I love Hildegard von Bingen’s music. In case you haven’t come across it before, here are a couple of youTube videos you might enjoy:

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Connie

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Today I was on my own doing our blog talk radio show as Charly was not able to be here.  I am talking about Hildegard von Bingen, a German medieval mystic, artist, author, liguist, scientist, philosopher, abbess, physician, herbalist, poet, composer and activist. Her life and her work has always fascinated me. The gift of her visions, some of the things she wrote and some of her ground rules for a healthy way of life are certainly very similar if not identical with some of the ayurvedic and yogic ideas.

There is a lot of discussion amongst Hildegard scholars whether all the dietary recommendations, the advice on diet and living, the herbal knowledge and her medical writings were also “channelled” as a vision or whether she simply recorded what was known during that time and then added her own ideas and philosophy. Whatever the case, it makes for fascinating reading.

Hildegard (the name meaning “fighting protectress”) lived from 1098 till 17.9.1179. This time in history was marked by lots of changes, crusades, minstrels, the foundation of the first universities and lots of political upheaval. Nobility and Free people were the only ones who had the right to be educated. The rest of the population (90%) worked hard, toiling the fields to feed everybody and the remaining 10% had trades to supply the goods needed for everyday life. (more…)