I loved her, and she knew I loved her. Amy. In videos, she slurred her speech, and she was prone to erratic outbursts. In one video, she rails against members for not delivering her tequila promptly enough, asking, Where is my tequila, you dick whores?. Many components of Love Has Wons beliefs began falling into place. [16] In May 2020, a member of the group was found wandering the wilderness disoriented, naked, and dehydrated, after being described by the group as lacking the "right energy" and being on "the wrong side of the mountain. Among these are alleged incidents in which she mistreated a cat, as well as one in which she locked a distressed child in a closet repeatedly as a form of punishment, commanding them: You need to surrender. To be quite honest, the first two weeks were the happiest time of my life.. Amy Carlson: The life of Love Has Won cult leader 'Mother God' They argue that when someone asks you to take them to a hospital to save their life, if you love them, you do it. What in the world does that mean I dismiss it and then I hear You are going to be President of the United States.. As Love Has Wons narrative developed, it began to incorporate many elements of the QAnon conspiracy, such as the idea that a network of global elites are literally eating our children, as put by Love Has Won member Gabriel Gomez (aka Buddha Kuthumi) in a livestream, as well as the idea that Donald Trump is working behind the scenes to fight the cabal. Id sit on the stairs and look at this picture of Jesus. Amy would rant and scream at people quite often, ex-member Jeremy Brown recounts. Before she started Love Has Won, she was a regular woman working at McDonald's as a manager. He himself sang and played the guitar in Love Has Won videos. She became a regular on the website Lightworkers.orgs forums, where she began chatting with a man who went by Amerith WhiteEagle. In early videos, hes often the primary broadcaster, though over time he would fade into the background. Dont push me.. For Lowes, those who transported and enshrined Amys body had innocent, simple reasons for doing so: They love their Mother and wanted to bring her home.. In a Nov. 2020 livestream, Castillo had told Love Has Won members that they should be willing to die for Amy, and after her death, those old comments sparked renewed fears that members might hurt themselves or others. She was the sister I looked up to and wanted to be, says her youngest sister, Chelsea Renninger. Cut to 15 years later 45-year-old "Mother God" Amy Carlson is found dead in the group's Colorado home in April 2021. How a Texas mom left her family to become "Mother God," leader of Colorado's Love Has Won cult. A few years later, he was invested enough to join Amy in person, leaving his kids behind. It sounded like the things Amy was saying when she left. The Cabal is described as a group of minions of reptilians and the Annunaki, ancient extraterrestrials and/or Sumerian deities, depending on whom you ask. Just like QAnon, Love Has Won ties its followers into an epic storyline about the struggle for the fate of humanity. 'Love Has Won': Spiritual Sect From 'Mother God' to Mummified Corpse Details of the split are murky, but when Amy left, she went with a man named Miguel Lamboy, who would soon come to be known as Archangel Michael Silver. They felt that Dr. Phil was their last chance to change Amys trajectory, and they felt deeply disappointed that nothing came of it. The other cases remain pending in court. "[25] On May 5, Deputy District Attorney Alex Raines announced plans to upgrade the abuse of corpse charges to the more serious charge of tampering with a deceased human body, the group members were reported to be facing a mix of charges of child abuse, abuse of a corpse, tampering with deceased human remains, and false imprisonment. Amys followers informed them that she had relocated to another property. Each day, Amys progress was updated, though she virtually never appeared on camera. Amys acolytes claim that Mother God is over 19 billion years old and has lived over 500 lives. So, pray.Shes slowly, slowly pulling out of her vessel.. When she shed her Earthly body for the latest time, authorities found her followers still worshiping it shedding light on the group many have called a "cult". [4][13][6] The group also adopted elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory. She was reporting on celestial events as she understood them, repeating information disseminated by New Age groups online. She sat atop a bed, wrapped in what appeared to be a sleeping bag, and decorated with Christmas lights. For those watching the livestream regularly, Castillos arrival may have seemed sudden. I would sit there and just stare at Jesus, who was myself.. Love Has Won has always been clear that ascending to the 5D world involves taking their physical bodies not dying. Saguache County sheriffs deputies found Carlsons mummified remains covered in a sleeping bag and wrapped in Christmas lights with glitter makeup painted around her eye sockets. Her family asserts that she became increasingly disconnected from her kids. Now, new light is being shed on the case thanks to interviews that were done with Amy's mother Linda Haythorne, and with Saguache County Sheriff Dan Warwick that will be . The cult members have split into different groups since Carlsons death, with one branch rebranding itself as 5D Full Disclosure, and that group continues to sells its magical colloidal elixirs on its website. