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{{Short description|American cult leader (1975–2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| other_names = Mother God
| image = Amy_Carlson_Love_Has_Won.png
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1975|11|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[McPherson, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{circa}} {{Death-date and age|April 16, 2021|November 30, 1975}}
| death_place = [[Ashland, Oregon]], U.S.
| death_cause = {{hlist|[[Alcohol abuse]]|[[anorexia (symptom)|anorexia]]|chronic [[colloidal silver]] ingestion}}
| body_discovered = [[Crestone, Colorado]], U.S.
| movement = [[Love Has Won]]
| children = 3
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'''Amy Carlson''' (November 30, 1975 – {{circa}} April 16, 2021), also known by her followers as '''Mother God''', was an American religious leader  and the co-founder of the [[new religious movement]] [[Love Has Won]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2021-12-03 |title='Love Has Won' Leader Amy Carlson's Cause of Death Released |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-has-won-leader-amy-carlsons-cause-of-death-released-1266385/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Carlson and her followers believed that she was [[God]], a 19-billion-year-old being, and a [[reincarnation]] of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], and that she could heal people with [[cancer]] "with the power of love".<ref name=":6" /> Her group has been described as a [[cult]] and Carlson as a cult leader by many, including ex-members and media outlets.

Carlson's body was found [[mummy|mummified]] in Love Has Won's compound in [[Crestone, Colorado]], in April 2021.

== Early life ==
Carlson was born on November 30, 1975, in [[McPherson, Kansas]]. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and after they both remarried, Carlson was raised between their homes in Kansas and [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name="Love Has Won Ep 1">{{cite episode |title=Episode 1 |series=[[Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God]] |network=[[Max (streaming service)|Max]] |date=November 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone"/> Carlson and her sister Tara left to live with her mother and stepfather after claims of abuse by their stepmother.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god-1254916/|title=From 'Mother God' to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect 'Love Has Won'|date=November 26, 2021|last=Moyer|first=Christopher|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> The family later lived in [[Dallas]], Texas. They then relocated to [[Houston]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god-1254916/ | title=From 'Mother God' to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect 'Love Has Won' | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=26 November 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-16 |title=How a Texas mom left her family to become 'Mother God', leader of Colorado's Love Has Won cult |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/16/love-has-won-cult-mother-god/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>

Carlson had three children by three different fathers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Shoaib |first=Alia |title=Abuse, exploitation, and a mummified leader: Inside the bizarre cult Love Has Won |url=https://www.insider.com/inside-bizarre-cult-love-has-won-mother-god-amy-carlson-2021-8 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> She worked as a manager at [[McDonald's]].<ref name="New Documentary">{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Watch Our New Documentary About 'Love Has Won', a Group Former Members Call a Cult |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/love-has-won-vice-documentary/ |access-date=May 4, 2021 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref>

During the mid-2000s, Carlson developed an interest in [[New Age]] religion, and became a regular poster on the forums of the website lightworkers.org. On the forum, she met Amerith WhiteEagle, who convinced Carlson that she was divine, and Carlson began to claim to experience [[paranormal phenomena]]; specifically, she heard a voice telling her she would one day become [[President of the United States]].<ref name=":82">{{Cite magazine |last=Moyer |first=Christopher |date=2021-11-26 |title=From 'Mother God' to Mummified Corpse: Inside the Fringe Spiritual Sect 'Love Has Won' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god-1254916/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2021-11-27}}</ref>

In late 2007, Carlson left her third husband, her children, and her job,<ref name="Didn't Deserve2">{{Cite news |last=Iati |first=Marisa |title='She didn't deserve to die the way she did,' says family of cult leader found dead and mummified |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/05/love-has-won-cult-leader-dead/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="New Documentary" /> and ceased contact with most members of her family.<ref name="Didn't Deserve2" /> She then joined up with WhiteEagle in [[Colorado]].<ref name=":82"/> The group was originally known under the name "Galactic Federation of Light".<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Noelle |date=May 16, 2021 |title=How a Texas mom left her family to become 'Mother God', leader of Colorado's Love Has Won cult |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/16/love-has-won-cult-mother-god/ |access-date=May 16, 2021 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The group posted their first videos to YouTube in 2009.<ref name=":82"/> Carlson and WhiteEagle led the group as Mother and Father God.

