[4], According to her family, Amy Carlson grew up in Dallas, Texas, and was a "straight A student". After all, why wouldnt an autopsy of God incarnate have the potential to turn up something miraculous? 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. Since core leadership of the group was gone, a power vacuum remained, and the dynamic rapidly changed. In fact, they seem to revel in it. In the meantime, Amy split her time between her mothers house in Kansas and Oklahoma, where she, as family and even Jason Castillo (Father God) would later describe, had a difficult relationship with her stepmother. All rights reserved. They would try to do some crazy shit. She wasnt even making sense. They were encouraged to cut ties with unsupportive family members. ), Perhaps most shockingly, Amy at times asked for medical intervention, and her followers apparently denied it, worried that the cabal might get to her. We've received your submission. Days were filled with lots of housework. 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.. 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. Amys drinking became dire. 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. Fourteen members took up residence with Amy and Castillo in a luxury beachfront rental in the community of Wainiha. They believed she suffered from mental illness, but her physical deterioration was also becoming extreme. Each day, Amys progress was updated, though she virtually never appeared on camera. Theyre well aware that the needs of a few are unimportant compared to the whole planet. 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'. 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. Thanks for contacting us. She is very, very, very close. According to both her family and her followers, the ambulance was turned away. Aug 14, 2021, 4:01 AM The cult Love Has Won believed that its leader, Amy Carlson, was God incarnate. The group has been described as a cult by ex-members and media outlets. A few stuffed bunny toys perched atop the mantle above Carlsons body, as if keeping vigil. 5D Full Disclosure emerged as the current name, complete with a new web store selling spiritual surgery services. To be quite honest, the first two weeks were the happiest time of my life.. 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. [8] The group posted their first videos to YouTube in 2009. By as early as 2013, Castillo had already developed an interest in Amy and Love Has Won through her online presence. 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. [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. 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". Could it have been in Siskiyou? [20] The mayor of Kauai, Derek Kawakami, intervened to negotiate the departure of the group from the island. Near the end, she sometimes had trouble keeping it down. 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. 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. ), Perhaps the most shocking instance of threatening the public outright came from a video address by member Adam Haller in 2019. There he met the woman whom hed be with for almost 20 years, raising four children. If team members made a mistake, either Mother God or Father God might lose their temper on them in a spectacularly explosive fashion. Love Has Won members talk about loving one another (and the entire world) all the time, even when their behavior doesnt line up with that ideal, and members were told they hold positions of great otherworldly significance. We have to keep going. 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. Or, at least, she has shed her physical vessel, ascending from this life to a higher plane of existence, one of pure love and enlightenment. 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. Seven of Amys followers were present, along with two sleeping children, including Lamboys two-year-old son. People feel close to the divine there, nestled on the edge of the San Luis Valley. 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. Search for your true identity, your divine higher self, Castillo had said. Woo! Her mother puts it simply: She was not a leader. 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. In the meantime, Love Has Won members have scrambled to adapt, and in the process have splintered. They attracted attention in a bigger way that month, when they set up shop on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. [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 body was found in a sleeping bag wrapped in Christmas lights, the face covered in glitter and the eyes missing, in what authorities stated was a makeshift shrine. Devin Booker sulked. Decomp and mummification thats what Im guessing at this point.. The Saguache County coroner has identified a woman found dead inside a home used by the Love Has Won cult as Amy Carlson, the groups leader, but hes not yet been able to determine her cause of death because of the need for complicated lab testing. They arent under the direct influence of a divine authority. In April 2020, Gaias Whole Healing Essentials received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. I want people to understand that this is what can happen to you if you get involved with a cult. They took questions from the livestream chat audience. 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? You were going to starve God, take everything, and go feed your dicks and your pussies, he said. 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. Later on the same day, Bobby Leseman and co-broadcaster Dylan Woodward offered an update. One thread that ran through it all: the worlds external suffering had to be played out physically upon Amys body. Her mummified corpse weighed a mere 75 pounds when the autopsy was carried out. I would sit there and just stare at Jesus, who was myself.. According to the arrest affidavits, authorities said the mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine.. I am blown away by the ignorance, protestor Mahina Laughlin told local newspaper The Garden Island. Im Pele, bitch. 