title: [Hildegard von Bingen: physician--mystic--poet].
abstract: Out of the multifaceted visionary writing of St. Hildegard from Bingen (1098-1179) three aspects are selected and commented on: 1. The cosmologically oriented art of healing showing man in its original state (constitutio) its actual condition (destitutio) and the expected healthy final state (restitutio); 2. An universal vision oriented on mystic enligthment proposing the individual as creation (opus Dei), as partner (opus alterum per alterium) and as worker on nature (opus cum creatura); 3. The esthetic dimension of universal and human perception as expressed by Hildegards songs (carmina) which culminate in hymns on the "celestrial Jerusalem". We should consider, that these aspects--beyond their historic roots--indicate ways for healing and salvation of the integral individual.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schipperges
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049691:History, Medieval; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009228:Mysticism / Q000266:history; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000266:history*; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history; D012068:Religion and Medicine
vernacular_title: Hildegard von Bingen: Arztin--Mystikerin--Dichterin.