== Love Has Won ==
{{Main|Love Has Won}}

Carlson left WhiteEagle around 2014 after gaining her first follower, Miguel Lamboy. Miguel managed the group's logistics and finances. The movement began to grow from 2014 onwards, mainly by the Internet.<ref name=":82"/> The group travelled between Colorado, [[Oregon]], California and Florida prior to 2018, before moving to [[Moffat, Colorado]].<ref name=":33"/> There was a succession of "Father Gods", with Jason Castillo becoming the final "Father God" in 2018.<ref name=":82" />

The group briefly moved to the Hawaiian island of [[Kauai]] in August 2020, where they were met with hostility from locals after Carlson publicly proclaimed that she was the Hawaiian volcano goddess [[Pele (deity)|Pele]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bodon |first=Sabrina |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Residents protest Love Has Won |url=https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/residents-protest-love-has-won/ |access-date=May 7, 2021 |website=The Garden Island |language=en-US}}</ref> A multi-day protest ensued, with protestors lighting driftwood fires and chanting Hawaiian prayers around the rented property the group were staying in.<ref name=":2" /> 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.<ref name="Violent protests2">{{Cite web |last=Tabachnik |first=Sam |date=September 11, 2020 |title='Cult-like' Colorado spiritual group met with violent protests during Hawaiian sojourn |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/11/love-has-won-cult-protests-hawaii/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The mayor of Kauai, [[Derek Kawakami]], intervened to negotiate the departure of the group from the island.<ref name="Violent protests2"/> They subsequently flew to [[Kahului Airport]] on [[Maui]], and were convinced to return to Colorado in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=September 7, 2020 |title=Police say Colorado-based group, Love Has Won, has departed Hawaii |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/07/breaking-news/police-say-colorado-based-group-love-has-won-has-departed-hawaii/ |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Sallinger |first=Rick |date=May 20, 2021 |title='Love Has Won' Cult Reappears Online Under New Name: 5D Full Disclosure |url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/05/20/love-has-won-cult-crestone-5d-full-disclosure/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=CBS Denver |language=en-US}}</ref>

Just before Carlson's death in April 2021, Lamboy paid the Colorado [[Secretary of state|Secretary of State]]'s office $50 to register a new nonprofit, Gaia's Crystal Schools Inc., listing the associated address as 4 Alcedo Court, where authorities recovered Carlson's body.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=2023-11-14 |title=The True Story Behind HBO's Love Has Won |url=https://time.com/6333436/love-has-won-true-story-hbo/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>

Carlson's followers claimed that, rather than dying, she had "ascended" to the fifth dimension after assuming all of mankind's pain. The website lovehaswon.org was taken offline.<ref name="Severe Charges2">{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Noelle |date=May 5, 2021 |title=Love Has Won followers face more severe charges in connection with cult leader's death |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/05/love-has-won-cult-amy-carlson-death/ |access-date=May 6, 2021 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Could It Have">{{Cite web |last=Kinkade |first=Skye |title=Authorities don't know where Love Has Won leader died. Could it have been in Siskiyou? |url=https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/05/04/where-did-love-has-won-leader-die-could-have-been-siskiyou/4942538001/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=Mount Shasta Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>{{When?|date=August 2024}} Several core members of Love Has Won still believe that Amy Carlson is God and reject what they refer to as the "3D world".<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |date=2023-11-14 |title=Mother God, Robin Williams, and Alcohol as Medicine: Inside Love Has Won |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/11/love-has-won-mother-god-cult-amy-carlson |access-date=2023-11-27 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>