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Apart from livestreaming for hours a day, members wrote blog articles, performed online consultations, and worked on their e-commerce business, Gaias Whole Healing Essentials, which sold things like essential oils, crystal pyramids, and colloidal silver, which Amy herself took obsessively. At times, they appear to be living in tents. This article is about the religious group. They also claim that she occasionally moved her hands during the time in which her followers kept her enshrined. Lamboy stated that he left Denver and went to Buena Vista, Colorado and then returned to his residence. 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. 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. 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. 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. [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. The First Contact Ground Crew Team sat in front of colorful tapestries and joked together, argued, and proselytized. Castillo was ruggedly handsome, with long dark hair often pulled into a ponytail. So say the followers of Love Has Won, who believe that God is a 45-year-old woman. Back at the primary Colorado headquarters, members received regular updates on Amys condition. They are the global elite, tied to the Illuminati, and they pull the worlds sinister strings, orchestrating the dark sham that is modern life, in which everything from wars to mass shootings and pandemics are all illusory, engineered to keep humanity mired in a state of fear. [6], The theology of Love Has Won has been described as fluid, combining New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and elements from mainstream Abrahamic religions. He earned the nickname Chavez, after Eric Chavez, then a third baseman for the Oakland As. Well kill you, he said. [13], A core group of 1220 members lived with Carlson in Crestone, a small town in Saguache County in southwestern Colorado. Members money became Mother Gods money members were encouraged to contribute funds towards Love Has Won projects and to pay for counseling and etheric surgery sessions. Theres nothing we can do about Amy now, her mother says. 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. All rights reserved. They believe that she is, in fact, still among them believers talk about feeling her presence in their lives and, in some instances, receiving regular direct communication from her. She was vital, charismatic, and sunny. At The Denver Post, Noelle writes about air quality, wildfires and other topics impacting the quality of life in Colorado. 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. Lamboy stated that he got up this morning (April 28, 2021) and left for Denver, Colorado, reads the affidavit. She appeared healthy. That came much later., According to Love Has Won lore, Amys latent divine powers had already begun manifesting at this time. A former member of the cult Love Has Won - whose leader's corpse was found mummified and adorned with fairy lights and glitter in a Colorado home alongside several of the group's adherents - has spoken out about the shocking incident.. In Carlson's early adult life, however, she began to talk increasingly about "outlandish concepts" such as starships. Shes a victim as well of coercive control. Lamboy quickly positioned himself as a valuable logistical asset, an organized thinker with a talent for quiet leadership and the ability to handle money. [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. Kevin Durant moped. Patterson: Only killing yourself in the process. She relocated to Dallas, and later to Houston, and she flourished in a suburban, middle-class lifestyle. 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. 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.. 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. 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. On 28 April, sheriff's deputies conducted a search of a home in Colorado where members of the religious group Love Has Won were known to be living. She was the queen of the mythical ancient city of Lemuria before its violent fall, during which time, they say, Donald Trump was her father. [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. 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. (The woman, who Rolling Stone chose not to name, did not reply to multiple requests for comment.). Love Has Won pivoted, trying instead to relocate to Maui. [4][13][6] The group also adopted elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory. The room was decorated much like a childs bedroom, with rainbows and hearts and stars. Native American tribes called San Luis the Bloodless Valley. It was a place for sacred pilgrimages, where violence stopped. In 1984, when Amy was nine years old, her mother remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. She was the sister I looked up to and wanted to be, her youngest sister, Chelsea Renninger, tells Rolling Stone. It cares about God. Goalposts were moved. When he joined Amy in early 2014, Lamboy, then 35, became the first true member of the nascent Love Has Won. Amy would rant and scream at people quite often, ex-member Jeremy Brown recounts. He apparently had no knowledge of Amys death, or how her corpse she died in California ended up in his Colorado home. 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. Her family asserts that she became increasingly disconnected from her kids. 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. Source: YouTube / 5D Full Disclosure She was a victim, too.. Crestone, Colorado, with its jaw-dropping vistas and vast expanses of wilderness, was the ideal place for Love Has Won to blossom. So, absolutely not., Its unclear exactly when Amy passed away. Shasta, which resulted in the wellness check. Amy herself was expected to ascend in a starship or, perhaps, through a portal in the ocean. And she did it all for us.. Castillo echoes this sentiment, asserting that he started to take on that role at the age of three. 