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hildegard von bingen wrote “we cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. an interpreted world is not a home. part of the terror is to take back our own listening. to use our own voice. to see our own light.” she wrote part of the terror is to take back our own listening 

having a parasocial relationship with someone who’s been dead for centuries

do you have a favorite HIldegard von Bingen hymn? I only know O Euchari in leta via but I just adore it.

Yes! Both of these get at St. Hildegard’s approach of everything being interconnected and working towards care and unity through God, and the idea of the Holy Spirit as a comforter and healer for the wounded and self-punishing, core aspects of St. Hildegard’s work that I’m attached to.

Hildegard von Bingen: O Ignee Spiritus

Hildegard von Bingen (ca. 1098–1179) was a Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher and scientist. Her spirituality was based on the idea of umbra viventis lucis (the reflection of the living Light).

This piece also contains some beautiful light imagery, for example in the line et eius lucerna est desiderium (and desire is its [=the soul’s] lamp), in which the first syllable of the word lucerna is sung on the highest note of the phrase, creating a shining effect in the melody as well.