The group renamed their Facebook page and YouTube channel "5D Full Disclosure",<ref name=":33" /> and launched a new website, 5dfulldisclosure.org. In the aftermath of Carlson's death, the group splintered, with Castillo forming the separate group Joy Rains with a small number of followers.<ref name=":52">{{Cite news |last=Vallejo |first=Justin |date=June 10, 2021 |title='They become re-wired, a different person': Inside the fight to deprogram Love Has Won cult members |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/love-has-won-mother-god-cult-b1858639.html}}</ref>

=== Mother God and beliefs ===
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Carlson's teachings revolved around the idea that she was the 534th incarnation of Mother God, a deity who was destined to lead exactly [[144,000]] believers out of the superficial reality of the "3-D world" and into a fifth-dimensional plane of higher existence.<ref name=":0" /> She claimed to have been [[Mother Nature|Mother Earth]], [[Gaia]],<ref name=gaia>{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Josh K. |date=2021-05-05 |title=Cult leader's mummified body found wrapped in Xmas lights at Colorado home |language=en-US |newspaper=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7835607/cult-leader-mummified-love-has-won/ |access-date=2024-01-24}}</ref> [[White Buffalo Calf Woman]],<ref name=whitebuffalocalfwoman>{{Cite news|last1=Sottile |first1=Leah|date=2025-03-26 |title=Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult
|language=en-US |website=Literary Hub |url=https://lithub.com/leah-sottile-on-amy-carlson-aka-mother-god-and-the-creation-of-a-new-age-cult/ |access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> [[Cleopatra]], [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], [[Joan of Arc]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Peiser |first=Jaclyn |date=2021-05-05 |title=She told followers she was 'Mother God.' Her mummified body was found wrapped in Christmas lights. |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/05/cult-love-has-won-carlson/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> [[Pocahontas]],<ref name=whitebuffalocalfwoman/> [[Harriet Tubman]],<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Travers |first1=Ben|last2=Thompson|first2=Anne|date=2023-12-12 |title=The Best Documentaries and Docuseries of 2023|language=en-US |website=IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-documentaries-2023/ |access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> [[Helena Blavatsky]],<ref name=team/> and [[Marilyn Monroe]]; she claimed to have full memory of her past lives, including the [[crucifixion of Jesus]].<ref name=":6"/> She also said she could "produce [[miracle]]s, kind of [[Miracles of Jesus|like Jesus]]".<ref name=gaia/> She also claimed to be the mother of [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name=team/>

To accomplish her goals, she needed to regularly commune with "The Galactics", an "etheric team" of spiritual ambassadors that she said was largely made up of deceased celebrities<ref name=":0" /><ref name=team>{{Cite news|last1=McFarland|first1=Melanie|date=2023-04-12 |title=The celebrity worship of 'Love Has Won': Why Robin Williams may have resonated with a cult|language=en-US |website=Salon|url=https://www.salon.com/2023/12/04/love-has-won-robin-williams-culture/ |access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> including [[Robin Williams]], [[Patrick Swayze]],<ref name="pets">{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Meredith |date=2023-11-28 |title=HBO's 'Love Has Won' shows how cult leader Amy Carlson went from McDonald's manager to mummy|language=en-US |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-11-28/love-has-won-amy-carlson-hbo-director |access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref> [[John Lennon]] (identified with [[Ashtar (extraterrestrial being)|Ashtar]]),<ref name="team" /> [[Whitney Houston]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Steve Irwin]], [[Carrie Fisher]], [[Rodney Dangerfield]], [[Tupac Shakur]], [[Chris Farley]], [[David Bowie]], [[Gene Wilder]], and [[Michael Jackson]], as well as the living [[Donald Trump]] and [[Carol Burnett]]. She also claimed to receive help from the [[Count of St. Germain]].<ref name=team/>

She claimed that she lived in [[Lemuria]] and Trump was her father. A special, obscure technology was stolen, causing an explosion that sank [[Atlantis]]. "Mother God" was able to save the technology, but was not able to fully ascend to the fifth dimension because humanity was not ready, so she continued returning to Earth in human form.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |author1=Virginia Pelley |date=2021-09-07 |title=How a Former McDonald's Manager Convinced Millennial Women She Was God |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a37417778/love-has-won-cult-amy-carlson-stroud-death/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Marie Claire Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

