Hildegard spricht, Hildegarde parle, Ildegada parla, Hildegard spreekt, Hildegarda habla Multilanguage Paperback
Based on historic quotations from the writings of Saint Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), Dr. Annette Esser wrote these nine texts in which Hildegard, so to say, speaks herself. This well-researched multi-language book includes chapter notes, a detailed historic timeline, an illustrated color map of Hildegard Way in Germany, along with colorful images from the land of Hildegard.
Read Aloud Hildegard Speaks
Dr. Annette Esser is a German theologian, teacher and artist. In 2008, she founded the Scivias-Institute for Art & Spirituality. In 2017, she co-initiated the Hildegard of Bingen Pilgrimage Way along the historic sites where the Saint lived in the 12th century. She edited the 59 tableaux texts along the Way. In 2019, Dr. Esser was filmed speaking as Hildegard for nine videos. This short video series was created by pilgrim-filmmaker, Michael M. Conti, creator of The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard and premiered theatrically as “Hildegard spricht” (2022) in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
We encourage you to read these texts out loud, hearing how Hildegard might have sounded, as you take your own pilgrimage along the Hildegard Way. The book contains the text of those presentations in German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Polish. We suggest doing this on the first nine stages of the Hildegard Way at the very spots which are marked by photos ahead of the nine chapters.
All the texts start with the heading “Hildegard speaks…”
Thus, Hildegard speaks
- … about precious stones and the heavenly Jerusalem
- … about her family and childhood
- … about her visions
- … about her art of healing
- … about her entrance into the Monastery of St. Disibod
- … about her teacher Jutta of Sponheim
- … about pilgrimages and her preaching tours
- … about how she gained fame as a seeress
- … about the foundation of her Rupertsberg Women’s Monastery.
Experience a Pilgrimage with Saint Hildegard along the St. Hildegard Way in Germany.
Dr. Esser speaks in character as “Hildegard” at 9 stations along the trail and gives a small glimpse into the many teachings of Saint Hildegard. This special ecumenical video series has been created by pilgrim-filmmaker Michael M. Conti, who took the 85-mile “Hildegard Way” through the Nahe river region in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
To conclude with Hildegard’s words: Now also you, oh human, speak out aloud about what you see and hear.
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