Police raid Twin Flames Universe home: Michigan AG announces investigation
By Jacob Wheeler
Sun editor
Tuesday morning, July 1, after 11 am, federal, state and local law enforcement officers raided the Leelanau County home of Jeff and Shaleia Divine, leaders of the Twin Flames Universe organization, which critics and multiple documentaries have described as a cult that manipulates its online followers.
A neighbor observed a police officer carrying out a box of papers from their residence near Suttons Bay. That neighbor texted a photo of the raid-in-progress to Keely Griffin, a Twin Flames survivor and leading advocate to hold the cult’s leaders accountable. Griffin visited the National Writers Series in Traverse City in February 2024 and spoke about cults and her experience with the Divines. She climbed to the upper echelons of the Twin Flames Universe organization before leaving.
Early in the afternoon on July 1, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a press release that announced an ongoing investigation into the Twin Flames Universe as well as a second raid against people associated with the coercive group. According to Nessel’s office, the search warrants were carried out by special agents from the Department of Attorney General, along with the U.S. Department of Labor—Office of Inspector General, and law enforcement officers from Michigan State Police, the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Office and the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office.
A blue Michigan State Police vehicle was seen outside the Divine residence, as well as several unmarked vehicles. A Leelanau County Sheriff’s vehicle was seen leaving the neighborhood on M-22 following the raid.
“Today, my office executed multiple search warrants upon individuals atop the Twin Flames Universe (TFU) organization and its associated properties, under the authority of a judge finding probable cause that crimes have been committed by TFU and their leadership,” said Nessel in her statement. “Anyone with information about potential criminal conduct regarding Twin Flames Universe, or their members, are encouraged to contact my office, and may do so anonymously.”
In a YouTube video announcing the investigation, Nessel added that Christine and Jason Emerick were also targets of the investigation. Emerick has been listed as the TFU’s chief operations officer and has a mailing address outside of Traverse City.
“Twin Flames allegedly uses coercive control over its members both in Michigan and across the United States,” Nessel said in the video. “We believe that many of their actions may have been illegal, and we’re asking for the general public’s help in this investigation.
“Anyone with information about potential criminal conduct regarding Twin Flames Universe, its operators Jeff and Shaleia Divine, Christine and Jason Emerick, its related organizations, including the Church of Union and Mind Alignment Process, or their members, are encouraged to contact my office, and may do so anonymously.”
If you have information about Twin Flames Universe that you think would aid the Attorney General’s investigation, please email the investigative team (AG-TFUinfo@michigan.gov) or visit their online TFU tip form (mi.gov/agtfu).
Our previous Glen Arbor Sun coverage of the Twin Flames Universe includes stories about a secretive wedding the group held in Traverse City last June and the inferno that erupted around the cult following a November 2023 Netflix documentary.