The group's former website said that Carlson was a spiritual surgeon who would work "multidimensionally" to operate on people's bodies and cure various physical ailments. She said she had cured cancer, [[Lyme disease]], addiction, and suicidal thoughts, as well as removed brain tumors, and helped cases of [[Autism spectrum|autism]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />

== Death ==
By September 2020, Carlson was in poor health and was [[Paralysis|paralyzed]] from the waist down; Carlson herself stated that she had cancer.<ref name="Arrested After">{{Cite news |last=Yuhas |first=Alan |date=May 5, 2021 |title=7 Arrested After Police Find Mummified Body in Colorado Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/colorado-amy-carlson-love-has-won.html |access-date=May 6, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Violent protests2"/> In the weeks leading up to her death, the police were called multiple times to perform [[Wellness check|wellness checks]] on her. On each visit, LHW members claimed she was not home.<ref name=":3" />

In early April 2021, the group was located in an RV park in [[Mount Shasta, California|Mount Shasta]] in northern California but were asked to leave due to overcrowding.<ref name="Roots Shasta">{{Cite web |last=Kinkade |first=Skye |title=Spiritual group accused of cult-like activities may be planting roots in Mt. Shasta area |url=https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/04/26/cult-like-group-love-has-won-planting-roots-mt-shasta-area-love-has-won/4844980001/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=Mount Shasta Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> Carlson was last seen alive by someone outside the group on April 10, 2021.<ref name=":52" />

In the [[HBO]] documentary [[Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God|''Love Has Won'']], the group said that they traveled to [[Ashland, Oregon]], upon Carlson's request, and stayed in Callahan's Mountain Lodge. While there, Carlson lost all [[motor control]] and had to be carried around. According to a YouTube video by two members, Carlson had asked to be taken to the hospital, but they had refused.<ref name=":3" /> She died in the room at Callahan's Mountain Lodge on an unknown date very soon after the move. The group moved Carlson's body a few days after her death to the [[Mount Hood National Forest]] when the hotel staff became suspicious. The group waited for the "Galactic" beings to pick up her body, but Castillo claimed that he heard a calling to move Carlson's body. Her body was driven back to the group's mission home at 4 Alceda Court in Saguache County near [[Crestone, Colorado]].<ref name="Love Has Won Ep 3">{{cite episode |title=Episode 3 |series=[[Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God]] |network=[[Max (streaming service)|Max]] |date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>

On April 28, 2021, Lamboy went to the [[Saguache County, Colorado|Saguache County]] police department<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-10 |title=Love Has Won: Family's grief at death of mummified cult leader |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57017270 |access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> and reported that the group had come to his home with Carlson's corpse and were staying there without permission, and that he had not been in touch with Carlson for several months. Upon arrival, police discovered Carlson's mummified corpse; its state of decay suggested that she had been dead for several weeks. 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]]. Seven members of the group were charged with [[Necrophilia|abuse of a corpse]] as well as child abuse due to the presence of two children in the property.<ref name="Found Mummified">{{Cite web |last=Graziosi |first=Graig |date=May 4, 2021 |title=What we know about the Love Has Won 'cult' whose leader was found mummified in Colorado |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-corpse-love-has-won-b1842127.html |access-date=May 4, 2021 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Noelle |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Mummified remains of Love Has Won cult leader found in group's Colorado home |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03/love-has-won-cult-leader-dead/ |access-date=May 4, 2021 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> A photo from a few weeks before Carlson is thought to have died shows her appearance to be [[Emaciation|emaciated]]; she had [[Hair loss|thinning hair]] and [[Argyria|discolored skin]] with a purplish hue.<ref name="Found Mummified" /> She was 75 pounds when she died.<ref name=":1" />

