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halloween originated as the eve of all saints’ day. modern “goth” and much of dark aesthetics in the west is often just a rearticulation of some of our spiritual themes, like memento mori. maybe it’s two sides of the same coin. or perhaps it takes a fool to weave them together. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8ebe6398261a5340c2d5c569666f9c5771586d5929c0ba4facefd0df03f5ce30.file

they may not be directly related, in terms of cause or effect in linear time, but the modern halloween aesthetic is very close to the aesthetic of ICP. traditional spooky fare, some death based oddities, some paranormal entities, some classic spiritual tropes, and horror movies. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7b0ab543401288d97811f2e8963ba1f1a91d194f90733e234b0a293cbb2bf5bd.file