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Multiple ex-members of SIF have described it as a cult; Butler's status has been characterised as "akin to a God" and not willing to be questioned. [ 4 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ] They say Butler regularly mocked his devotees, publicly, calling it "a form of Krishna’s mercy".
Elizabeth Clare Prophet (née: Wulf, a.k.a. Guru Ma [1]) (April 8, 1939 – October 15, 2009) [2] was an American spiritual leader, author, orator, and writer. [3] In 1963 she married Mark L. Prophet (after ending her first marriage), who had founded The Summit Lighthouse in 1958. Mark and Elizabeth had four children.
Amy Carlson (November 30, 1975 – c. April 16, 2021), also known by her followers as Mother God, was an American cult 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 people of ...
José Luis de Jesús Miranda (April 22, 1946 – November 17, 2013) [2] [1] [3] was the leader of the Creciendo en Gracia cult, based in Miami, Florida.He claimed to be both the returned phase of Jesus Christ and the Antichrist; he was known for making statements that opposed the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church but that followed his interpretation of the Bible. [7]
The Church faced opposition from the anti-cult movement, especially the Cult Awareness Network. [142] In one case, a deprogrammer kidnapped a Church member in Belgium. [32] Along with many other new religious movements, Church Universal and Triumphant has been described as a cult, [143] [144] especially in the
Terri Lee Hoffman (née Benson; March 21, 1938 – October 31, 2015), later known as Terri Lilya Keanely, was an American religious cult leader known for the unexplained deaths of some of her followers, including two husbands, shortly after they had willed their possessions to her.
Eventually, the body is identified as Amy Carlson, former leader of the cult Love Has Won. Autopsy reports would later conclude that Carlson died of alcohol abuse, anorexia and chronic ingestion ...
The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious corporation, incorporated in California on June 25, 1971. Before incorporation, the group was founded in California in 1968 by John-Roger (formerly Roger Delano Hinkins).