The pervasiveness of evil in society today is no secret, with witchcraft and the occult occupying a troubling place in entertainment and other venues.

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So when the topic emerged surrounding conservative and Christian commentator Charlie Kirk and his death, some were a bit shocked. It all started when website Jezebel published an article before Kirk’s assassination proclaiming to have paid witches through Etsy to put a hex on Kirk.

The Sept. 8 article, which has since been removed, was titled “We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk.”

“Now, is it ethical to curse a man I’ve never met? Probably not. But is it unethical to let him keep talking? Yes. So here we are, in the gray area,” the article read. “I want to make it clear, I’m not calling on dark forces to cause him harm. I just want him to wake up every morning with an inexplicable zit. I want his podcast microphone to malfunction every time he hits record. I want his blue blazers to suddenly all be one size too small. I want one of his socks to always be sliding down his foot. I want his thumb to grow too big to tweet. To ruin his day with the collective feminist power of the Etsy coven would be my life’s greatest joy.”

This individual reportedly put “curse enemy” into the Etsy search bar and purchased at least one spell in August. The witch she contracted reportedly wrote back claiming the spell “was successful” and that the journalist would “see the first results within 2–3 weeks.”

The article concluded ominously, as the writer pondered whether engaging with evil would have some discernible impact on Kirk.

“So, did my Etsy curses work? Time will tell,” it read. “The forces move in mysterious ways, and as the Priestess reminded me, ‘Spellwork is a collaboration between the caster, the client, and the universe itself. For now, we can only trust in the timing of the great unknown.”

The writer then offered a message to Kirk directly: “May the rash come swiftly.”

Two days later, Kirk was assassinated, and Jezebel initially placed a message at the top of the article, decrying Kirk’s killing before later removing the piece from the website.

The article itself received some media attention after Kirk’s death, but this week, it received renewed attention as new details emerged.

According to journalist Megyn Kelly, Kirk and his wife, Erika, were shocked by the Jezebel story — so much so that they had a friend come to pray with and over him the night before his killing. Kelly said Erika was “genuinely rattled” by what was written in the piece.

Kelly, who devoted 15 minutes to the story, lambasted Jezebel and acknowledged the reality that Ephesians 6 proclaims: there’s a battle between good and evil. She also warned against engaging evil.

“You’re playing with fire, messing with this stuff,” Kelly said. “There actually are demons in this world. Calling up the spirit world, in particular the devil’s spirit world, can actually have real-world consequences. It’s not something to mess with. Many Christians believe this. This is dangerous. It’s not a game. It’s literally evil.”

And she wasn’t done there, pondering why someone would go out of their way to target a person in such a diabolical way.

“Why torture a family like this — a Christian, believing family?” Kelly said. “Why do this vile thing to a young couple, parents to two babies living in accordance with the Gospel, deeply in love?”

She continued, “Yes, political, but doing nothing other than speaking publicly about their views and their desires to make other people’s lives better. Who would do such a vile thing? Jezebel. That’s who. And, unbelievably, Etsy.”

Kelly said she spoke out on her show to call out those responsible and to demand an apology from the person responsible. Let’s continue to pray for the Kirk family and for all those impacted — and that the people who would engage evil so willingly would stop doing so.

We’ll leave you with Kelly’s full segment:

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