[kushie18]

The astrology influencer and “divine healer,” who went by the name Danielle Ayoka online, called the upcoming astronomical event “the epitome of spiritual warfare” and told people they needed to “pick a side,” in posts Thursday on X.

Less than three days later, in the early morning before the partial solar eclipse, Johnson left a trail of tragedy in her wake: her partner stabbed to death in the kitchen of the family apartment in Woodland Hills, her 8-month-old baby dead after being pushed from Johnson’s moving Porsche Cayenne on the 405, and Johnson herself dead after crashing her car on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach.

Law enforcement sources confirmed to The Times on Wednesday that Ayoka — who was active online as an R&B recording artist as well as an astrologer offering self-help and healing sessions for a fee — was Johnson, the suspect in the two deaths.

The LAPD has said little publicly about the motive in the deaths and stress the investigation is ongoing. Lt. Guy Golan, homicide supervisor for the LAPD Valley Bureau, said Johnson and her partner, 29-year-old Jaelen Allen Chaney, had no documented history of domestic violence or calls to the Los Angeles Police Department. There were no prior indicators of domestic strife, Golan said.

With no clear motive, investigators believe that the eclipse may have been a factor in the killings because of some of the things Johnson wrote just days before, according to sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

In late March, she posted a GIF of a tapered candle surrounded by leaves, calling it a “free eclipse protection candle for your mind and body” and advising users to “like to activate.” But as the eclipse drew nearer, her posts grew more alarming. On Friday she wrote an all-capital message: “If any spiritual account is not revealing the truth right now they are fake. They are lies. They have sold out and are on the wrong side. Wake up!”

Eclipses have become fraught with conspiracies of imminent doom. Social media posts, including one on Reddit that expressed concern over an impending “massive human sacrifice” during the eclipse, have gained attention despite a lack of credible evidence.

“This is a common interpretation found in astrological forecasts, which are themselves based upon coincidences and non-scientific beliefs in how celestial events control human behavior,” NASA’s webpage says.

Johnson said on the podcast that she was descended from Cherokee medicine women and was born with the ability to see spirits and a heightened intuition.

According to her own website, Johnson’s own near-death experience at age 3 led her into “Shamanism.”

“Coming from a rich lineage of Indigenous Shaman and Medicine Women, Danielle’s spiritual gifts began to blossom. Danielle began her tutelage with her personal healer in 2011, after beginning her own healing journey,” her website reads.

She offered weekly aura cleanses for $2.99 ($1.99 for members of her site) as well as a healing series that was $150 per month for five months, a price that drew some criticism online.

“This series will be LIFE CHANGING for anyone who has struggled with confidence, second guessing themselves and not feeling ‘good enough,’” she wrote on her site.

She also offered a $6.99 per month home purifying cleanse that stripped people’s residences of “stagnant energy,” citing better sleep and an increased “vibration” as some of the benefits. Activating the service was simple: purchase the cleanse, get a piece of paper and title it “home purifying cleanse” and write your address on it. Then tuck it away in a safe place, she wrote.

Johnson, who was eight months postpartum, could have been suffering from a mental health condition that triggered her actions, Russell said.

“I think this has nothing to do with her metaphysics. I would say this is a mental health case,” Russell said.

A family member of Johnson, who asked to remain anonymous so the family could grieve in private, said she believed the killings were more related to postpartum issues than Johnson’s astrological beliefs.

“So many women struggle with postpartum issues,” the family member said. “I know there’s a spin on the astrology part but I don’t think that’s what it is.”

But Dr. Natalie Rasgon, a Stanford professor of psychiatry who has studied postpartum psychosis, said Johnson’s case is not likely an example of the malady.

Usually postpartum psychosis episodes occur within a month or two of birth, said Dr. Rasgon, and Johnson’s baby was 8 months old. The episode could have been related to postpartum depression, a less severe disorder that many mothers experience that can begin four months or so after a person gives birth.

Rasgon said it was likely that Johnson had underlying mental health issues.

