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Olson was introduced to Love Has Won and Amy Carlson by a New Age scholar at University of Texas at Austin, wondering how Carlson went from a McDonald's manager to a cult leader. [3] [4] Olson approached followers of Carlson with empathy and curiosity, interested primarily in the systematic and social factors that led them to Love Has Won. [5]
Love Has Won (LHW), also known as the Galactic Federation of Light and Joy Rains, is an American new religious movement which was led by Amy Carlson until her death in 2021. . Carlson was referred to within the group as "Mother God", who described herself as, among other things, the creator of the univer
Love Has Won, a three-part series from director Hannah Olson (Baby God) that premieres Nov. 13, tells the sad, weird story of Carlson and her Love Has Won community.
Amy Carlson (November 30, 1975 – c. 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. [1] Carlson and her followers believed that she was God, a 19-billion-year-old being, and a reincarnation of Jesus Christ , and that she could heal ...
That's a quote from a member of an organization called Love Has Won in a new HBO docu-series, titled "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God." The group is, by most accounts, a cult that grabbed ...
Director Hannah Olson says her HBO docuseries 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God' isn't a film about cults, but instead is an 'American tragedy about disenchantment with the American dream.'
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Olson was born in Minnetonka, Minnesota.She graduated from Hopkins High School and Brown University. [5] In 2020, she made her directing debut with the documentary film, Baby God, about the investigation of Dr. Quincy Fortier. [6]