Who owns Young Living? Ex-reps accuse firm of 'DEMONIC propaganda', warn Christians
Two top Young Living representatives have quit their jobs accusing the company of spreading "demonic" propaganda and promoting "spiritual darkness". Melissa Truitt, from Oklahoma, and Madison Vining, from Texas, are estimated to have made millions of dollars selling essential oils for the multi-level marketing brand. However, they resigned from the brand last year but initially, none of them specified the reason behind their decision.
Melissa recently took to social media to open up about why she stopped selling their products. She decried a promotional book she claimed she got from Young Living in the mail. "This book is honestly one of the darkest, most demonic books I've ever had in my house," Melissa said. She warned other Christians that the book could "completely ruin you" if you "let it into your house."
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Who owns Young Living?
As per Young Living's website, the company 'enhances' and 'empowers' "lives around the world by sharing the unique benefits of nature’s living energy–essential oils." The company's founders are D. Gary Young and his wife Mary. "Young Living Founder D. Gary Young (1949-2018) was known for his ambitious spirit. Raised in a one-room cabin in the mountains of Idaho, he had a passion for discovery and wellness that brought him to distant corners of the world—from lavender fields in southern France to desert ruins in Yemen to rainforests in Ecuador. Gary had just one focus: Uncover all he could about essential oils. He made it his life’s work," the website says. "He also discovered a wide disparity in essential oil quality. He realized he needed to work with oils of the highest purity and potency, so he established a set of standards that later became the Science pillar of our Seed to Seal quality commitment. It was this standard that guided Gary as he and his wife, Mary, established their first lavender farm in St. Maries, Idaho. Two years later, in 1994, they founded Young Living Essential Oils."
"Relying on Mary’s keen, human-focused business instincts and on Gary’s vast knowledge of botanicals, distillation, and essential oil analysis, they built Young Living, today known as the pioneer and standard-bearer of the modern essential oils movement—one that has enhanced and empowered lives around the world by sharing the benefits of essential oils," it adds. "A hands-on leader, Mary serves as the CEO of Young Living, leading the executive team and empowering members. She also plays a key role in the D. Gary Young, Young Living Foundation’s outreach efforts."
Why did Melissa and her husband quit the company?
Melissa said that she and her husband decided to cut off ties with the company last year after working there for seven years, after they "saw some things that didn't agree with their spirit." "We worked with Young Living essential oils for about seven years. We were - we still are huge fans of essential oils," she explained. "We know exactly how they work and what they do and what they did to our health."
"We got to basically the second to the top rank with Young Living and after getting to the that top rank of Diamond you get to see a little bit behind the curtain and a little bit more of corporate and the way things are run," Melissa added. "After a little while, we started to see that this company that we had really worked with and really believed in was not what we had signed up for."
"It was something different but we couldn't really pinpoint it. We heard some things and saw some things that didn't agree with our spirit but we knew something had changed," Melissa said. "We prayed really hard about it and we walked away. We resigned our account with Young Living five months ago. We resigned our checks, everything. It was a big decision for our family because it was a huge part of our income but we knew the lord was calling us out of that."
The 'demonic book'
Melissa said that although she is no longer working with the brand, she received a self-help book from Young Living in the mail. She said that the book, called 'My Word Made Flesh', is the "darkest, most demonic" book she has ever seen. The book was co-written by one of Young Living's Royal Crown Diamond members, Marcella Vonn Harting, and motivational speaker Robert Tennyson Stevens. It includes a forward from the Young Living's CEO and co-founder, Mary Young. Melissa said that it was sent to all of the Diamond-level sellers at the company.
"I can't wait to get rid of it but I knew that I had to share this. The things that they're saying for the people to do is basically a séance with oils," Melissa said. "One of the quotes you're supposed to say while you put these oils on you, and I quote, "I am the resurrection and the life of my lineage."" "There is nothing more false than taking Jesus out of it and putting yourself in there. Putting yourself as Jesus, that's just so dark and demonic," she added.
Melissa further warned that the book could "completely ruin you" if you "let it into your house." "I don't know what the founder of Target's beliefs are, or Anthropology or any of my favorite stores. But I know if they sent me a book like this, it would be the very last second that I ever spent a dime with them," she said. "Young Living - none of their products will ever be in our house ever again. Leaders, you know you got this book, and now, this is in your hands." "If you hide this from your team, you are condoning this behavior. This is going to be at your conventions. This is going to be at everything you do with Young Living. And if you do condone it, you are handing out spiritual warfare to everyone in your team," she added.
Melissa shared pictures of some pages in the book that she thought was offensive. One part read, "The pure intelligence of essential oils may be the only tool that can reach into the deep recesses of our brain, cross over the chemical barriers, and open the hidden channels of our mind, allowing access to greater knowledge and discernment in reaching our highest potential to become more Christ-like, to communicate without speaking, to focus our thinking and to be able to manifest our thoughts into reality."
Another reads, "The most Sainted of us have hidden prides, pleasures, fears, and thought forms to redeem or trade in on good (God) energy. We require the blocks taken out (transformed) and our good energy redeemed, unlocked and freely expressed. We have created these blocks, we can transform them."
What is the company saying?
Young Living told Buzzfeed in a statement that "it did not publish and does not endorse this book in any way", adding that its author Marcella sent out the book to "her own list without the company's knowledge or consent." "We support a culture of inclusion that we extend to our employees, customers, and brand partners worldwide," the statement said.
"We appreciate and celebrate our members and their diversity of background and belief, and are dedicated to ensuring our brand partners follow our policies and procedures and code of ethics," the statement added. The company said that Mary Young wrote the book's forward before "much of the book" was finished. "Mary Young’s choice to write a foreword stemmed from her own belief about the use of language to promote positive outcomes and her desire to support a friend," it said. "She wrote her foreword prior to much of the book even being written based on the authors’ intent to teach people how to use positive language to help bring about change in their lives."
Madison also spoke out about the book, saying that the book was filled with 'spiritual darkness'. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Madison wrote, "Believers be discerning. The enemy [Satan] prowls like a lion, and he can look (and smell) really good. This isn’t about a book. Though that book alone would have been a deal-breaker for me. This is the tip of the iceberg on this issue. I feel a lot of clarity breaking my silence for things that matter in eternity."