Residents of Wainiha were immediately suspicious, particularly when Amy announced that she was Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian islands. 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. Were coming for you., Haller remains a stalwart Love Has Won supporter. A 45-year-old cult leader of the spiritual group called "Love Has Won" was found dead in a Colorado home. The group has been described as a cult by ex-members and media outlets. 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You could say I broke everyones fucking noses, he says, when asked for comment. 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. By August 2020, Love Has Won had grown to include around 200 dedicated adherents. Goalposts were moved. Leseman: Mom is going to ascend tonight! Around this time, Amys family and concerned viewers contacted authorities in Mt. She was smart, beautiful, and had an amazing voice. By all accounts, Amy was popular and charming, but not a dominant personality. Amys drinking became dire. The mummified corpse of the leader of the "Love Has Won" cult was found enshrined with Christmas lights in a Colorado home, authorities said. Theyre empowered to feel that theyre fighting in the worlds greatest battle, but how they carry out that fight is simply by consuming and sharing the groups materials. 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 . [4][5][12][7] Carlson had several romantic partners throughout the group's history, beginning with Amerith WhiteEagle, who were referred to as "Father God", and who played a counterpart role to Carlson in the theology of the group. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. But her mother and other observers who try to dispel the cults instruction believe she ultimately became a victim of her own teachings. Love Has Won, established in 2018, claims to have followers around the world. She was the sister I looked up to and wanted to be, her youngest sister, Chelsea Renninger, tells Rolling Stone. [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. She was 45 at the time of her death. Their messaging is unlike other religious groups, openly brash, energetic, and foul-mouthed, able to insult members of their audience in one breath and tell them they love them in the next. Seven of Carlsons followers ended up being arrested for tampering with or abusing a corpse. He himself sang and played the guitar in Love Has Won videos. Just like QAnon, Love Has Won ties its followers into an epic storyline about the struggle for the fate of humanity. Likewise, it was Lamboys name that appeared on the LLC formation documents when they launched their first businesses. 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. It was these comments that prompted Amys family and concerned viewers to contact authorities in Mt. There are 8.5 billion children, he says. 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. According to a source speaking with The Guru. I want to warn people about just how dangerous it can become. Carlson was found dead and mummified in April, but the endeavor to deprogram members continues. You didnt save her. On a livestream on April 16, member Bobby Leseman told viewers: Mom is not good. Over time, Love Has Won had a few dozen core members who have resided with the group in-person, as well as an estimated 100 to 200 ambassadors, remote followers who stayed connected online. She appeared healthy. Carlson ruled over Love Has Won under the title of "Mother God," a reference to her claim that she was the female aspect of the divine. In 1984, when Amy was nine years old, her mother remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. I know that so many people watch these livestreams. In that lifetime, I defied that command and jumped in the fire anyways to save her. I didnt want to leave, but they told me I had to fulfill my mission. All seven also were charged with two misdemeanor counts of child abuse because two children were inside the house when Saguache County sheriffs deputies arrived to investigate. "[8] Despite the group banning drink and drugs for members, Carlson was accused of drinking large amounts of alcohol and subsequently behaving abusively. Investigators believe Carlson died in California and that some of her followers drove her body to the Colorado compound after her death. As per the Ascension Guide that Love Has Won sells which retails at $22.22 members are prescribed grounding tools to aid in their ascension, which include Sun gazing (literally staring at the Sun), smoking cigarettes (only organic, hand-rolled tobacco), eating red meat at least twice a week, and taking long, cold showers. Devin Booker sulked. 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. She experienced the most horrific death, which was very much like Lou Gehrigs or Parkinsons, where her whole body was paralyzed but her brain was functioning, she said. [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. [19] A multi-day protest ensued, with protestors lighting driftwood fires and chanting Hawaiian prayers around the rented property the group were staying in. Amys goal was to lead 144,000 believers into the awakened 5D plane of existence, leaving behind the shackles of the broken 3D world. Those left behind will be destroyed, and their energies will be recycled into the sun. At the same time, in the videos, he appears to be the most volatile presence in the primary Love Has Won household, prone to threats of violence, aggressive outbursts, and generally unpredictable and domineering behavior. 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. This was sometimes called playing Find the Whore. These sessions could involve multiple members calling each other out for behaviors deemed inappropriate, or they might focus on a single member, often reducing them to tears. Over 100 people gathered outside the Wainiha rental home, and things quickly turned ugly. Before she started Love Has Won, she was a regular woman working at McDonald's as a manager. They felt that Dr. Phil was their last chance to change Amys trajectory, and they felt deeply disappointed that nothing came of it. I lost 25 pounds in 6 weeks, he says. [1], In June 2021, HBO ordered a docuseries about the group and its leader Amy Carlson, with Hannah Olson set to direct. 