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. Former Love Has Won members have described it as a cult, but it was also an Internet content machine churning out videos, social media posts, and blog articles at a fevered pace, while supporting itself on donations and snake-oil e-commerce. The majority of members joined 5D Full Disclosure, where livestreamers are now seen doing things like drinking from Starbucks cups, suggesting increased freedom in terms of how they spend money and what they consume. [6] The group briefly moved to the island of Kauai in Hawaii in August 2020, where they were met with hostility from locals after Carlson publicly proclaimed that she was the Hawaiian goddess Pele. [19] Video footage provided to The Denver Post by Love Has Won member Lauryn Suarez showed eggs and rocks being thrown at the house, as well as the broken windows of the house and the SUV parked in the driveway. Decomp and mummification thats what Im guessing at this point.. Coroner hopes to learn by testing body for heavy metals, How a Texas mom left her family to become Mother God, leader of Colorados Love Has Won cult, Love Has Won followers face more severe charges in connection with cult leaders death, Mummified remains of Love Has Won cult leader found in groups Colorado home, Cult-like Colorado spiritual group met with violent protests during Hawaiian sojourn, Greeley police shoot, kill man who allegedly shot at them; no officers injured, Skier killed in avalanche near Breckenridge, Colorado health officials flag high air pollution from Suncor refinery, Denver airport makes Food & Wines list of top 10 U.S. airports with best restaurants, known as Mother God by dozens who followed her in person and online. But to understand what any of this has to do with Amys rapid decline in health and ultimate death, its important to understand that in the Love Has Won belief system, all the worlds external suffering had to be played out physically upon Amys body. All rights reserved. According to Miguel Lamboys statement to police, he believed that sometime before April 27, Amys followers loaded her into a members car, then drove roughly 1,235 miles back to Crestone, Colorado, returning her to the primary home theyd used over the years. A high level overview of Amys role in Love Has Won lore, according to their YouTube videos, reveals the belief that Amy Carlson was Jesus Christ, Cleopatra, and Marilyn Monroe, among other historical figures. Amanda Ray of Rising Above Love Has Won claims that she spoke to the groups Mt. Likewise, it was Lamboys name that appeared on the LLC formation documents when they launched their first businesses. Mother and Father were not regulars in these videos. [19] A multi-day protest ensued, with protestors lighting driftwood fires and chanting Hawaiian prayers around the rented property the group were staying in. 2K views, 27 likes, 7 loves, 18 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dbstvstlucia: DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 25TH APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 No. Likewise, an Article of Amendment for the groups LLC reveals an official name change to Mother Nature Natural Essentials LLC, with a new name attached to the paperwork that of Ryan Kramer. The decomposing body of "Love Has Won" cult leader Amy Carlson, 45, was discovered under mysterious circumstances in a home in the rural town of Moffat in April. [18], In the aftermath of Carlson's death, the group splintered, with the most recent "Father God" Jason Castillo forming the separate group Joy Rains with a small number of followers. Mr. According to a statement from the Maui Police Department, officers confronted Amy, Castillo, and Lamboy at the airport, informing them that theyd found issues with their travel documents theyd made lodging reservations at an unapproved location. She was 45 at the time of her death. Breaks Down His Killer White House Correspondents Dinner Set, Pharrells Something in the Water Fest Cancels Final Day Due to Severe Weather, Stagecoach: Kane Brown Breaks Mental Health Stigma With 'Memory,' Talks Depression, Bernie Sanders: Many GOP Leaders 'Don't Even Believe in Democracy'. In reference to her eyes, the report only said that they are not appreciated secondary to decomposition meaning they hadnt been removed, but were just severely decomposed. One of the groups biggest money makers has been etheric surgery, a form of remote energy healing said to cure any and all diseases. Shasta, California. There he met the woman whom hed be with for almost 20 years, raising four children. According to Linda Haythorne, Amys mother, her parents separated when she was a child. In the beginning, Amy Carlson was a