Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D shares baptism video following her renunciation of witchcraft and the occult



Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D was long known for her macabre style and dark designs, which often evoked the occult. However, upon recognizing in recent years that there is "a spiritual battle taking place," Von D, whose real name is Katherine von Drachenberg, began working to ensure that she was on the right side of it.

Drachenberg posted a video to social media Monday revealing the culmination of her efforts.

In the video, the 41-year-old Mexican-American daughter of Protestant missionaries and mother of one can be seen dressed all in white, standing before a church packed full of friends and family.

"Katherine von Drachenberg, upon your profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in obedience to His divine command, I baptize you, my sister, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit," her pastor says before submerging her.

Upon re-emerging, Drachenberg embraces her pastor to the sound of applause.

One of the top comments on the video is, "HELL LOST ANOTHER ONE."

Rafael Reyes, Drachenberg's husband, wrote, "I love you so much my beautiful wife, you continue to inspire me every day."

Drachenberg left California behind in 2020, citing its "terrible policies, tyrannical government overreach, ridiculous taxing," and "corruption."

Geography evidently wasn't the only change she had in mind.

TheBlaze reported last year that Drachenberg — whose 2018 wedding ceremony was heaven-and-hell-themed — purged her new home in Indiana of any and all occult items, noting she just wanted to surround herself and her family "with love and light."

"I don't know if any of you have been going through changes in your lives right now, but in the last few years I've come to some pretty meaningful realizations — many of them revolving around the fact that I got a lot of things wrong in my past," she wrote on Instagram. "Today, I went through my entire library, and threw out books that just don't align with who I am and who I want to be."

Among the books exiled from her home were: "The Witches' Way"; "Magik"; "The Sorrows of Satan"; "A Treasury of Witchcraft"; "The Cosmic Serpent"; and "Satan's Circus."

Drachenberg also scrapped her tarot card collection.

Extra to ridding her home of demonic agitprop, in recent years, the artist also began blacking out some of her tattoos, which had only served as "landmarks in dark times."

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Kat Von D leaves California over ‘tyrannical government overreach’



Kat Von D, famed entrepreneur, tattoo artist, and star of the hit show "LA Ink," recently announced on social media that she is ditching the Golden State and relocating to Indiana due to "tyrannical government overreach."

The 38-year-old mother of one, whose full name is Katherine Von Drachenberg, made the move official on Saturday when she posted a picture outside her new home on Instagram, with the caption, "Vevay, Indiana here we come!"

Just two days before, she explained in a Facebook post that she doesn't have plans to sell her Los Angeles home or business yet, but said that government overreach in California drove her to seek a small town where she can one day retire.

"With all that has been taking place in California, with terrible policies, tyrannical government overreach, ridiculous taxing, amongst so many more corruption, we just felt the need to plant roots in a small town where there is nature, where my son can be free to play, and where we can eventually retire one day," she wrote.

"So, no, I'm not closing my shop in LA. We aren't selling our home. But [we] will eventually be spending more time in beautiful Indiana once I finish doing some remodeling on our new historic house," she continued.

According to the Daily Mail, Von D plans to open "a little tattoo shop" in the small Indiana town.

California politicians, including Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, have come under fire this year over their implementation of stringent coronavirus lockdown orders — and, in some cases, their subsequent refusal to follow the guidelines themselves.

The orders have in many cases been unfairly applied and have disproportionately affected bars, restaurants, and small retail shops such as salons and tattoo parlors.

A petition to recall Newsom is picking up steam as the Democratic governor faces intense backlash over the restrictions and an emerging unemployment scam in the state.

While Von D became famous as a tattoo artist on "LA Ink," she also has significant business and entrepreneurial credits under her belt, having started a popular makeup line for Sephora, as well as a clothing line. She has also been instrumental in organizing a number of prominent music festivals.