Perhaps a better word would have been "illuminations."
Hildegard also makes reference to the image of a giant woman continually
birthing the world, in describing one of her visions, I think in Scivias.
If this isn't God-as-female, I don't know what is. Marsha Waggoner
Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> I am curious what you mean about Hildegard's "mandalas." Should we use
> such a term?
>
> I do think, however, that her depecting of the Trinity in Scivias, a
> luminous human figure, is deliberately generic, neither male nor female
> per se. She also uses the generic noun homo, not femina or vir, in
> describing said figure.
>
> Tom Izbicki
>
> On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Marsha Waggoner wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 16:50:26 -0400
> > From: Marsha Waggoner <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: god as woman
> >
> > I have done some work in the last couple of years on this topic,
> > and found some interesting references in Ancren Wisse, in the
> > mandalas and visions of Hildegard, and in the writings of Bernard of
> > Clairvaux, among others. I would be happy to share my bibliographic
> > references if you're interested.
> > Marsha Waggoner
> > University of Louisville
> > Louisville, Kentucky
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > > I'm wondering if any of you can suggest articles on
> > > "god as woman" or feminine aspects of god from the medieval
> > > (or any other) period that do not simply re-hash Caroline
> > > Bynum and/or Julian of Norwich? Has there been any recent
> > > new work in this field? Thanks
> > >
> > > Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
> > > Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
> > > College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
> > > Charleston, SC 29424-0001
> >
> >
> >
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