According to Saguache County Coroner Tom Perrin, Carlson had been ingesting large amounts of [[colloidal silver]], which the group had been [[COVID-19 misinformation#Silver|promoting as a COVID-19 cure]], and had received a warning from the [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] for promoting it.<ref name="Glitter">{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Carol |date=May 3, 2021 |title='Mummified' Cultist's Corpse Found With Glitter Makeup but No Eyes |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/mummified-cultists-corpse-found-with-glitter-makeup-but-no-eyes |access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaia's Whole Healing Essentials Warned for Colloidal Silver Coronavirus Claims |url=https://www.consumerlab.com/recalls/14353/gaias-whole-healing-essentials-warned-for-colloidal-silver-coronavirus-claims/ |access-date=May 6, 2021 |website=ConsumerLab.com |language=en}}</ref> Consuming colloidal silver over a long period of time can lead to blue-grey discoloration of the skin, as well as seizures and organ failure.<ref name="Found Mummified" /> An [[autopsy]] report released in December 2021 stated that Carlson had died from "global decline in the setting of [[alcohol abuse]], [[Anorexia (symptom)|anorexia]], and chronic colloidal silver ingestion".<ref name="Independent2021">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Alcohol, anorexia, colloidal silver dosing killed Love Has Won cult leader |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/love-has-won-cult-leader-autopsy-b1968987.html |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The autopsy found no evidence that Carlson had cancer.<ref name="Independent2021"/>

On May 5, [[District attorney|Deputy District Attorney]] Alex Raines announced plans to upgrade the abuse of corpse charges to the more serious charge of tampering with a deceased human body, and the group members were reported to be facing a mix of charges of [[child abuse]], abuse of a corpse, tampering with deceased human remains, and [[false imprisonment]].<ref name="Severe Charges2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vallejo |first=Justin |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Love has Won cult member Christopher Royer appears in court |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/love-has-won-christopher-royer-b1854574.html |access-date=May 31, 2021 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The charges were later dropped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=Charges related to death of spiritual leader dropped |url=https://apnews.com/article/colorado-child-abuse-amy-carlson-abbe4072a709918e8642cb3198b88500 |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

Though the house and the group's bank accounts were in Lamboy's name, he was not charged in connection with the corpse. Lamboy reportedly emptied the group's bank account, which contained $330,000. Group members reported that they had not heard from Lamboy since April 28, 2021, and several news outlets have failed to locate him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shoaib |first=Alia |title=Abuse, exploitation, and a mummified leader: Inside the bizarre cult Love Has Won |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-bizarre-cult-love-has-won-mother-god-amy-carlson-2021-8 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Media appearances ==
Carlson appeared on ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'' in 2020, where she spread her claims of being God and confronted her family.<ref name=":6" />

''[[Dateline NBC]]'' aired a two-hour documentary about the group on October 15, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |author=Phillips, Noelle |date=October 15, 2021 |title=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 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/15/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god/ |access-date=15 October 2021 |website=DenverPost.com |publisher=[[The Denver Post]]}}</ref>

The [[HBO]] documentary series ''[[Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God]]'', directed by [[Hannah Olson]], premiered on November 13, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=June 11, 2021 |title=HBO Greenlights 'Love Has Won' Docuseries Directed By 'Baby God' Helmer Hannah Olson |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/hbo-love-has-won-docuseries-hannah-olson-amy-carlson-mother-god-1234773934/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 8, 2023 |title=HBO Original Documentary Series 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God' Debuts November 13 |url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-original-documentary-series-love-has-won-cult-mother-god-debuts-november-13 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]}}</ref>

A book about Amy Carlson, Love Has Won and the New Age leaders, called ''Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets and the Fever Dream of the American New Age'', was published by journalist [[Leah Sottile]] in March 2022. <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-sottile/blazing-eye-sees-all/9781538742600/ |title=Blazing Eye Sees All |date=2024-07-01 |isbn=978-1-5387-4260-0 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burton |first=By Tara Isabella |title=‘Blazing Eye Sees All’ and ‘Godstruck’: Struck by the Spirit |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/blazing-eye-sees-all-and-godstruck-struck-by-the-spirit-603fb051 |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[God complex]]
* [[List of people claimed to be Jesus]]

== References ==
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Amy Carlson (religious leader) - Revision history

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