[13] The group's theology also included references to the concepts of Atlantis, the Anunnaki and "reptilians". "Mother God" aka Amy Carlon was found dead, wrapped in an REI sleeping bag, her eyelids plastered with white glitter, in a room filled with Christmas lights, rainbows, and stuffed animals. Mr. Lamboy stated that is when he found a deceased female, whom he knew to be Amy. And thats pretty much all we know. Within this belief system, believers are soldiers for the truth. She is in constant conflict with the Cabal a shadowy global organization determined to keep humanity in a low vibrational state. In her most recent life the one that just ended the Cabal tried to assassinate Amy nearly 600 times, but she foiled each attempt. Were coming for you., Haller remains a stalwart Love Has Won supporter. It does not abuse in the name of calling out bad energy. Seven of Amys followers were present, along with two sleeping children, including Lamboys two-year-old son. 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. Followers insist that Amy had a pulse when Saguache County police recovered her body, despite her bodys advanced decomposition. 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. For me, I did not abandon my children, she replied. Former member Jeremy Brown, who was with the group physically for six weeks in 2019, says he experienced this kind of onslaught of attention, though the high wore off after a few weeks. President Fauci? [17][20] In early April 2021, the group was located in an RV park in Mount Shasta in northern California, but were asked to leave due to overcrowding. Over time, he would grow a beard and take to often wearing black and white, which his sister says was a way to represent the yin and yang of his spirituality. Her followers were meant to shield her from damage through their faith and right action.. It was Amerith. Amanda Ray of Rising Above Love Has Won claims that she spoke to the groups Mt. When Love Has Won later became a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization in 2019, it was Lamboy who made it happen. The group had between 12 and 20 full-time members who lived with her at the time of her death. 5D Full Disclosure emerged as the current name, complete with a new web store selling spiritual surgery services. Castillo was ruggedly handsome, with long dark hair often pulled into a ponytail. The group had between 12 and 20 full-time members who lived with her at the time of her death. 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. 'Mother God' is what the group addressed their leader as and her actual name is Amy Carlson. 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. 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. In 1984, when Amy was nine years old, her mother remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. By the mid-2000s, Amy had begun to develop a preoccupation with New Age spiritual thought. Frequent use can cause argyria, wherein ones skin turns blue. The room was decorated much like a childs bedroom, with rainbows and hearts and stars. Love Has Won pivoted, trying instead to relocate to Maui. Investigators believe Carlson died in California and that some of her followers drove her body to the Colorado compound after her death. [1], In June 2021, HBO ordered a docuseries about the group and its leader Amy Carlson, with Hannah Olson set to direct. [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. At times, they appear to be living in tents. 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. In April 2020, Gaias Whole Healing Essentials received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. Goalposts were moved. They continue to sell etheric surgeries, which they advertise as still being performed by Amy, albeit from the 5th dimension. In cult terminology, this is referred to as the hot seat technique, wherein a member is bombarded with accusations and criticisms, eroding their confidence and sense of self. Love Has Won in all its new forms continues to draw in more people, receive more donations, and sell more products. Castillo grew up in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, a town about 100 miles south of the banks of Lake Superior. And yet his duty was elsewhere. [28], Authorities stated that Carlson had not died at the property, but in California; her body was subsequently transported back to Colorado. And I could tell by the way that he talked. They say Mother God had healed him, and in doing so molded a true believer. Carlson also had a crown headband on her head. The seeds for something dark were already there. Heres How, Roy Wood Jr. She was smart, beautiful, and had an amazing voice. By all accounts, Amy was popular and charming, but not a dominant personality. In the months before her death, followers had said Carlson, 45, was sick with cancer and was paralyzed, although her family believes she was never treated by a medical doctor to confirm those ailments. 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. Her body was found surrounded by eight small brown bottles with medicine droppers that had the words colloidal written on them. 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. By August 2020, Love Has Won had grown to include around 200 dedicated adherents. It seemed very sudden, Flores says. Kevin Durant moped. He earned the nickname Chavez, after Eric Chavez, then a third baseman for the Oakland As. Lamboy quickly positioned himself as a valuable logistical asset, an organized thinker with a talent for quiet leadership and the ability to handle money. 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.. 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. She wasnt a monster, says her sister, Tara Flores. We have to keep going. 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'. But she was a human being. 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.. 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] The group featured on an episode of Dr. Phil in September 2020, where Carlson and two members were confronted with claims of abuse, which they denied. The other cases remain pending in court. In videos, she slurred her speech, and she was prone to erratic outbursts. There could be many Father Gods, but there could only be one Mother God. Carlson's mummified figure acts as a spiritual memorial of sorts. At The Denver Post, Noelle writes about air quality, wildfires and other topics impacting the quality of life in Colorado. 