Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As someone raised Catholic, it's probably not surprising that I enjoy a lot of stuff that's going on with the band Ghost. But something that I feel is under discussed is how the Rat Loving Devil Pope follows the long tradition of Catholic art's relationship with existential dread.

Shoutout to @LauraCrone for making such a great video on Ghost that partially inspired this Junk Drawer Essay. You can watch it here youtu.be/oIrUQxJaymY or Nebula nebula.tv/videos/lauracrone-falling-down-the-trash-goth-rabbit-hole

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