Feast Day: September 17th
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was a most extraordinary woman: Benedictine abbess, scholar, counselor, visionary, herbalist, healer, dietician, naturalist, poet, artist, composer and lyricist. She is the first saint I read about in-depth when initially exploring Catholicism and I have been fascinated by her ever since.
For her feast day I have compiled the following ideas:
Reading:
For her feast day I have compiled the following ideas:
Reading:
- Children's Biography: Hildegard of Bingen: Woman of Vision by Carol Reed-Jones (88 pgs; Preview here)
- A short biography of Hildegard can also be found in Chapter 6 of Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages
- For adults, I highly recommend Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks and/or Hildegard of Bingen: A Spiritual Reader by Carmen Acevedo Butcher
- Recipe: St. Hildegard's Cookies of Joy ("Eat them often," she said, "and they will calm every bitterness of heart and mind - and your hearing and senses will open. Your mind will be joyous, and your senses purified, and harmful humours will diminish...")
- Cookbook: From Saint Hildegard's Kitchen: Foods of Health, Foods of Joy by Jany Fournier-Rosset (Sample recipes here)
- Tea: Hildegard Blends
In addition to the above reading and food/drink, we will be listening to some of her music -- numerous CDs are available and there is much of it on YouTube also. I especially like The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen, a CD by Anonymous 4.
I had dearly hoped that the DVD of Margarethe von Trotta's Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen would be available in the U.S. this year, but alas, it appears that the film is due for another round in select theaters first (though of course, none in Kansas).
Lastly, we will be making a simple herbal salve from our Herbal Medicine Making Kit, though I think any sort of herbal craft would work equally well. For more on Hildegard as an herbal healer see: Hildegard of Bingen: Herbal Healer of the Rhine, an article from The Herb Companion magazine.
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