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.. And yet, for those in the group, the results of the autopsy are essentially moot. Local authorities said they had received many complaints from families across the country saying Love Has Won had been brainwashing people and stealing their money. Shasta, which resulted in the wellness check. [13][11][14], The group claimed that Carlson was the queen of the lost continent of Lemuria,[13] and the group incorporated the belief that Lemurians live within Mount Shasta in California. They continue to sell etheric surgeries, which they advertise as still being performed by Amy, albeit from the 5th dimension. Just days later, Dr. Phil devoted an episode of his show to Amy and Love Has Won, featuring her mother, Linda Haythorne, and two of her sisters, Chelsea and Tara. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. 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 idea of Ashtar Command essentially an extraterrestrial law enforcement organization that would save humanity stretches back into the 1950s. When Saguache County police officers arrived at Lamboys house in Crestone, they found Carlson immediately. It was Amerith WhiteEagle who told Amy that she was God, and it was the beginning of a story that would continue long after WhiteEagle was out of the picture. 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.. 'Mother God' is what the group addressed their leader as and her actual name is Amy Carlson. She was Amy Carlson Stroudalthough Lamboy also knew her as "Mother God"the 45-year-old leader of Love Has Won (LHW), a New Age-y quasi-religious group and suspected cult. Authorities want to know if Carlson had been ingesting those substances. Its state of decay suggested that she had been dead for several weeks. From 2014 to 2018, others joined the group many via the Internet, as well as in person and a constellation of adherents steadily grew around Carlson, believers in the orbit of her celestial body. Theyre able to sleep more freely. 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. Mr. Carlson, known to her followers as Mother God, was found wrapped in a green sleeping bag and had glitter makeup around her missing eyes, authorities said at the time. Kiss Paul Stanley Has 'Thoughts' About Parents Who Support Kids Gender Identities He earned the nickname Chavez, after Eric Chavez, then a third baseman for the Oakland As. [17] Recordings which were produced by the group show its members making antisemitic and racist remarks. 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. On the forum, she met Amerith WhiteEagle, who convinced Carlson that she was divine, and Carlson began to claim to experience paranormal phenomena. Her mummified body was found wrapped in Christmas lights", "Crestone Cult Love Has Won Leaves Man to Die in Desert", "How QAnon and the Wellness World Became Entangled", "Spiritual group accused of cult-like activities may be planting roots in Mt. Source: YouTube / 5D Full Disclosure [13] The group's theology also included references to the concepts of Atlantis, the Anunnaki and "reptilians". She spent most of that time in bed, as she had for the last few years, but Castillo and others would carry her to the shower as well, where she often spent hours. 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. He claimed that only four beings out of 8 billion turned out to be true believers, and asked: Do I need to reheart you who the fuck I am, children? To date, Love Has Wons primary YouTube channel features over 2,700 videos, and the group continues to release content on a daily basis. While they talked about how the idea was to bring love and enlightenment to all living beings, they also talked about final warnings to non-believers. The scene was a grotesque spectacle unlike anything that Crestone had seen. 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. Soon, Amy was living in a lovely forest home beside a river typically with Lamboy behind the camera. Crestone, Colorado, with its jaw-dropping vistas and vast expanses of wilderness, was the ideal place for Love Has Won to blossom. Amy, whose real name was Lia, was known as "Mother God" by the followers of the now defunct Love Has Won movement, which used to share Amy's spiritual teachings on YouTube. He said to me that he was out. 5D Full Disclosure members say that this is a natural progression. Castillo has referred to the others as the false team in Facebook Live streams, and several core Love Has Won members remain with him. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. DENVER Seven members of a cult -like group known as Love Has Won have been arrested on charges of abusing a corpse and child abuse after mummified remains believed to be their leader's were found in a home in rural southern Colorado. Most of Amys initial videos were published as The Galactic Free Press, and were either audio-only or featured her speaking directly into the camera in a newscaster style, updating viewers on the interstellar spiritual plotline that she claimed was playing out all around them. By March 2018, videos from Love Has Won began to feature updates from the First Contact Ground Crew Team, around 10 members who would pile into a room together and speak directly to the camera for a few hours each day. It is the position of Love Has Won that Amy Carlson, Mother God, has ascended to the 5D plane of existence, shedding her bodily vessel, but that she has not died in the way most people would understand it. [15] The group offered "etheric surgery", which cost $88 per session, claiming that it could remove sickness and "negative energy" from the body. He came in and started arguing with my mom. Theres no fence sitting. 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. One of the groups biggest money makers has been etheric surgery, a form of remote energy healing said to cure any and all diseases. Her followers said that Amy was bedridden, and eventually that she was paralyzed from the waist down. Love Has Won in all its new forms continues to draw in more people, receive more donations, and sell more products. So grateful shes at peace, replied Svenson. She was 49 years old and it was her sister Chelsea Ann Reninger who confirmed her death on her Facebook page. Ive never seen a group of people be so nonchalant about a dead person in their back room, Corporal Steve Hansen later told the local NBC affiliate, before he was hit with a gag order. In one session, John Robertson was admonished for transgressions he was told he committed in the year 1431: Patterson: What about the moment when mom specifically commanded you not to jump into the fire, and you jumped into the fire? 