Apparently, John Coltrane, the famous Jazz musician of the 60s, is an African Orthodox saint...
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Linked just below is a short 20-minute documentary on 'Saint John Coltrane'. This is wild! Seems like the Orthodox priest puts them in check towards the end by 'demoting' John to a saint.
Early on they literally worshipped him as God incarnate and describe sacred/holy manifestations like auras he had, comparing him to a Moses figure.
The church in San Francisco has a special liturgical event where they turn off all the lights and listen to Coltrane. You have to fast for 3 days before and they will check your tongue at the door to make sure it's white or you can't attend.
Not endorsing any of this. Entertainment purposes only. I really don't know what to think of it. Heretical? Most likely. Is it still beautiful in some ways? I'd say so. Only God can judge.
The album linked below is the one he wrote after giving up heroin/alcohol and prayed to God to divinely inspire him with music to help others.
The hymns, if you want to call them that, are set in these stages for the album.
1. Acknowledgement 2. Resolution 3. Pursuance 4. Psalm
I tried to link 5 different versions of the album upload here from YouTube but it keeps showing as video unavailable in my post. Just type "Love Supreme John Coltrane album" on YouTube search.
Here is the church on the old Jazz block of the west in San Fran:
![coltrane_church_featured.jpg coltrane_church_featured.jpg](https://christisking.cc/data/attachments/0/862-e20c284b8f19afe02d4fb0fdd7ec5a5c.jpg?hash=H_mynO3DPW)
Linked just below is a short 20-minute documentary on 'Saint John Coltrane'. This is wild! Seems like the Orthodox priest puts them in check towards the end by 'demoting' John to a saint.
Early on they literally worshipped him as God incarnate and describe sacred/holy manifestations like auras he had, comparing him to a Moses figure.
The church in San Francisco has a special liturgical event where they turn off all the lights and listen to Coltrane. You have to fast for 3 days before and they will check your tongue at the door to make sure it's white or you can't attend.
Not endorsing any of this. Entertainment purposes only. I really don't know what to think of it. Heretical? Most likely. Is it still beautiful in some ways? I'd say so. Only God can judge.
The album linked below is the one he wrote after giving up heroin/alcohol and prayed to God to divinely inspire him with music to help others.
The hymns, if you want to call them that, are set in these stages for the album.
1. Acknowledgement 2. Resolution 3. Pursuance 4. Psalm
I tried to link 5 different versions of the album upload here from YouTube but it keeps showing as video unavailable in my post. Just type "Love Supreme John Coltrane album" on YouTube search.
Here is the church on the old Jazz block of the west in San Fran:
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