Physica has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions Scivias, a compilation of her visions and her two major medical works, Causae et Curae, a medical compendium, and Physica, published here in English in its entirety for the first time. The author provides a sketch of Hildegard as a nun, a religious superior, author, mystic, and musician, while defining the theological integration that occurred during her creative life. King-Lenzmeier Language: en Publisher by: Liturgical Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 40 Total Download: 856 File Size: 52,7 Mb Description: Hildegard of Bingen: An Integrated Vision surveys the writing of Hildegard of Bingen, both her visionary and non-visionary works, as well as her music,and describes the events and forces in her life that led to Hildegard creating a virtual library of publications.
In each vision, she first described what she saw, and then recorded explanations she heard, which she believed to be the voice of heaven.Īuthor by: Sabina Flanagan Language: en Publisher by: Routledge Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 49 Total Download: 565 File Size: 40,9 Mb Description: Drawing on contemporary sources, the text unfolds Hildegards life from the time of her entrance into an anchoresss cell-where a woman would remain in pious isolation-to her death as a famed visionary and writer, abbess and confidante of popes and kings, more than seventy years later.Īgainst this background the author explores Hildegards vast creative work, encompassing theology, medicine, natural history, poetry, and music.
The final vision includes 14 songs, plus a portion of the music drama which was later published as the.
The third part, with thirteen visions, is about the coming, through, and increased tension between good and evil. The second part consists of seven visions and deals with salvation through, and the. The first part includes a preface describing how she was commanded to write the work, and includes six visions dealing with themes of and the.
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