sweet and pleasant country girl, the eldest of three sisters, born in a small Kansas town outside of Wichita. Kiss Paul Stanley Has 'Thoughts' About Parents Who Support Kids Gender Identities Seven of Amys followers were present, along with two sleeping children, including Lamboys two-year-old son. [6] In late 2007, Carlson left her third husband, her children, and her job as a manager at McDonald's,[5][7] and ceased contact with most members of her family,[5] and joined up with WhiteEagle in Colorado. Shasta, which resulted in the wellness check. However, in September, the District Attorneys office for Colorados 12th Judicial District quietly dropped all charges. On the forum, she met Amerith WhiteEagle, who convinced Carlson that she was divine, and Carlson began to claim to experience paranormal phenomena. And yet his duty was elsewhere. And thats pretty much all we know. ", "HBO Greenlights 'Love Has Won' Docuseries Directed By 'Baby God' Helmer Hannah Olson", "Colorado's Love Has Won cult to be featured on "Dateline NBC": The two-hour documentary will look at how Amy Carlson became Mother God to her followers", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Has_Won&oldid=1150355693, Religious belief systems founded in the United States, Religious organizations based in the United States, Religious controversies in the United States, Religious organizations based in Colorado, Religious organizations based in California, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Amy Carlson ("Mother-God", "Mom", "Momma G"), 1220 (full-time residential), 26+ ambassadors internationally, Galactic Federation of Light, The Church Ministry of Mother of All Creation, 5D Full Disclosure, This page was last edited on 17 April 2023, at 18:01. [30], Dateline NBC aired a two-hour documentary about the group on October 15, 2021.[31]. Stories of assassination attempts continued in videos into 2019, including supposed incidents in which Amy was struck with etheric darts, and another in which her spleen and pancreas were infiltrated by the Cabal. You were going to starve God, take everything, and go feed your dicks and your pussies, he said. The Untold Truth Of The Love Has Won Cult - Grunge Heres How, Roy Wood Jr. I remember being five years old maybe six sitting on the weekends in my grandparents house, he tells Rolling Stone. His sister asserts that he began struggling with substance abuse at this time in particular crystal meth. On Sunday, Bobby Barbara, a LHW member, did a Facebook. Averse to athletics, she found a creative outlet in the church choir and in theatrical plays. The Gaias Whole Healing Essentials store is down, with the former URL now redirecting to motherearthnaturalessentials.org. Since core leadership of the group was gone, a power vacuum remained, and the dynamic rapidly changed. [4] According to Saguache County Coroner Tom Perrin, Carlson had been ingesting large amounts of colloidal silver, which the group had been promoting as a COVID-19 cure, and had received a warning from the FDA for doing so. By as early as 2013, Castillo had already developed an interest in Amy and Love Has Won through her online presence. [7][13] Ex-members accused the group of physical abuse and sleep deprivation, with members allegedly only being allowed to sleep for 45 hours a night. Theres no fence sitting. Surrender, now., Both Dr. Phil and Amys family also brought up that shed left behind her three children (aged two, seven, and 12 at the time), with whom she no longer had a relationship. Mom, as Joan of Arc, told all of her soldiers at that time that they were going to burn her, and not to come after her in any way to try to save her. When asked if they had weapons in the house via livestream chat, he awkwardly stated, were supposed to say no. (Kramer did not respond to requests for an interview. They continue to sell etheric surgeries, which they advertise as still being performed by Amy, albeit from the 5th dimension. The daytime host brought up several of the more well-known instances of Amys alleged abusive behavior. He said to me that he was out. For me, I did not abandon my children, she replied. However, he does not know when the autopsy report will be finished because he cannot find a laboratory to test her body for heavy metals. Hes soft-spoken and handsome, with kind eyes; he comes across as serene and spiritual. Everyone on the planet.. Carlsons face was also covered in foundation, blush and a multicolor vibrant glitter eyeshadow, according to the report. [17] Recordings which were produced by the group show its members making antisemitic and racist remarks. The scent of sage hung in the air, according to an officer on the scene. She had a tie-dye fleece shawl draped around her shoulders, a faux fur scarf tied around her neck and was wearing two pairs of fluffy socks. As of this writing, the coroners report has still not been released. You didnt save her. In Castillos first videos after his stint in jail after he got out on bail, but before the charges were dropped he appeared with a well-kempt beard and dark, straight hair. The Cabal is described