Vermillion Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I did a search on this forum and only found two mentions of Hildegard von Bingen. One was in the Xtianity section, the other in books where she's is mentionned in another book on aromatherapy. She was a jack of all trades, brought up in a nunnery. She had visons, was a healer (possibly physician), a musician and a mystic, born 1098 and passed on 17 September 1179. You can buy her music on CD, I believe. Has any one read any of her works? I'm wondering whether these are worth a gander... Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenFlyer Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I did a search on this forum and only found two mentions of Hildegard von Bingen. One was in the Xtianity section, the other in books where she's is mentionned in another book on aromatherapy. She was a jack of all trades, brought up in a nunnery. She had visons, was a healer (possibly physician), a musician and a mystic, born 1098 and passed on 17 September 1179. You can buy her music on CD, I believe. Has any one read any of her works? I'm wondering whether these are worth a gander... Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing Those sound really great! I haven't read them, but I have zero problem reading christian authors. There are gems in a lot of hidden places. I love St. John of the Cross's Dark Night of the Soul. And books on St. Francis of Assisi, and I even like the confessions of st. Augustine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Witch Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Absolutely they are worth reading! She was a pioneer in herbal medicine 'way back when. But bear in mind that you are reading from a historical perspective and what's in there may not be in current use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I have the Book of Divine Works. It is mostly visions and religious essays and has some music she wrote in the back. I should probably read through it again. I would probably appreciate it more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abhainn Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Those sound really great! I haven't read them, but I have zero problem reading christian authors. There are gems in a lot of hidden places. I love St. John of the Cross's Dark Night of the Soul. And books on St. Francis of Assisi, and I even like the confessions of st. Augustine. I love Dark Night of the Soul. Lorena McKennitt does a musical version of it...haunting. St. Augustine is interesting, except for his views of women. I believe he decided that women are just men that got messed up in the womb and came out female - a genetic mutation of sorts. As such, women are lesser beings. :jackoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloe Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I love Hildegard's work, IMO it's definitely worth reading. Her visions were always interesting to me. She described them within her christian terms, but the substance of them is very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 That's what I thought, DJ. I was wondering how much things have changed, too, though... or at least how much the ways we use plants and natural medicine have changed. Abhainn - sounds like Hildegard had some of the usual ideas about sexuality, too. I think it was one of those "the world is flat" concepts that was Their Truth at the time. Raven Flyer - I'll look into those they sounds good. Phoenix - if you do decide to go through it again, let me know what you glean from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Witch Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 That's what I thought, DJ. I was wondering how much things have changed, too, though... or at least how much the ways we use plants and natural medicine have changed. Believe it or not, A LOT. Even reading herbals from the early 1900's there's a lot of change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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