Witch who cursed Charlie Kirk offers to speak with Erika Kirk, regrets distress
Priestess Lilin says the hex was not intended to harm and that she did not celebrate Kirk’s death; she says her sister cast the spell; Etsy bans and online occult markets are noted.
An interview with a self-described witch who says she helped place a curse on Charlie Kirk has surfaced in the Daily Mail. The woman, who goes by Priestess Lilin, told the newspaper she regrets the distress the matter caused Erika Kirk and offered to correspond with her privately to address concerns. Lilin said the hex was not intended to physically harm the Turning Point USA founder and that she did not celebrate Kirk’s death.
Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was killed on Sept. 10 during a campus event at Utah Valley University. Two days earlier, Jezebel published a piece detailing how it paid several witches who were contacted through the online marketplace Etsy to curse Kirk in the days before his death. On Tuesday, Megyn Kelly revealed on her YouTube show that Erika Kirk had been genuinely rattled by the Jezebel report. The Kirks were so concerned by the article that they asked a Catholic priest to undo the curse the night before Charlie Kirk was shot.
Priestess Lilin said the spell was cast not by her but by her sister who uses the name High Priestess Leamashtu. The Jezebel article described a curse that involved burning a photograph of Charlie Kirk. Lilin said the majority of her work is casting spells for protection and healing, and that summoning demons and communicating with spirits are not inherently evil acts. She added that the spiritual community views demons as multifaceted spirits and that mediumship is also perceived as an ethically neutral practice. Is it effective? Yes.
Lilin said she and Leamashtu had received a barrage of death threats recently and have been banned by Etsy. Etsy did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Mail.
Among a host of cleansing and healing spells Lilin and Leamashtu offer are hexes and curses, accompanied by a picture of a doll with pins stuck into it. The spells include the Infernal Justice Black Magick Spell and the Generational Black Magic Curse. It was unclear which one, if any, was cast in relation to Charlie Kirk.
On Tuesday, Megyn Kelly described how she wrestled with whether to reveal the incident because it was so vile and off and odd. She said Erika and Charlie Kirk heard about these curses and were frightened; they reportedly prayed with a friend they believed to be a Catholic priest on the eve of the shooting, in an effort to seek protection.
In a statement after Charlie Kirk’s death, Jezebel said the story was published on September 8 and Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms. We do not endorse, encourage, or excuse political violence of any kind. The Jezebel article was later removed, and the outlet noted the timing around Kirk’s death.
The Jezebel piece described a curse that asked readers if they were interested in punishing Kirk for the years of regressive rhetoric he has directed at America’s youth and others, and whether a spell could accomplish that. It also stated that Jezebel contacted multiple online witches for the story, including one named Priestess Lilin, and that one witch claimed that a contract could be arranged for online curses. The article also noted that it was unclear which spells, if any, were cast in relation to Charlie Kirk.
The Daily Mail report notes the broader context of the online occult market and the ongoing debate about safety and accountability. Erika Kirk’s reaction to the Jezebel report and to online talk about curses has drawn attention to the personal toll of political violence, even when it intersects with nontraditional spiritual practices.