The Love Has Won Cult Has Taken Over a Restaurant in Crestone
The Love Has Won cult is back in Crestone and actively recruiting new members.
Be Scofield is a prominent cult reporter who exposed Love Has Won which led to the hit HBO series. She is the author of Hunting Lucifer: One Reporter's Search for Cults and Demons. Her work is cited by the NY Times, Rolling Stone, People, Netflix, and more.
By BE SCOFIELD
5/16/25
The Love Has Won cult, made famous by the hit HBO docuseries and my original reporting, is actively recruiting members in Crestone, Colorado. I learned of their latest efforts after a recent visit to the cult-famous town and an awkward encounter with the owner of a new restaurant. A local also told me he recently spent time with the group, and they tried to recruit him.
One afternoon, I attempted to enter the Bliss Cafe in Crestone when the owner, Scot Swordy, abruptly approached me. "I don't want you coming in here!" he said angrily to me. Admittedly, I was taken by surprise. In the previous few days, I had happily been buying drinks and food for a few friends in the place. "Huh?" I responded, dumbfounded. "You can't come in!" he reiterated, eyes wide and seething. "Why? What are you talking about?" I proclaimed. He then got in my face and yelled, "Because you fucked with my friends!"
As it turns out, two of the central characters from the Love Has Won cult, who were featured prominently in the docuseries, had won over Swordy. Aurora, aka Lauryn Suarez, works at the bar in his Bliss Cafe. She apparently has significant influence over Swordy and the cafe, locals tell me. "She is my manager, my rock, and the hardest-working human I’ve had the honor of working with," he's stated. Faith, who was in the docuseries, has dated Swordy on and off and is intimately involved with him.
"So you're kicking me out for having reported on Love Has Won?" I asked. "Yeah," he replied. "My reporting on the cult happened years ago," I replied. "I have the legal right to ban you!" he yelled. I turned to a friend standing next to me and said, "I'm glad you are witnessing this." Swordy continued to berate me for several minutes until I finally yelled back, "You're crazy."
To be clear, I was kind and respectful to the staff at the Bliss. I spent over $130 buying food and drinks for friends and locals over many hours. At no point did the staff indicate that there were any issues. It was only love and laughs. [UPDATE: Swordy later claimed that I "hounded" his staff for interviews that night. Nothing could be further from the truth, and he can't produce even one staff member who alleges so. I never asked any staff or guests for interviews. He's lying to retroactively provide a justification for his actions.]
It was bizarre, to say the least. How badly had Love Has Won brainwashed Scot Swordy for him to ban people critical of their cult? To actively scream in my face over this? Why was he on team "Mother God" now? Why was Swordy supporting an abusive, alcoholic, and tyrannical cult leader? It made no sense, so I started digging around. Apparently the cult has come back to Crestone in full force. It seems like Swordy is one of their newest supporters.
"They are actively recruiting," a local I'll call "Austin" told me. He recently spent time with the group in their house. "Buddah, Faith, Aurora, and Gabe are all back," he said. "There are three new members as well." Austin told me they asked him to join the group several times that evening. "They said the HBO docuseries had garnered them new followers," Austin stated. "They told me they were going to travel east around North Carolina and then Sedona to pick them up. They wanted me to come on the road trip."
"They are actively recruiting...Buddah, Faith, Aurora, and Gabe are all back. There are three new members as well."
Austin said the Love Has Won cult members spoke about how Mother God was merely "away on a trip." They discussed something like "gates opening," he told me. "They are about to have their reckoning. They are 'champions fulfilling mom's message.'" Austin said they told him, "Mom's coming back."
Hope, aka Ashley Peluso, is back in the area, too. She appeared prominently in the HBO docuseries, memorably holding up a collage of all of the cult's astral helpers, like Robin Williams. Hope has been appearing in person alongside Aurora in videos consistently over the last several years. Their most recent video together was on Thursday, May 15th. "We have reached critical mass for planet earth as we come out of the 5/5 Portal," the description of a recent clip posted on YouTube states.
In a recent interview, Aurora said they are still in constant contact with Mother God. "I'm always talking to her telepathically," she stated. "I'll often get a lot back through."
Perhaps Mother God has instructed the group to take over the Bliss Cafe in Crestone. I'll have a Pad Thai Harmony Bowl with a side of galactic downloads, please. Austin told me he wonders if the owner of the Bliss Cafe is the new Father God. "I say, 'Love Has Won over Scot Swordy,'" he said.
I'll have a Pad Thai Harmony Bowl with a side of galactic downloads, please.
Love Has Won, now rebranded as 5D Full Disclosure, is hosting three online events in May, including "Quantum Light Body" and a "Master Class Seminar." They also offer different "Ascension" and "Light Body" healing sessions. They are now selling magical "13D Plasma" products in the form of small glass pyramids. They serve as a "bridge between the etheric realm and physicality" and "create a merkaba field of pure source energy." You can also join Aurora and Hope's Daily Disclosure talk show for $11.11 per month.
It appears Mother God is still at work, and she's back in Crestone. "The Divine Plan is unfolding and bringing us to the next Quantum Leap of evolution," her followers state.