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. In one instance, she was said to have had an outburst in the middle of a sermon. She wasnt very maternal, her mother remarks. [6] The group was originally known under the name "Galactic Federation of Light". Love Has Won (LHW)[a] is a new religious movement which was led by Amy Carlson[b] (November 30, 1975 April 2021), referred to within the group as "Mother God". She relocated to Dallas, and later to Houston, and she flourished in a suburban, middle-class lifestyle. On April 28, 2021, Miguel Lamboy walked into the Salida Police Department and told authorities that they would find an enshrined, mummified corpse, formerly Amy Carlson, at his house in Crestone, Colorado. Native American tribes called San Luis the Bloodless Valley. It was a place for sacred pilgrimages, where violence stopped. 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. Castillo has referred to the others as the false team in Facebook Live streams, and several core Love Has Won members remain with him. So, pray.Shes slowly, slowly pulling out of her vessel.. Other current and former Love Has Won members and Lamboy himself, who has not resided with other members of Love Has Won for several months as of this writing argue that he is as true a believer as anyone, and that Amys desire to relinquish control of the nuts-and-bolts side of the operation came from both a desire to focus on leading the group spiritually and a practical need to shield her from potential legal entanglements. She was shockingly thin, and her skin was blue though authorities wouldnt have known that her skin had already begun turning blue over the previous few months. 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. The following morning, on April 17, Leseman and another member, Jerri-Lee Svenson, seemed to believe she was gone. A cult leader whose mummified body was found without eyes and enshrined with Christmas lights in Colorado died due to a history of alcohol abuse, anorexia and colloidal silver dosing, her autopsy has revealed. When. In at least one case he seems to have acted on those threats, when he claimed to have broken member John Robertsons nose. 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. In those early days, Carlson was charming. 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? The Love Has Won cult first made national headlines in . [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. As such, a slightly more liberal atmosphere has taken hold. 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.. There he met the woman whom hed be with for almost 20 years, raising four children. Theyre not here to be part of the community., Frustrated, some Love Has Won members lashed out in video addresses to Wainiha residents. 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. All rights reserved. [1], On April 28, 2021, the mummified corpse of Carlson was discovered in the mission house near Crestone. 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. [30], Dateline NBC aired a two-hour documentary about the group on October 15, 2021.[31]. Thanks for contacting us. 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. Though the group has since splintered, it has left behind thousands of hours of video content, as well as tomes of written material. Fourteen members took up residence with Amy and Castillo in a luxury beachfront rental in the community of Wainiha. Ashtar Command, for example, features prominently in early addresses. Kiss Paul Stanley Has 'Thoughts' About Parents Who Support Kids Gender Identities And I had to make a jump, and I had to make a decision.. [4], According to her family, Amy Carlson grew up in Dallas, Texas, and was a "straight A student". [15] The group offered "etheric surgery", which cost $88 per session, claiming that it could remove sickness and "negative energy" from the body. 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. Four of those followers were charged with tampering with a deceased human body and three were charged with abuse of a corpse. Amy herself addressed them in her characteristically blunt manner: Fuck off! she said in a video. The daytime host brought up several of the more well-known instances of Amys alleged abusive behavior. You were going to starve God, take everything, and go feed your dicks and your pussies, he said. The scene was a grotesque spectacle unlike anything that Crestone had seen. The protestors were incensed at Amys appropriation of Hawaiian spirituality, and they also accused Love Has Won followers of flaunting local Covid restrictions. Cut to 15 years later 45-year-old "Mother God" Amy Carlson is found dead in the group's Colorado home in April 2021. [15] Carlson was last seen alive by someone outside the group on April 10, 2021. Amy Carlson, 45, who was known as "Mother. You get to be a soldier without the messy business of actual fighting. She began referring to Amerith WhiteEagle as her twin flame that they were two bodies sharing a single soul. [4] An autopsy report released in December 2021 revealed that Carlson had died from "global decline in the setting of alcohol abuse, anorexia, and chronic colloidal silver ingestion. A healthy-looking Amy Carlson in a school photo. Mother and Father were not regulars in these videos. Shes a victim as well of coercive control. The water provided some relief from her pain. 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. 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 vital, charismatic, and sunny. She was the sister I looked up to and wanted to be, says her youngest sister, Chelsea Renninger. Before she started Love Has Won, she was a regular woman working at McDonald's as a manager. Thats when my father left, he says. Its difficult to know the actual state of Amys health at this time. Wow, they painted her, one officer is heard remarking on body-cam footage that was later released. Amy Carlson, the 45-year-old "Mother God" of the Love Has Won cult, had been dead for at least four weeks before police discovered her mummified body. Within the larger 5D Full Disclosure group, there are spats and disagreements, but some members liken these to the differences between members of any family, nothing that will ultimately destroy Love Has Won as a whole. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. There are 8.5 billion children, he says. Her corpse had decayed for several weeks and was decorated with fairy lights and glitter and. Amys family was most concerned with getting her medical attention. Lamboy stated that he left Denver and went to Buena Vista, Colorado and then returned to his residence. 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. At this point, Amy was in California. I would sit there and just stare at Jesus, who was myself.. Im Pele, bitch. 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. [8] Jason Castillo would gain the position as the final "Father God" in 2018. The autopsy, conducted by the El Paso County Coroners Office, offers new details on the state in which Carlson was found. 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. Around this time, Amys family and concerned viewers contacted authorities in Mt. Im Father. Carlson, known to her. He began talking to his family about ascending, about how Jesus was a woman, and other concepts in the Love Has Won ideology. Heres How, Roy Wood Jr. A few years later, he was invested enough to join Amy in person, leaving his kids behind. 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. Though she wasnt present in California in Amys last days, Leseman described that time as grim in a live broadcast on May 2, 2021. Aug 14, 2021, 4:01 AM The cult Love Has Won believed that its leader, Amy Carlson, was God incarnate. Id sit on the stairs and look at this picture of Jesus. She was 45 at the time of her death. 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Its also then that Amy first publicly claimed to have begun experiencing otherworldly phenomena, specifically in a post from September 1st, 2007, when she claimed an etheric voice revealed to her that she would one day become the President of the United States: And I am cleaning the kitchen, baby just down for a napand I feel a tap on my shoulder and a wisk [sic] of air in my left earand then I heard a lower toned voice not really even a voice it was like a message a violin would play in its music and it said President of the united states. They are unafraid of offending. Just like QAnon, Love Has Won ties its followers into an epic storyline about the struggle for the fate of humanity. The El Paso County Coroners Office in Colorado Springs, Colorado released its findings, obtained by Rolling Stone, seven months after the death of Carlson Mother God to her followers who was 45 years old and weighed 75 pounds at the time of the April 28th discovery of her mummified corpse enshrined in a followers Colorado trailer. Amys acolytes claim that Mother God is over 19 billion years old and has lived over 500 lives. Her skin was now strikingly blue fromargyria, a result of her excessive use of colloidal silver. Behind the scenes, her worst impulses were gaining ground. That came much later., According to Love Has Won lore, Amys latent divine powers had already begun manifesting at this time. 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. Predictions were made. Carlson, known as Mother God by dozens who followed her in person and online, had for years predicted she would ascend to a fifth dimension to save humanity. 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. And she did it all for us.. God is dead. Soon that version of Amy domineering and self-destructivetook center stage in livestreams with increasing frequency. He came in and started arguing with my mom. There was beautiful cracked gilded glass above the lamp in the hallway, and this auburn glow. 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. 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. Over 100 people gathered outside the Wainiha rental home, and things quickly turned ugly. Dont push me.. At this point, much of Amys professed cosmic worldview was unoriginal, a synthesis of New Age writing she picked up through newsletters, forums, and chat rooms. Castillo echoes this sentiment, asserting that he started to take on that role at the age of three. WhiteEagles initial uploads were often simply short clips of clouds floating above the Sangre de Cristos peaks, which both he and Amy claimed were cloaked starships. These were the core group of in-person followers who both assisted and protected Amy in her quest to help the world ascend. Love Has Won has not publicly announced that Carlson has died, and instead have used their own language to describe her passing. [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. ), Perhaps the most shocking instance of threatening the public outright came from a video address by member Adam Haller in 2019. I want to warn people about just how dangerous it can become. Amys followers informed them that she had relocated to another property. Her family asserts that she became increasingly disconnected from her kids. In the meantime, Love Has Won members have scrambled to adapt, and in the process have splintered. All of the charges would later be dropped. The pastor said something that she knew was a lie, since she was Jesus, and she yelled Youre lying! and had to be removed from church, says Faith, who requested we not use her former name. (Amys family denies the veracity of these stories. We want to hear it. For a non-profit organization that claims to represent love, their actions prove otherwise, she says. 5D Full Disclosure members say that this is a natural progression. 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. Her family says she fell . Before she was Mother God, Amy Carlson was a manager at a McDonalds in Houston, Texas. [18], WhiteEagle left Carlson around 2014. [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. Colloidal silver is a substance made by suspending silver particles in a liquid, often marketed as a cure-all dietary supplement. According to the arrest affidavits, authorities said the mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine.. The scent of sage hung in the air, according to an officer on the scene. He had a love for old school country singers like Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, and John Prine, as well as a rough-around-the-edges attitude to go along with it. In early videos, hes often the primary broadcaster, though over time he would fade into the background. In that lifetime, I defied that command and jumped in the fire anyways to save her. Back at the primary Colorado headquarters, members received regular updates on Amys condition. [6], The theology of Love Has Won has been described as fluid, combining New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and elements from mainstream Abrahamic religions. Seven of Carlsons followers ended up being arrested for tampering with or abusing a corpse. Jason Castillo takes this claim even further: Mother is still fully alive and breathing in that box, he says. They arent under the direct influence of a divine authority. She just didnt have that warmth. Other facts about Mother God, according to her followers: she loves sriracha, Beat Bobby Flay, and cell phone games. We want to hear it. 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. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. A few stuffed bunny toys perched atop the mantle above Carlsons body, as if keeping vigil. 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. 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. Shasta, California to Creston, Colorado, where authorities ultimately discovered her mummified, enshrined body wrapped in a sleeping bag and Christmas lights. She has a close relationship with the spirit of Robin Williams, who provides her with spiritual counsel. Its important for us to let everyone know that Amy was a person. We've received your submission. Near the end, she sometimes had trouble keeping it down.
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