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The Medieval Prophetess Who Used Her Visions to Criticize the Church

By Hadley Meares — 2016

Hildegard of Bingen fought the patriarchy from her cloister.

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This is Your Soul on Mysticism

Mysticism, broadly defined, is the transcendent experience of an encounter with God. For Catholic mystics like Julian, Hildegard von Bingen, St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, it takes the form of a vision.

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Kaya Oakes
2020
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Seeing with Mystic Vision

Today we remember and honor one of the great mystics of the Church, Hildegard of Bingen. Mystics are those who have been gifted with an extraordinary ability to see. They often see and perceive things others do not or cannot see.

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Br. David Vryhof
2013
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The Hidden Tradition of Christian Mysticism

Karl Rahner, one of the most renowned Christian theologians of the twentieth century, once famously remarked that “the Christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist at all.”

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Carl McColman
2014
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Becoming Christian Mystics Again

Albert Einstein was asked toward the end of his life if he had any regrets. He answered: “I wish I had read more of the mystics earlier in my life.”

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Matthew Fox
2011
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Why a 14th-Century Mystic Appeals to Today’s “Spiritual But Not Religious” Americans

The method of direct access to the divine, according to Eckhart, depended on an individual letting go of all desires and images of God and becoming aware of the “divine spark” present within. - Joel Harrington

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Joel Harrington
2018
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Hildegard of Bingen: The Nun Who Loved the Earth

The earth sustains humanity. It must not be injured; it must not be destroyed. —Hildegard of Bingen

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Cynthia Overweg
2017
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