“Giant Steps” by John Coltrane

“Stopover Bombay” by Alice Coltrane (feat. Pharaoh Sanders)

“Alabama” by the John Coltrane Quartet

Coltrane & Miles

on sonic religion

“There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is.” – William P. Merrill

on religious expression

“I want to live a truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there’s no problem because the music is a part of everything…my music is the spiritual expression of what I am – my faith, my knowledge, my being.” – John Coltrane

“Ohnedaruth” by Alice Coltrane

“Ohnedaruth [John Coltrane] repaired to a city of shining radiance situated near a point in space where stands a mammoth colossus of three worlds.” – Alice Coltrane

andromeda’s compassion

“Andromeda is a supergalaxy in the Universe whose rays extend two billion times brighter and deeper than the light from the sun of our solar system.  In the metagalactic cosmos, mighty Andromeda is the celestial, etheric heart in the great cosmic Body of the Lord.  Inside this magnificent super structure of spiraling stars, the suffering and sorrows of humanity burn brightly and profusely everyday, and are deeply felt with the heart of the dear Lord.” – Alice Coltrane

on cosmic energy

“Atomic, the primary substance composing matter and spirit.” – Alice Coltrane

“Cosmic Music” by John and Alice Coltrane

on sheets of trinity

“Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost.” – Albert Ayler

on celestial instruments

“Many of the Celestial instruments can be played without the use of hands or without any physical contact whatsoever. Your mind, your heart is your only approach to them. Your thoughts open up the many avenues of sound and expression on these wonderful instruments.” – Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

“Journey In Satchindananda” by Alice Coltrane

on religious practice

“My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music.” – John Coltrane

“There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more and more clearly what we are. In that way, we can give to those who listen the essence, the best of what we are. But to do that at each stage, we have to keep on cleaning the mirror.” – John Coltrane

on sonic cosmology

“All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.” – John Coltrane

“I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . That’s what I would like to do.” – John Coltrane