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. According to their doctrine, Amys body acted as a filtration system, cleansing the world of negative energies and low vibrations, causing her indescribable physical suffering. The idea of Ashtar Command essentially an extraterrestrial law enforcement organization that would save humanity stretches back into the 1950s. They would try to take her to surgery. 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Her eyes had deteriorated to the point that they appeared to be missing entirely, and the area around the empty sockets had been dusted with glitter makeup. 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'. [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. Amerith WhiteEagle speaks in a calming, loving tone over the soundtrack of Closer to Heaven, by the Alan Parsons Project. Just like QAnon, Love Has Won ties its followers into an epic storyline about the struggle for the fate of humanity. ), By her early twenties, Amy had three children, and had been married and divorced once. [19] A multi-day protest ensued, with protestors lighting driftwood fires and chanting Hawaiian prayers around the rented property the group were staying in. God is dead. One of the groups biggest money makers has been etheric surgery, a form of remote energy healing said to cure any and all diseases. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time But as she grew into her role as spiritual leader, her teachings increasingly became her own. The follower told investigators he had taken in the group because they needed a place to stay. Her family says she fell . Dont push me.. A few years later, he was invested enough to join Amy in person, leaving his kids behind. I loved her, and she knew I loved her. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. There could be many Father Gods, but there could only be one Mother God. Carlson, known to her. Officials said they believe the. According to his sister, Mindy Boyer, he was confident, athletic, and attractive, making a name for himself as both a football and baseball player. 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. 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. All of the charges would later be dropped. Shes still kicking ass for us. Police recovered Amys body on the 28th. Amy drank, and by several accounts was a mean drunk, frustrated with those she saw as working against her. Succession Recap: Logan Roy Makes Shock Return, Shiv and Tom Get Kinky, 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. Soon, producing video content became a more or less daily activity. [26][27] The charges were later dropped. Jan. 14, 2009 marks the very first Love Has Won YouTube video. [26][29] The group renamed their Facebook page and YouTube channel to "5D Full Disclosure",[8] and launched a new website, 5dfulldisclosure.org. By the mid-2000s, Amy had begun to develop a preoccupation with New Age spiritual thought. Her body was in an advanced state of decomposition. Amy Carlson was supposed to be the incarnate of Marilyn Monroe, Joan of Arc, and Jesus Christ. [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. 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. Amy Carlson was not supposed to physically die. Its important for us to let everyone know that Amy was a person. 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. Her father remarried around the same time, and a custody battle ensued. Leseman: Mom is going to ascend tonight! Im Father. 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. The water provided some relief from her pain. On the forum, she met Amerith WhiteEagle, who convinced Carlson that she was divine, and Carlson began to claim to experience paranormal phenomena. 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. In those early days, Carlson was charming. Amy Carlson, 45, who was known as "Mother. It does not abuse in the name of calling out bad energy. His sister asserts that he began struggling with substance abuse at this time in particular crystal meth. [1], On April 28, 2021, the mummified corpse of Carlson was discovered in the mission house near Crestone. Four of those followers were charged with tampering with a deceased human body and three were charged with abuse of a corpse. I couldnt get through to her. 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. 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. You either stand by Mother God, or youll be taken out, member Ryan Kramer (aka El Morya) remarked in one video. 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. Behind the scenes, her worst impulses were gaining ground. Love Has Won in all its new forms continues to draw in more people, receive more donations, and sell more products. 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. And yet his duty was elsewhere. [30], Dateline NBC aired a two-hour documentary about the group on October 15, 2021.[31]. My 3D children are the greatest children on the planet, he tells Rolling Stone. Who the fuck are you going to go around to Heaven? (Reheart is a Love Has Won term, a replacement for remind.), Castillo and the six other Love Has Won members who were criminally charged with abuse of a corpse and child abuse awaited trial throughout the summer of 2021. Averse to athletics, she found a creative outlet in the church choir and in theatrical plays. We would do lots of recreational things like have dance parties, play basketball together, and hold hands and pray at meal time. Archeia Faith remarks that shes eager to see the results of the autopsy, as she suspects it may detail inexplicable phenomena that have never been scientifically documented. Amy herself, as well as two other Love Has Won representatives Ashley Peluso and Lauren Suarez participated via video call. Carlsons identity recently was confirmed through a DNA test, Coroner Tom Perrin said. He would come to call this his 3D family. 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Severing her connection to everything shed known before, Amy headed west towards Colorado to fulfill her mission: to awaken every human on the planet. They could see the twinkling, multi-colored makeshift shrine from down the hallway.

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