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Women’s Wisdom: Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth-century German Benedictine abbess, was a mystic, a healer and an intellectual, whose achievements are hard to believe if we realize that she lived in the times, when women had very limited opportunities. In the so-called … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, archetypes, Blue, canticles, Carl Jung, cosmic tree, egg, Gothic, green, High Middle Ages, Hildegard of Bingen, love, Middle Ages, mysticism, psyche, Soul, symbolism, symbols, universe, viriditas
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On Genius (3): Angels, Demons and Cult of Relics
As much as early Christians wanted to break ties with antiquity, aiming at redefining the concept of divine possession, their cult of angels and saints bore a striking resemblance to the worship of gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, Anubis, body, brain, Christianity, daimon, demon, Einstein, Genius, heirlooms, matter, memorabilia, memory, Middle Ages, mummification, odor of sanctity, relics, spirit, symbolism, symbols
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