{"id":1192,"date":"2017-02-15T23:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2017-02-15T23:48:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:48:09","slug":"touching-the-soul-of-the-earth-with-hildegard-von-bingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=1192","title":{"rendered":"Touching the soul of the earth with Hildegard von Bingen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"These days we need to strengthen our spirituality so we can be the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153change-makers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d necessary for the well-being of this world and its people.\u00c2\u00a0 For me, spirituality is a life-path filled with practices that build up, enhance and release our innate human capacities for love and beauty, peace and harmony, justice and joy, awe and mystery.\u00c2\u00a0 In this way we are connected to the great \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sacred spirit” of the universes.<\/p>\n

Even though there has been regression in our national leadership, our lives can be filled with hope through spiritual experiences.\u00c2\u00a0 We find this in the breath of the seasons of the earth.\u00c2\u00a0 Locally she has been drenched by the rains, prodding nature to blossom, green and grow. It is as if every page of Gaia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coloring book is being filled in and coming alive. This is the greening power that Hildegard von Bingen often wrote and sang about.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Soul is Breath<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 by Hildegard von Bingen<\/em><\/p>\n

The soul is the breath of the living spirit<\/em><\/p>\n

that with excellent sensitivity,<\/em><\/p>\n

permeates the entire body to give it life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just so,<\/em><\/p>\n

the breath of air makes the earth fruitful,<\/em><\/p>\n

Thus the air is the soul of the earth,<\/em><\/p>\n

moistening it,<\/em><\/p>\n

greening it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a remarkable woman, a “first” in many fields. At a time when few women wrote, Hildegard, known as “Sybil of the Rhine”, produced major works of theology, visionary writings as well as medical and science texts. When few women were given respect, she was consulted by bishops, popes, and kings.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hildegard used the curative powers of natural things for healing and wrote treatises about natural history and the medicinal uses of plants, animals, trees and stones. She is the first composer whose biography is known, and she founded a vibrant convent where her musical plays were performed.<\/p>\n

Revival of interest in this extraordinary woman of the Middle Ages was initiated by musicologists and historians of science and religion.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hildegard’s visions and her music continue to be performed and reinterpreted in many new artistic venues. Her story is one of a resilient spirit and vivacious intellect overcoming social, cultural, and gender barriers to achieve timeless transcendence.\u00c2\u00a0 May these images invite you to the greening of a creation\/cosmic spirituality we so desperately need.<\/p>\n

Feb. week 2 images: Magnolia Bud, Leaf detail, Hairstreak Butterfly, Buckeye Buds. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These days we need to strengthen our spirituality so we can be the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153change-makers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d necessary for the well-being of this world and its people.\u00c2\u00a0 For me, spirituality is a life-path filled with practices that build up, enhance and release our … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[531,405,530,529,532,101,63],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-2","tag-buckeye-buds","tag-gaia","tag-greening","tag-hidegard-von-bingen","tag-magnolia-bud","tag-spirituality","tag-stacy-boorn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hkEw-je","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}