further into looking at Amayra.

First Tweets on the James Ray Trial

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Tom McFeeley's Opening Salvo regarding the Trial

Sweat Lodge Trial: Eyes On Now Intro (video)

Baby's First Words regarding the trial

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Connie Joy's heap of resources and insider perspective

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James Ray Trial Mid Week Update

Tuesday gave us a "snow day" as Tom McFeeley put it. Juror #4 got sick and Salty Droid cheered because he had to catch up.

Wednesday brought the past James Ray sweat lodges into focus and the defense appeared shook, calling for a mistrial which Judge Darrow quickly shot down. Defense Attorney Li said he will take the judge's decision to a higher court. Kelly also of the defense played the sorry and confused card. He claimed he can't give his client adequate representation in light of the new developments and needs more time to prepare.

Hughes from the prosecution made it clear that this is not news and the defense had plenty of time to prepare. Kelly is going to change his witness list. The judge firmly stated the 15 prosecution witnesses are not going to cause a cumulative demonstration of the facts circulating around the prior sweat lodges (2007/2008)

Ted Mercer struggled keeping his responses brief. In his role of firekeeper he said James Ray called for an inordinate amount of rocks, about a 100. All the other sweat lodges that Mercer participated in the number of rocks was about a quarter of that. During the 2009 when Ted Mercer told James Ray that the rocks were really hot this time, Ray simply replied, "good."

At the end of James Ray's Sweat Lodges things always got ugly. Distressed and sick people turned the events into what looked like a MASH unit, not quite the smiles and joy Li works so hard to get the photos to portray. For the first time the jury gets to hear about prior year sweat lodges and this means a circus is sure to follow.

Highlights from the LaVaughn James Ray Trial Blog

Since I got so late to the game I wanted to start covering some of the earlier discussions that were launched at the outset of this trial. I begin with some highlights from LaVaughn who as I keep mentioning is doing an extensive blow by blow of the entire trial, as she puts it - front and center with the popcorn.

The idea that the prosecutor Ms. Polk is using James Ray's own words to incriminate him seemed to be a good strategy for LaVaughn, and she pointed out several aspects of cult programming that she felt jumped out at her from some of the statements of James Ray leading up to the sweat lodge.

Here is a quick list for you to contemplate:

1. Building Urgency "Time is short"
2. Raising Fear "if you're not going to die"
3. Sleep Deprivation "some of you went to bed last night"
4. Food and Water Deprivation
5. Watermelon Fast Breaking (Sugar-Shock)

Then there is the topic of Holotropic Breath Work developed by Stan Grof, who claims James Ray was not certified to teach, LaVaughn provides the link.

Another activity of note during the 5 days of Spiritual Warrior 09 is The Samurai Game which caused some participants to lay "dead" for an extended period of time before the Vision Quest which entailed 36 hours without food and water.

And finally the opening remarks for the defense that came from Luis Li centered around the fact that adults have the right to choose, and thus must be held responsible for any actions they take.

Here you have some albeit disjointed points in their presently concocted form but important touchstones of the trial nonetheless. So when you get a chance go over to LaVaughn and thank her for all her insights, I'm sure she'd really appreciate it.

Feeding Ya Multimedia: James Ray Trial Edition

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Now that you know me, lets get to the man we are here to take a look at, lets start with the early days, first according to Jim...



Now lets drop the bomb for mom and pops everywhere, and I do mean everywhere. Well maybe not but I am an unemployed rapper so cut me some slack here. Anyway here is the Unauthorized version for your salivating measures...



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