Monument Eternal reissue arrives in stores Feb 4, 2025

Akashic’s long-awaited reissue of Monument Eternal includes a new foreword by Ashley Kahn, releasing February 4, 2025 and available for pre order now.

Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal collects her original spiritual teachings and reflections, which provide powerful insight into her transcendent music, cherished by millions across the globe.

When Monument Eternal was originally published in 1977, Alice Coltrane was living in Southern California and had recently become a swami, building and nurturing an alternative spiritual community. In these pages, she says that the book is “based upon the soul’s realizations in Absolute Consciousness and its spiritual relationships with the Supreme One.” Monument Eternal offers deep insight into Coltrane’s tremendous musical output, and shines a light on her transformation from Alice McLeod, Detroit church organist and bebopper, to sage thought leader Swami Turiyasangitananda. It also reflects the extraordinary fluidity of American religious customs in the mid and late-twentieth century.

Akashic’s long-awaited reissue of Monument Eternal includes a new foreword by Ashley Kahn.