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Subject: Re: [M-R] spirits dyring
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
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I
read somewhere that Hildegard’s visions could have been a side –effect of
migraines. Dehydration, perhaps as a result of fasting, can lead
to migraines, and maybe she wondered if in some way these visions were
‘false’.
Anne
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
You might try Victoria Sweet, "Hildegard of Bingen
and the Greening of Medieval Medicine", Bulletin of the History of
Medicine 73.3 (1999): 381-403. -- Paul
On 25 January 2016 at 01:00, Cormack, Margaret Jean
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medieval-religion:
Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Greetings
all,
I´ve run across a passage referring to the visions of Hildegard of
Bingen, which states that while many wondered whether they were from
God or 'de inaquositate aeriorum spirituum, qui multos seducant'.
(from
Vita S. Hildegardis, ed. Klaes, p. 28)
This was translated as 'from the
drying out of airy spirits, who mislead many.'
My question: airy
spirits misleading people is not a problem, but I´m intrigued by the
'drying out' part.
How is dryness related to false
visions?
Meg
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