The former L.A. Ink<\/em> star opened up about the controversial move on the Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey<\/strong><\/em> podcast Monday, where she shared why she ultimately moved away from witchcraft and restored her relationship with God.<\/p>\n “I was just searching for answers and meaning in so many of the wrong places, like most people do,” Von D said.<\/p>\n While the tattoo artist, who also struggled with alcohol and drugs, became sober almost 17 years ago, she started to find that the non-Christian spirituality she had longed turned to, was no longer serving her, comparing it to “short-lived band-aids on a sinking ship.”<\/p>\n Then one night, she decided to get rid of her “crutches” and throw away all her books on witchcraft and other new age practices.<\/p>\n “I don’t want these crutches in my life anymore, and that’s what really I saw them as,” the 41-year-old said. “I just want Jesus, and it’s a very narrow road. I feel like all these other, these breathing techniques, or spell work, nature worship, all these things, they’re just crutches. They’re not really my answer.”<\/p>\n Von D continued, “And so for me, I would rather eliminate any distractions. And this is just what works for me.”<\/p>\n Her move to Christianity came just ahead of the COVID-19 lockdowns, a time where Von D said she was working on “re-evaluating” her life.<\/p>\n At that same moment, a friend had sent her a sermon that she “loved” and felt it “answered a lot of questions” she had.<\/p>\n “I’m on fire for Jesus. I don’t plan on this dimming out,” she maintained. “The more and more I learn, the more excited I get about things and the more at ease I am about what’s happening in this world and what’s happening in my marriage, in all of it.”<\/p>\n She noted she still has friends into new age practices like tarot, witchcraft and meditation, but feels like they are “miserable” and admits she was “one of them.”<\/p>\n “I would look around at my Christian friends, they’re not perfect by any means, but I want what you have,” she said. “Like I love the light that you have.”<\/p>\n Von D made her decision all the more permanent by getting baptized <\/strong> in her new home state of Indiana.<\/p>\n The mother of one joined a Baptist church and shared footage of the monumental moment on social media, which she said earned her both praise and backlash.<\/p>\n “It went from, ‘Well, her hand wasn’t completely submerged in water, so this is fake, it doesn’t count\u2026’ Other people were like, ‘She’s faking it, this is just for a PR stunt,'” Von D recalled.<\/p>\n “I’m not an idiot,” she continued. “I knew that when I posted that video, people would have questions.”<\/p>\n But, posting the clip, Von D said, was intentional and a way of “atoning” for her past.<\/p>\n “There’s the symbolic gesture of baptism, but also a part for me is a bit of making amends with my followers because for so many years, I’ve been putting out a certain message that makes me sad I was ever even a part of,” she explained.<\/p>\n Von D continued, “To publicly proclaim this was me setting some things right. Just for me. It has nothing to do with — my church isn’t involved in that thought process. It was important to me to share that.”<\/p>\n Ultimately, her move to Christianity is something the singer said she wants to celebrate.<\/p>\n “This is something I want to celebrate. I want to be open and honest about it,” she added.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/66\/5by4\/2023\/10\/04\/66eed8d91c834fdf9f65078b7a800483_xs.jpg\")
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