Love Has Won (Amy Carlson)
Online new-age movement led by Amy Carlson ('Mother God'), who claimed to be the reincarnation of multiple historical and pop-cultural figures. Carlson died in 2021; members continued to display her mummified body. Subject of HBO's 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God' (2023).
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BITE breakdown
0 — heavily documented in HBO's 'Love Has Won' (2023); founder's mummified body discovered 2021.
In context
Love Has Won grew through 2010s livestreams of Amy Carlson teaching a syncretic mix of QAnon, Lemurian channeling, and personal divinity. The group adopted colloidal silver, leading to Carlson's skin turning blue. After her April 2021 death from alcohol abuse and self-administered colloidal silver, members preserved her body in their Colorado home, where police discovered it weeks later. The 2023 HBO docuseries documented the trajectory.
Key control doctrines
- Carlson as 'Mother God' incarnate
- Colloidal silver consumption
- QAnon-adjacent eschatology
Legal cases & controversies
- 2021 discovery of Carlson's preserved body; no criminal charges
- Ongoing scrutiny of remaining members
Timeline
- 2007+Carlson begins online teaching
- 2018+QAnon themes increasingly absorbed
- 2021-04Carlson dies; body preserved by followers
- 2023HBO documentary releases
Sources
- HBO 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God' (2023)
- Various Vice and Daily Beast investigations
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