as a group of minions of reptilians and the Annunaki, ancient extraterrestrials and/or Sumerian deities, depending on whom you ask. To date, Love Has Wons primary YouTube channel features over 2,700 videos, and the group continues to release content on a daily basis. Crestone is home to everything from Hindu ashrams to a Roman Catholic monastery, all in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Blood of Christ mountain range, so named because of their deep scarlet color at sunset and their jagged peaks, which encircle the valley like a crown of thorns. That was the scene a Colorado sheriff's officer found last month upon arriving at a low-slung blue home where a man reported that he had discovered a woman dead. Part of me wanting to speak is to bring awareness to that., Those around her describe the last months and weeks of Amys life as physically torturous. Love Has Won: Bodycam footage released of moment police find mummified It was these comments that prompted Amys family and concerned viewers to contact authorities in Mt. Authorities noted when her body was found, her eyes appeared to be missing, but the autopsy found no evidence of trauma. According to leaked private group chats between Love Has Won members, in April 2021, photos began circulating of Amy in bed, unconscious and potentially already deceased. In April 2020, Gaias Whole Healing Essentials received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. The Love Has Won cult first made national headlines in . ), By her early twenties, Amy had three children, and had been married and divorced once. Ashtar Command, for example, features prominently in early addresses. Aug 14, 2021, 4:01 AM The cult Love Has Won believed that its leader, Amy Carlson, was God incarnate. New members of the community allegedly experienced what psychologists and cult experts call love-bombing. Daniel Shaw, a New York psychoanalyst, cult recovery expert, and author of the forthcoming Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear, describes the practice as showering the newcomers with hyper-friendly, hyper-empathetic attention, in order to win them over. Soon, Amy was living in a lovely forest home beside a river typically with Lamboy behind the camera. These run the gamut from bigoted racial comments to an in-depth alternate history surrounding Hitler and the Holocaust. There have been moments when Mom has asked us to take her to a 3D hospital and were like Nope! Because theres just, theres no way, and we know exactly how hijacking works, member Lauryn Suarez said in a broadcast on Sept. 15, 2020. Youre gonna be like a fly on the windshield, smashed, he said in another. Soon that version of Amy domineering and self-destructivetook center stage in livestreams with increasing frequency. Castillo grew up in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, a town about 100 miles south of the banks of Lake Superior. Amy had to process all the negative energy in the world, which meant that when followers were doing something wrong, they were causing her to physically suffer. For critics of Love Has Won, statements like these appear directly at odds with the groups portrayal of themselves as striving to live fully in love. Inside the Bizarre Cult Love Has Won Led by 'Mother God' Amy Carlson [7] The Saguache County Sheriff's Office reported that they had received "many complaints" about the group from families, about "brainwashing" and fraud. [4][22] A photo from a few weeks before she is thought to have died shows her appearance to be emaciated, with thinning hair and discoloured skin with a purplish hue. Trending Over 100 people gathered outside the Wainiha rental home, and things quickly turned ugly. That came much later., According to Love Has Won lore, Amys latent divine powers had already begun manifesting at this time. The decomposing body of Love Has Won cult leader Amy Carlson, 45, was discovered under mysterious circumstances in a home in the rural town of Moffat in April. A 45-year-old cult leader of the spiritual group called "Love Has Won" was found dead in a Colorado home. 7 Arrested After Mummified Cult Leader's Remains Found In Rural Barry Recap: A Tragic Death Shakes Up Bill Haders Dark Satire In videos and communications posted on YouTube, we see members subjected to hours-long sessions in which theyre criticized by other members in an effort to weed out the negative energies infesting the group. For Amys family, and for the friends and family of the many Love Has Won members whose lives have been subsumed by the group, the message is different. Though the group has since splintered, it has left behind thousands of hours of video content, as well as tomes of written material. [6], The theology of Love Has Won has been described as fluid, combining New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and elements from mainstream Abrahamic religions. According to the arrest affidavits, authorities said the mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine.. They say Mother God had healed him, and in doing so molded a true believer. Lamboy quickly positioned himself as a valuable logistical asset, an organized thinker with a talent for quiet leadership and the ability to handle money. The content of many Love Has Won livestreams during this period mirrored the book of Revelation, with followers talking about Amy breaking through seven seals, after which shed move on to transitioning seven trumpets, then seven bowls. Love Has Won, established in 2018, claims to have followers around the world. Castillo has referred to the others as the false team in Facebook Live streams, and several core Love Has Won members remain with him. They believed she suffered from mental illness, but her physical deterioration was also becoming extreme. I begged my angels. 