This makes eminently good sense, given that anyone's religious expectations
would be conditioned by Scripture, which is replete with images of dazzling
light, columns of fire, or at least noticeably bright lights, especially the
Apoc. which I've seen (or heard?) described as the *fons et origo* of medieval
visionary experience. Underlying any such derivations would likely be the
archetypal association of the divine with light (and v.v., evil with dark.)
John Parsons
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> I always have doubted the accuracy of the migraine diagnosis for
> Hildegard, but I would like to ask whether there might be some ties
> between her visions of bright figures and liturgical art. This may be the
> result of my having visited the Romanesque churches of Cologne a few years
> ago; I recall a lot of bright images. Might there have been some
> expectation that heavenly figures also would be dazzling bright?
>
> tom izbicki
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