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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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3267 4804 | mobile: 044 882 4996 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion