They also claim that she occasionally moved her hands during the time in which her followers kept her enshrined. Carlson was found dead and mummified in April, but the endeavor to deprogram members continues. But her mother and other observers who try to dispel the cults instruction believe she ultimately became a victim of her own teachings. Each day, Amys progress was updated, though she virtually never appeared on camera. And she did it all for us.. 'Love Has Won' Leader Amy Carlson's Cause of Death Released Woman called "Mother God" by her followers weighed just 75 pounds when her mummified corpse was discovered by authorities in. 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". Theyre not here to be part of the community., Frustrated, some Love Has Won members lashed out in video addresses to Wainiha residents. [23][24] Consuming colloidal silver over a long period of time can lead to blue-grey discolouration of the skin, as well as seizures and organ failure. Wow, they painted her, one officer is heard remarking on body-cam footage that was later released. [1], On April 28, 2021, the mummified corpse of Carlson was discovered in the mission house near Crestone. 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? To her followers, Amy Carlson's death was an "ascension.". For a time, watching the Love Has Won livestream was like watching a very strange season of The Real World. You didnt save her. 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[20] They subsequently flew to Kahului Airport on Maui, but were convinced to fly back to Colorado in September 2020. Love Has Won/Facebook Amy "Mother God" Carlson, the former leader of Love Has Won who claimed that she is the Hawaiian goddess of fire. There he met the woman whom hed be with for almost 20 years, raising four children. Ambassadors tended to communicate through Facebook and large group chats on Skype. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. ), Perhaps most shockingly, Amy at times asked for medical intervention, and her followers apparently denied it, worried that the cabal might get to her. [6] The group travelled between Colorado, Oregon, California and Florida prior to 2018, before moving to Moffat, Colorado. Amy herself addressed them in her characteristically blunt manner: Fuck off! she said in a video. You either stand by Mother God, or youll be taken out, member Ryan Kramer (aka El Morya) remarked in one video. Most were young, and all were enthusiastic, kicking off every video with a group cheer, shouting Love Has Won, and breaking into applause. 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. By August 2020, Love Has Won had grown to include around 200 dedicated adherents. How did Love Has Won cult leader die? Many components of Love Has Wons beliefs began falling into place. Amy Carlson, the leader of the Love Has Won cult, was found dead in a house in Colorado. He said to me that he was out. Soon, Amy was living in a lovely forest home beside a river typically with Lamboy behind the camera. 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. Officers documented Lamboys full report in an affidavit, in which his association with the group is downplayed, describing the followers living in his house off and on for years as people who temporarily needed a place to stay. 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. Barry Recap: A Tragic Death Shakes Up Bill Haders Dark Satire 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. 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. 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.]. Fourteen members took up residence with Amy and Castillo in a luxury beachfront rental in the community of Wainiha. He became a fixture in streams, typically seated beside Amy in bed, laptop resting on his legs, often smiling, usually shirtless. "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. In an exclusive interview with NBC's. 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. Im Pele, bitch. "[8] Despite the group banning drink and drugs for members, Carlson was accused of drinking large amounts of alcohol and subsequently behaving abusively. (That claim was removed from their website.). When. . [5] During the mid 2000s Carlson developed an interest in New Age philosophy, and became a regular poster on the forums of the website Lightworkers.org. Could it have been in Siskiyou? 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.. Amys followers informed them that she had relocated to another property. As such, a slightly more liberal atmosphere has taken hold. 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. [26] After Carlson's death was publicised, the group's Facebook page stated that she had "ascended", and the website Lovehaswon.org was taken offline. And, you can bet your fuckin ass that someone in that hospital, whoever it would be, would get hijacked and go straight for Mom, try to do who knows what. "The Saguache County Sheriff's Office has received many complaints from families within the United States. Shasta, California to Creston, Colorado, where authorities ultimately discovered her mummified, enshrined body wrapped in a sleeping bag and Christmas lights. Former members have said they experienced abuse and exploitation during their time with the group. Keeler: Chris Paul got dirty. The autopsy, conducted by the El Paso County Coroners Office, offers new details on the state in which Carlson was found. Ex-members claim that Amy and Castillo would control their food intake and sleep schedule, and most members were expected to live celibate lives free of romantic relationships. Amy herself, as well as two other Love Has Won representatives Ashley Peluso and Lauren Suarez participated via video call. According to a source speaking with The Guru. [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. For a non-profit organization that claims to represent love, their actions prove otherwise, she says. They are unafraid of offending. So, pray.Shes slowly, slowly pulling out of her vessel.. But we didnt have much of an option for getting her help. Her pain was described as reaching 50 out of 10. Miguel Lamboy described her situation as very dire, and warned that something may happen to Amys physical body. 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". In the QAnon community, Amy and her followers found a group that was eager to engage and eager to donate money. 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. ", "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. I didnt want to leave, but they told me I had to fulfill my mission. [4] The group did daily livestreams on YouTube in order to recruit more members, solicit donations, and promote New Age products[7] and vitamin supplements. We dont even have the cause of death yet. There was beautiful cracked gilded glass above the lamp in the hallway, and this auburn glow. By Sept. 13, 2018, she had processed 99.3 of the worlds negative energy. 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. 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. 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At the time, authorities believed shed been dead for some time, though they didnt know how long. 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. We want to hear it. Later on the same day, Bobby Leseman and co-broadcaster Dylan Woodward offered an update. Authorities noted when her body was found, her eyes appeared to be missing, but the autopsy found no evidence of trauma. 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. 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.. Amanda Ray of Rising Above Love Has Won claims that she spoke to the groups Mt. 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. 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. [4], According to her family, Amy Carlson grew up in Dallas, Texas, and was a "straight A student". [10] Carlson had stated that Donald Trump was her father in a past life, and that she had spoken to the spirit of deceased actor Robin Williams, who she claimed was Archangel Zadkiel. 