Brief: The Mother God Cult

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Amy Carlson’s metallic blue body was covered in glitter, wrapped in a sleeping bag, and draped in Christmas lights when police found her on the night of April 16, 2021. The 45-year-old leader of the “Love Has Won” cult weighed just 75 pounds; her eyes had been removed. Carlson, known as “Mother God,” proselytized along with her followers by livestreaming around the clock, preaching a QAnon-themed spirituality that they monetized by selling colloidal silver and New Age tchotchkes. When her body was found, it was discovered that her inner circle had prepared for Carlson to be picked up by galactic starships from their Crestone, CO compound. Julian and Matthew discuss HBO’s new docu-series, “Love Has Won: The Mother God Cult,” directed by Hannah Olson. They meditate on religious freedom, spiritual tragedy, and the ethics of big-budget cult documentary filmmaking. Show Notes Denver Post article with Rick Ross comments Vulture Interview with Hannah Olson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. On the night of April 16th, 2021, police entered a mobile home in the tiny town of Crestone, Colorado.
1:12.0	There they found the 45-year Crestone, Colorado.
1:12.6	There they found the 45-year-old, 75-pound body
1:17.0	of Amy Carlson.
1:18.6	She appeared to have been dead for several weeks.
1:21.1	Her followers had wrapped her in a sleeping bag, draped her with
1:24.2	Christmas lights, and covered her face in glitter. They had removed her eyes.
1:29.3	Her skin was a metallic purplish blue.
1:33.2	Today we look at HBO's Love Has One, the Mother God cult, and we wonder aloud about
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