The All-Time Pantheon of Current and Future Holy Ghosts
"I believe in all religions." -- John Coltrane
Pietà (1520s), un painting de Moretto da Brescia
The current Dalai Lama . . . is it the thirteenth? "The one that knows the Beastie Boys."
Name this Pope!
I doubt anyone can name this Pope, so we won't even have a contest, I'll just tell you: it's the very first Pope, St. Peter!. A Holy Ghost for sure. Why, he even looks a bit like Jesus Christ himself!
Okay, this is Holy Ghost, the band, referred to in the link that brought us here. More specifically, this is Chris Heine, lead singer of the Holy Ghost, performing in his previous band, Opium Taylor. Photo by Ian Whitmore. Rock on, holy ghostlings.
And if we're including rock'n'roll ghosts, gotta mention Iggy Pop, just 'cause he's got so damn much soul. (And, like the Dalai Lama, that current Pope, and Chris Heine, he's also still alive)
Of course here's Martin Luther King, standing in front of a portrait of another H.G., Mahatma Gandhi.
Here's Mother Teresa:
And here's award-winning actress Julianne Moore...