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. It would later be revealed that the mummified corpse belonged to a 45-year-old woman named Lia (Amy) Carlson, a former McDonald's manager (according to CivilBeat) who, depending on whom you ask, was either an enlightened spiritual leader or the head of an abusive cult.Specifically, Carlson had reportedly been the head of the "Love Has Won" religious movement. Carlson claimed she had been reincarnated 534 times, including as Jesus, Joan of Arc, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra, and would lead 144,000 people into a mystical "5th dimension". They took questions from the livestream chat audience. One of the crucial turning points that led Amy down the path to self-destruction came after she met her final twin flame, the last Father God, Jason Castillo. [4][13][6] The group also adopted elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory. CIA Director, Noam Chomsky Named in Epstein's Private Calendar: Report We dont get to just stop now. She has a close relationship with the spirit of Robin Williams, who provides her with spiritual counsel. 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. Amanda Ray, a self-described victims advocate and founder of the watchdog group Rising Above Love Has Won, has been outspoken in her desire to hold the group accountable. Amy Carlson was not supposed to physically die. Shes a victim as well of coercive control. Trending Its deep within the territory known as the Northwoods, renowned for its vast forests and lakes, and even then he was enraptured by the divine, fascinated by the idea of a living god. In April 2020, Gaias Whole Healing Essentials received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. They would try to do some crazy shit. Critics of the group maintain that the authoritarian behavior didnt stop there. 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. Frequent use can cause argyria, wherein ones skin turns blue. 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. ), Perhaps the most shocking instance of threatening the public outright came from a video address by member Adam Haller in 2019. Amy drank, and by several accounts was a mean drunk, frustrated with those she saw as working against her. And weve seen our mom suffer so much. Seven of Amys followers were present, along with two sleeping children, including Lamboys two-year-old son. (Castillo doesnt deny the addiction, but says that hes been clean for years.) The water provided some relief from her pain. A medical examiner has since ruled that Carlsons manner of death was natural and was brought on by a decline in health due to the other conditions, according to an autopsy report obtained by Guru Mag on Wednesday. She just didnt have that warmth. Lamboy stated that he left Denver and went to Buena Vista, Colorado and then returned to his residence. Graphic new details have emerged of how Love has Won worshipped the mummified corpse of cult leader Amy Carlson, known to followers as "Mother God". And I could tell by the way that he talked. As such, a slightly more liberal atmosphere has taken hold. Im determined to find out the truth. [Editors note: One week after this story was published, the coroner released the cause of death: alcohol abuse, anorexia, and chronic colloidal silver ingestion.]. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Native American tribes called San Luis the Bloodless Valley. It was a place for sacred pilgrimages, where violence stopped. They are unafraid of offending. Amy spoke frequently of the need to tune into higher vibrational frequencies, and that she was placed upon the Earth to help guide humanity into a higher state of being. Woo! You either stand by Mother God, or youll be taken out, member Ryan Kramer (aka El Morya) remarked in one video. But a few hours later, in a follow-up stream, Leseman seemed to indicate that Amy was still alive, saying Mom is still resting. Aug 14, 2021, 4:01 AM The cult Love Has Won believed that its leader, Amy Carlson, was God incarnate. Videos and. It does not abuse in the name of calling out bad energy. He would come to call this his 3D family. Behind the scenes, her worst impulses were gaining ground. Carlson gained her first follower, Miguel Lamboy, the same year. Im Pele, bitch. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. All of the charges would later be dropped. The daytime host brought up several of the more well-known instances of Amys alleged abusive behavior. Love Has Won pivoted, trying instead to relocate to Maui. Everyone on the planet.. Carlson also had a crown headband on her head. Shes still kicking ass for us. Police recovered Amys body on the 28th. [21], In September 2020, it had been stated that Carlson was in poor health and was paralysed from the waist down, with Carlson herself stating that she had cancer. The idea is that many of the rules and routines for their daily lives that they previously adhered to were designed to help them shield Amy from spiritual attacks, but that no longer applies, since Amy has ascended. For Mom. Thats when my father left, he says. Near the end, she sometimes had trouble keeping it down. In an exclusive interview with NBC's. According to both her family and her followers, the ambulance was turned away. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History His sister asserts that he began struggling with substance abuse at this time in particular crystal meth. 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. 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. But she was a human being. With an otherwise unpersuasive message, lowered self-esteem helps a weak message seem more reasonable, says Dr. Kelton Rhoads, an adjunct professor at University of Southern California and an expert in the psychology of persuasion and influence.
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