![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars refer to her as a polymath-a person with extensive knowledge and training in several disciplines. In addition to her mysticism, she was also a prolific writer, musician, composer, theologian, playwright, teacher, herbalist, and healer. Her ideas transcend religious tradition to embrace a grand and inclusive vision: “Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of divinity,” she wrote.īorn in 1098 in Bermersheim, Germany, in the lush Rhineland, Hildegard was known as the Sibyl of the Rhine. She had a profound reverence for nature and placed great importance on our relationship with the earth. But it was her passion for the natural world and our place in it that makes Hildegard particularly relevant today. So great was Hildegard’s spiritual stature that her petitioners included kings and queens, bishops and popes. ![]() Famous for her visions of celestial wonders and vivid descriptions of an ordered and divine universe, she was a spiritual beacon to thousands of people who flocked to her monastery, seeking her advice and counsel. The beloved Benedictine abbess stood at the epicenter of medieval Europe as a visionary and mystic. It must not be injured it must not be destroyed. Printed in the Summer 2017 issue of Quest magazine.Ĭitation: Overweg, Cynthia , "Hildegard of Bingen: The Nun Who Loved the Earth" Quest 105:3(Summer 2017) pg.
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