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Kat Von D went to Instagram to share that she would be tossing books on witchcraft and other occult items. Born Katherine von Drachenberg, Von D first came to fame through a TLC show that highlighted her tattoo parlor, LA Ink. In her Instagram post<\/a>, Von D stated that she had come to some \u201cmeaningful realizations\u201d and that the things she was throwing out were things that, \u201cdon\u2019t align with who I am and who I want to be.\u201d The post shared images of witchcraft books and tarot cards. Although Von D did not give out a specific reason why she had come to this realization, she did allude to a \u201cspiritual battle.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve always found beauty in the macabre, but at this point, I just had to ask myself what is my relationship with this content? And the truth is, I just don\u2019t want to invite any of these things into our family\u2019s lives, even if it comes disguised in beautiful covers, collecting dust on my shelves,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Kat has undergone a number of changes throughout the last few years. In December 2020, Insider detailed how she had begun covering up some of her tattoos. Kat had shared another<\/a> Instagram post showing the blacked-out tattoos. She stated the tattoos had been done before she had gotten sober. Von D had been sober for thirteen years at the time and no longer wanted to be reminded of that past. She had also become a wife and mother just two years before that.<\/p>\n

Von D\u2019s post comes when witchcraft and wicca are on the rise in the United States<\/a>. A 2014 Pew Research poll showed that the number of adult pagans and wiccans in the United States had risen to 730,000. A 2019 article in \u201cWired<\/a>\u201d detailed the rise of witchcraft after Donald Trump was elected president. A group called the Magic Resistance would meet every waning crescent moon since February 24, 2017, to cast a hex or binding spell against the former president. After Roe vs. Wade was overturned in June, Chairman Mat Staver of the Liberty Action Counsel detailed the harassment<\/a> pro-life groups experienced from satanists and witches. \u201cHalf-burnt candles and other garbage of active witchcraft lay scattered on the public spaces around the Court. Meanwhile, one man, who had the attire and appearance of a horror-movie warlock, targeted senior ladies quietly praying for the lives of the unborn.\u00a0 The warlock would crowd one woman at a time, making the sign of Satan over each woman\u2019s head,\u201d he detailed. The imagery is reminiscent of the \u201cspiritual war\u201d Von D referred to and calls back Ephesians 6:12, \u201cFor we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kat Von D went to Instagram to share that she would be tossing books on witchcraft and other occult items. Born Katherine von Drachenberg, Von D first came to fame through a TLC show that highlighted her tattoo parlor, LA Ink. 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