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Here are resources for a mysticism that speaks: Saint Hildegard von Bingen and John Muir of the Mountains. Please add your own suggestions to the comment section below or via email.  We would love to hear from you.

Hildegard von Bingen Pilgrim Trail

“Some may be spiritual and can have a sports experience; others are more athletic and can have a spiritual experience. Hopefully both of them can agree with Hildegard: O quam mirabilis – How wonderful! “

(Dr. Annette Esser, Scivias Institute for Art and Spirituality eV)

Pilgrimage: Hildegard Way

Embark on the 137 km  “Hildegard of Bingen pilgrim’s path” and hike in the footsteps of the saints through the land of Hildegard and past various stages of life of the most famous personality of the Middle Ages.  Or take the 6.7 km footpath takes a circular route through the vineyards of Rüdesheim to the parish and pilgrimage church of Eibingen and the Benedictine Abbey of St. Hildegard.  Points of interest and beautiful panoramic views along the way offer you insights into the life of Hildegard of Bingen and the landscape as she knew it.

Saint Hildegard Medicine and Selected Saint Hildegard Bibliography at the bottom of this page.

Time to connect deeper to John Muir?

Let’s start with one of my favorites resources for making this film, The Contemplative John Muir, which lead to author Stephen K. Hatch’s in the film. This book is his sort of “bible” of Muir quotations related to a vibrant and ecstatic spirituality of Nature. It includes a new selection of never-before published selections from original journals contained in the John Muir Papers, as well as passages from his published works. Anyone interested in experiencing a deeper communion with Nature will find this book invaluable.

Also Florence Williams’s book, The Nature Fix. She is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for the New York Times,  National Geographic, among other publications. Her feature article in the National Geographic “This is Your Brain on Nature” prompted me to reach out to her which is how she also ended up on the film.

Here are some resources to get you started on your own journey:

Places to Go

Sierra Club, John Muir was also one of the founders of the Sierra Club, and the organization’s John Muir Exhibit gives a comprehensive view of Muir, his life and work: www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit.

The John Muir National Historic Site was established after the house, the Martinez Adobe and surrounding orchards were purchased by the National Park Service in 1964. In 1993, and additional 326 acres of Muir’s original property (now open space) were purchased, known as Mt. Wanda. Visit the John Muir National Historic Site website at www.nps.gov/jomu.

John Muir Association, The magic of John Muir lives today in our public parklands and wilderness areas, the orchards and vineyards of Contra Costa County, California, sunsets atop Mt. Wanda, and in writings and teachings that spread the word about nature and our place in it. Learn more.

Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace, John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, and John Muir’s Birthplace is now a museum and educational center. Explore the life and legacy of this remarkable man here, in the house where he was born. This unique museum is also the starting point of the John Muir Way – making it the beginning of the journey of a lifetime in more ways than one.  Learn more.

The John Muir Way stretches 134 miles or 215 km across Scotland’s heartland, running between Helensburgh in the west through to Dunbar on the east coast and Muir’s birthplace. We walked the way in 2019 which is shared in more detail here

Photo by Gavin Morton, The John Muir Way

Learn more about the John Muir Way.

Hildegard Medicine

Dr. Wighard Strehlow, Hildegard’s Praxis,  Germany

Healthy Hildegard

Theology

Creation Spirituality Communities

Check out books on Csource Wisdom

Music

Linn Maxwell,  Hildegard of Bingen and the Living Light

Art

Scivias Institute of Arts and Spirituality

Selected Saint Hildegard Bibliography:

If you are interested in having a resource listed here, please contact us with those details.

Matthew Fox, Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times

Beverly Mayne Kienzle, Homilies on the Gospels (Cistercian Studies)

Matthew Fox, Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen

Matthew Fox, “Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works with Letters and Songs.”

Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer’s 30-Day Journey with St. Hildegard von Bingen, Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers. Through brief daily readings and reflections, the 30-Day Journey series invites readers to be inspired and transformed. 

Dr. Wighard Strehlow, “Hildegard of Bingen’s Spiritual Remedies”

Dr. Wighard Strehlow & Gottfried Hertzka, M.D., “Hildegard of Bingen’s Medicine”

Bruce W. Hozeski, “Hildegard of Bingen: The Book of the Rewards of Life”

Bruce W. Hozeski, trans., “Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias”

Barbara Newman, “Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard’s Theology of the Feminine.”

Priscilla Throop, “Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica”

Gabriele Uhlein, “Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen”

Spiritual Direction:

Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their own personal spirituality.

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