Investigators offered this account of the morning of the killings:

Johnson stabbed Chaney in the heart early Monday morning as he was on the couch. The evidence suggests that she attempted to drag his body out of the upscale apartment in the Woodland Hills Montecito Apartments complex, but at some point abandoned the effort and dragged his body back into the apartment’s kitchen.

The effort left bloody footprints in the corridor outside, and she was spotted with a noticeable limp in the aftermath. She then fled the apartment complex with her two daughters — one of them 9 years old, the other 8 months — ramming a gate with her car on the way out.

Shortly before 4:30 a.m., she shoved her older daughter out of the car with the infant in the girl’s arms as her vehicle neared the Sepulveda Boulevard/Howard Hughes Parkway exit. The older child survived the fall and escaped traffic, but the infant was killed.

Roughly half an hour later, police in Redondo Beach responded to reports that a black Porsche Cayenne crashed into a tree while driving more than 100 mph on Pacific Coast Highway near Vincent Street. The driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene, suffered massive injuries that made her identification difficult.

Two hours later, police arrived at Johnson’s apartment after a neighbor reported finding Chaney stabbed to death.

[kellyhound]

She also offered a $6.99 per month home purifying cleanse that stripped people’s residences of “stagnant energy,” citing better sleep and an increased “vibration” as some of the benefits.

Wonder if she really believed this or just trying to scam people. Either way she was batshit crazy all together and maybe a postpartum depression icw the solar eclipse was the last drop.

[kushie18]

Check out her Twitter here https://twitter.com/MysticxLipstick She really did believe in this shit

[Xploit Machine]

astrology is for idiots

[William May]

I went from Arizona to Texas to see the eclipse on the 8th, and saw it in Del Rio, Tx. An amazing sight! There were clouds, but they split up long enough to watch the event.


I must admit that I seem to have some family Shamanism in ME. Or maybe "Sha-Na-Na" ism. As the eclipse was completed, and the sun turned back on, I had the strongest urge to throw a politician into a volcano, just for good luck.

Unfortunately, there were no local politicians available, and no convenient volcanoes, either.

Oh, well.

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

As the eclipse was completed, and the sun turned back on, I had the strongest urge to throw a politician into a volcano, just for good luck.

Unfortunately, there were no local politicians available, and no convenient volcanoes, either.

Oh, well.

Just as well. If you succeeded, in my book you clearly would have targeted the wrong politician and harmed Texas.

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by kushie18 ↗

Johnson said on the podcast that she was descended from Cherokee medicine women and was born with the ability to see spirits and a heightened intuition.

According to her own website, Johnson’s own near-death experience at age 3 led her into “Shamanism.”

“Coming from a rich lineage of Indigenous Shaman and Medicine Women, Danielle’s spiritual gifts began to blossom. Danielle began her tutelage with her personal healer in 2011, after beginning her own healing journey,” her website reads.

[snip]

“I think this has nothing to do with her metaphysics. I would say this is a mental health case,” Russell said.

[snip]

But Dr. Natalie Rasgon, a Stanford professor of psychiatry who has studied postpartum psychosis, said Johnson’s case is not likely an example of the malady.

Rasgon said it was likely that Johnson had underlying mental health issues.

I side with Dr. Rasgon on this one.

• The baby was older.
• Mother also had a 9yo daughter.
• Mental health ailments commonly include unreasonable levels of paranoia.

I know two woman who descended from ingins and they are both are more than a bit batshit crazy with the spirit world vibe stuff. One is kind of fun to goof with but the other woman scares me.

[spycosis]

She was obviously completely deluded, but that's par for the course even in mainstream religions. I was speaking to a Christian doctor from Puerto Rico last week and he told me he believes in monsters, demons and invisible sky wizards. We'll never know how many patients he's secretly killed because he thought they were possessed.

[winvens]

Originally Posted by spycosis ↗

She was obviously completely deluded, but that's par for the course even in mainstream religions. I was speaking to a Christian doctor from Puerto Rico last week and he told me he believes in monsters, demons and invisible sky wizards. We'll never know how many patients he's secretly killed because he thought they were possessed.

As for the batshit crazy "astrologer" and "recording artist", she should've committed suicide first.

[Steve]

Total eclipse of their lives.