Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen

A unique glimpse into the mind of the 12-century visionary Hildegard of Bingen through her "creative and...
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Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen by Hildegard of Bingen

Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen

$312.41

Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen

$312.41
Author: Hildegard of Bingen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A unique glimpse into the mind of the 12-century visionary Hildegard of Bingen through her "creative and insightful" writings on medicine, spirituality, and more (Booklist)

Visionary, mystic, poet, musician, naturalist, healer, theologian--the Rhineland nun Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a Renaissance woman long before there was a Renaissance. This is the first book in English to offer a representative selection of writings from all of her amazing range of work.

Hildegard wrote many volumes on subjects from mystical vision to sexuality, from theology to natural medicine--in letters, treatises, poetry, and songs--all in an age when few women wrote more than an occasional letter. She was a woman of extraordinary influence whose work not only surpassed that of her male contemporaries in its range, but also outshone them in visionary beauty and intellectual power. This collection includes a brief biography of Hildegard, and selections from the following works:

- Scivias (literally, "know the ways"), the record of Hildegard's visions and her commentary on them
- The Book of Life's Merits, visionary work
- The Book of Divine Works, a work of cosmology and anthropology
- Natural History, a record of plants, animals, and minerals, translated here into English for the first time
- Causes and Cures, a compendium of her writing on natural medicine
- Symphonia, her songs and poetry
- Biographical works
- Selected letters

Author: Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 07/09/1996
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.54w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781570621642


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/1996 pg. 1549

About the Author
Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and extremely gifted polymath. Many Germans consider her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.

Sabina Flanagan, Ph.D., is a visiting research fellow at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne, Australia. A scholar of Hildegard for many years, she is the author of the standard biography, Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary Life.

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