
Hildegard and Healing Stones
Perhaps one of the least-known aspects of Hildegard of Bingen’s thought is her passion for gems and their healing properties. She numbers twenty-six precious stones
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Perhaps one of the least-known aspects of Hildegard of Bingen’s thought is her passion for gems and their healing properties. She numbers twenty-six precious stones

This is a summary of the previous week’s daily meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF) and some are written by his colleague, Gianluigi

Medieval medicine — and ancient medicine through it — heavily influenced Hildegard of Bingen’s own medical and psychological knowledge. It is very interesting, however, to

Even though she was an abbess, not a simple nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179) had to be very careful when she, as a

Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179) is a kind of patron saint of Creation Spirituality for a number of good reasons, but essentially because of

In Saturday’s DM, I shared —not for the first time—the powerful painting by Hildegard of Bingen on the Anti-Christ. I first shared it in my

I recently watched a very fine documentary about Ulysses S. Grant, whose military genius helped win the Civil War and get Lincoln reelected president.* Though

Even though he is the one who popularized in the 20th century the notion of men’s feminine core, or anima, Carl Gustav Jung is not

We are meditating on the archetype of the Green Man, who is often depicted with a beard that surrounds his head like a wreath, and

This morning is the funeral of Brendan Doyle in New Orleans. Brendan was a Dominican brother for about 8 years, and we met in the
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