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? Jason Castillo takes this claim even further: Mother is still fully alive and breathing in that box, he says. Despite the bizarre incident, Andrew Profaci, a former high-profile member of the group, said he was unsurprised. In the meantime, Love Has Won members have scrambled to adapt, and in the process have splintered. She was 45 at the time of her death. [13] The group's theology also included references to the concepts of Atlantis, the Anunnaki and "reptilians". She wasnt very maternal, her mother remarks. When Love Has Won later became a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization in 2019, it was Lamboy who made it happen. According to Linda Haythorne, Amys mother, her parents separated when she was a child. [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. As of this writing, the coroners report has still not been released. Lamboy stated that he got up this morning (April 28, 2021) and left for Denver, Colorado, reads the affidavit. Amy Carlson: The Woman Who Claimed to Be (Mother) God [26][27] The charges were later dropped. 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 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. Hes soft-spoken and handsome, with kind eyes; he comes across as serene and spiritual. Heres How, Roy Wood Jr. Seven members of the group were charged with abuse of a corpse as well as child abuse due to the presence of two children in the property. 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. Castillo was ruggedly handsome, with long dark hair often pulled into a ponytail. Near the end, she sometimes had trouble keeping it down. Love Has Won, established in 2018, claims to have followers around the world. And yet his duty was elsewhere. All rights reserved. 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. But a few hours later, in a follow-up stream, Leseman seemed to indicate that Amy was still alive, saying Mom is still resting. They took questions from the livestream chat audience. Behind the scenes, her worst impulses were gaining ground. 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. Amys acolytes claim that Mother God is over 19 billion years old and has lived over 500 lives. The idea of Ashtar Command essentially an extraterrestrial law enforcement organization that would save humanity stretches back into the 1950s. Seven of Amys followers were present, along with two sleeping children, including Lamboys two-year-old son. Around this time, Amys family and concerned viewers contacted authorities in Mt. [18], WhiteEagle left Carlson around 2014. Amys drinking became dire. A few stuffed bunny toys perched atop the mantle above Carlsons body, as if keeping vigil. 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. And I could tell by the way that he talked. Averse to athletics, she found a creative outlet in the church choir and in theatrical plays. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, Thats just decomp, said another. But how things developed to this point and how they would progress in the aftermath offer a glimpse into what happens when streaming culture, a fringe spiritual sect, and conspiracy theory thinking collide. [4][13][6] The group also adopted elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory. 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For most of Jason Castillos formative years in Rhineland, his mother was single, and according to his sister, Castillo dutifully stepped into the role of man of the house, always seeking to support their mother. 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. 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". Devin Booker sulked. [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. He would come to call this his 3D family. Shes still kicking ass for us. Police recovered Amys body on the 28th. On a livestream on April 16, member Bobby Leseman told viewers: Mom is not good. 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. Amys family was most concerned with getting her medical attention. [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. So, absolutely not., Its unclear exactly when Amy passed away. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Amy. Her skin was now strikingly blue fromargyria, a result of her excessive use of colloidal silver. 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 also communicated with followers through Skype regularly, even while living under the same roof. After a humiliating public display of ones own failings and culpability, the leaders uncontested version of reality seems increasingly valid.. 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. They say Mother God had healed him, and in doing so molded a true believer. In the immediate aftermath of Amys death, some familiar with Love Has Won feared that things might take an even darker turn and like Heavens Gate before it, attempt some sort of mass ascension. Mother and Father were not regulars in these videos. A healthy-looking Amy Carlson in a school photo. And yet, for those in the group, the results of the autopsy are essentially moot. Shasta, California. According to the arrest affidavits, authorities said the mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine.. 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. Outside the main group residing with Amy, there were also auxiliary groups meeting in person in Australia, South Africa, and Central America. I remember being five years old maybe six sitting on the weekends in my grandparents house, he tells Rolling Stone. Amy Carlson was not supposed to physically die. 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. When Saguache County police officers arrived at Lamboys house in Crestone, they found Carlson immediately. 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. We will fucking kill you, because theres no time left. In fact, they seem to revel in it. She is very, very, very close. 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. Id sit on the stairs and look at this picture of Jesus. Carlsons identity recently was confirmed through a DNA test, Coroner Tom Perrin said. She has a close relationship with the spirit of Robin Williams, who provides her with spiritual counsel. You get to be a soldier without the messy business of actual fighting. Soon, producing video content became a more or less daily activity. 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. Amy drank, and by several accounts was a mean drunk, frustrated with those she saw as working against her. 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That was always a possibility, but it was nobodys plan. 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. He came in and started arguing with my mom. 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. Investigators believe Carlson died in California and that some of her followers drove her body to the Colorado compound after her death. Theres no fence sitting. Well kill you, he said. Goalposts were moved. Her followers said that Amy was bedridden, and eventually that she was paralyzed from the waist down. From 'Mother God' to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect 'Love Has Won' Amy Carlson was supposed to be the incarnate of Marilyn Monroe, Joan of Arc, and Jesus Christ. [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. 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. They attracted attention in a bigger way that month, when they set up shop on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time I calmed my mom down and said, Im right here. Thats the earliest that I can recall the responsibility of being a father., Around 1999, when he was in his mid-twenties, Castillo relocated to Sacramento.