'Mummified' Cultist's Corpse Found With Glitter Makeup but No Eyes Nobody deserves to die the way she did. I know that theres rich people out there with millions of dollars who watch these, and how dare you? Her lips had receded, causing her teeth to protrude from her mouth. At the center of it all is the story of one central character, Amy Carlson, a woman who aspired to live and die as a god. This is where Love Has Won was able to support itself and grow and also where local people in Crestone, CO, the town where Carlson and her group lived, began to accuse them of brainwashing. The body was found at a home in Saguache County after the police received a call about a dead woman on April 28, the affidavit said. I thought what? In more recent years, New Age spiritualists, healers, and UFO enthusiasts have found the area, including those who think Saguache Countys concentrated spiritual energy makes it a prime location for interdimensional portals, a place where a higher level of communion with the divine is possible. Authorities were alerted to the cult leaders death after one of her followers called to say hed found the decomposing body in his home when he returned from a recent trip to Denver. And weve seen our mom suffer so much. In Carlson's early adult life, however, she began to talk increasingly about "outlandish concepts" such as starships. Its difficult to know the actual state of Amys health at this time. A coroners report revealed that Amy Carlson the leader of the fringe spiritual sect Love Has Won whose mummified remains were discovered in April had died from a combination of alcohol abuse, anorexia, and chronic colloidal silver ingestion.. He apparently had no knowledge of Amys death, or how her corpse she died in California ended up in his Colorado home. I am blown away by the ignorance, protestor Mahina Laughlin told local newspaper The Garden Island. Leseman: Mom is going to ascend tonight! Three weeks later, the audience was told by member Archeia Faith that another assassination attempt had taken place, during which a sword sliced one of her hearts, she says in the video. The coroner also determined that, despite the bizarre circumstances surrounding Carlsons corpse seven of Carlsons followers were arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse and child abuse, though all of the charges would later be dropped her death was natural., The autopsy findings also revealed that Carlsons corpse had been adorned with make-up and a crown, and that while Carlson claimed to have cancer, there was no evidence of reported metastatic cancer., Rolling Stones recent feature From Mother God to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect Love Has Won dove into Carlson, her descent into New Age philosophy, and her followers in the very-online Love Has Won, which ex-members have described as a cult.. A picture of Amy posted on the Facebook group Love Has Won Exposed., From Mother God to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect Love Has Won, CIA Director, Noam Chomsky Named in Epstein's Private Calendar: Report, Drake, Will Arnett Celebrate Toronto Maple Leafs' (Long-Awaited) Postseason Triumph, Meet the YouTube Creator Busting Crypto Scams, Twitter to Allow Media Publishers to Charge Per Article, Want to Make Cash As a Creator? A healthy-looking Amy Carlson in a school photo. [9][10][11] The group proclaimed that Carlson was a divine, 19 billion year-old being who had birthed all creation. Shasta landlord, who told her that he spoke to Amy on April 10 and that he told her goodbye her condition seemed so dire that he had a sense she would soon pass. Lamboy and other current adherents claim that when he entered Amys life, he suffered from end-stage lung cancer, and had already had one lung removed. We want to hear it. Love Has Won pivoted, trying instead to relocate to Maui. Carlson wasn't always Mother God, though. Amy Carlson, the leader of the Love Has Won cult, was found dead in a house in Colorado. In the QAnon community, Amy and her followers found a group that was eager to engage and eager to donate money. Carlsons exact time of death is unknown; in the weeks prior to her death, Love Has Won members shared private chat messages and livestreams about her imminent departure from her vessel. Around April 27th, Carlsons followers transported her 1,200 miles from Mt.
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