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According to Jezebel\u2019s now-deleted article, published Sept. 8, the outlet contacted witches on Etsy and purchased curses targeting Kirk. The piece, titled\u00a0\u201cWe Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0detailed a ritual involving the burning of Kirk\u2019s photograph. The anonymous author mused: \u201cI can buy a curse as easily as I can buy a phone charger.\u201d<\/p>\nThe article was quickly removed after Kirk\u2019s assassination. Jezebel later said in a statement: \u201cThis story was published on September 8. Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms. We do not endorse, encourage, or excuse political violence of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Megyn Kelly revealed on her YouTube show Tuesday that Erika Kirk was \u201cgenuinely rattled\u201d by the Jezebel article. Erika and Charlie were so concerned that they contacted a Catholic priest the night before the shooting to pray over him and attempt to undo the supposed curse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what I want the people at Jezebel to know,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cErika and Charlie Kirk heard about these curses, and it really rattled Erika in particular. Why torture a family like this? A Christian, believing family. Why do this vile thing to a young couple?\u201d<\/p>\n
Priestess Lilin told the Daily Mail that her \u201csister,\u201d a witch known as High Priestess Leamashtu, was the one who actually performed the ritual. Both women have since been banned from Etsy, where they had previously advertised spells for protection, healing, and curses.<\/p>\n
Among their offerings were \u201cInfernal Justice Black Magick Spells\u201d and \u201cGenerational Black Magic Curses,\u201d as well as rituals promising to \u201cdestroy friendships,\u201d \u201cmake them lose their job,\u201d or \u201cmake them hate each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lilin defended her practices, saying, \u201cThe spiritual community views demons as multi-faceted spirits and not one-dimensional big bad evils. Mediumship is also perceived as an ethically neutral practice. Is it effective? Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asked if she believed the spell had any role in Kirk\u2019s death, she replied: \u201cI would like to say that a person\u2019s life and death always have weight, and we do not celebrate the loss of life. While we cannot and would not claim responsibility for Mr. Kirk\u2019s death, we do affirm that the magic we work with in our daily lives is very real.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly said Erika leaned on her Christian faith to process the ordeal. \u201cShe knew Christian teaching on this subject. She loved Charlie absolutely. She was scared when she heard of the curses Jezebel had culled up,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo much so that she and Charlie contacted a friend \u2013 who I believe she said was a Catholic priest \u2013 and asked him to pray with them and over Charlie, the night before he was murdered. She eventually worked it through, and so did Charlie, that, as she told me, \u2018weapons will form but not prosper,\u2019 that \u2018satan and those witches have no power,’\u201d Kelly added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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