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Varsha Shah's avatar

I hadn’t heard of Hildegarde before so this was extraordinary! A wonderful post - so filled with interesting points and ideas - as always! Reading Michelangelo’s grumpy words and then seeing the Sistine Chapel was lovely.

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Wegway's avatar

Spengler suggests Blake to me. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell:

Thus one portion of being is the Prolific, the other the Devouring.

To the devourer it seems as if the producer was in his chains; but it is not so, he only takes portions of existence, and fancies that the whole.

But the Prolific would cease to be prolific unless the Devourer as a

sea received the excess of his delights.

Some will say, "Is not God alone the Prolific?" I answer: "God only

acts and is in existing beings or men."

These two classes of men are always upon earth, and they should be

enemies: whoever tries to reconcile them seeks to destroy existence.

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Jennee's avatar

I definitely came across Hildegarde in many art classes but I never explored her in great detail. She always seemed an intriguing character and I am inspired to do my own research. Thanks for that.

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Socorro Sturkenboom's avatar

Thanks you for writing. Meanwhile I was reading I’ve listened “A Feather on the Breath of God”, Sequences and Hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Remarkable!

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