Hildegard Von Bingen’s Herbs

Explore the Medieval folk magical and medicinal practices alive in the works of 11th-century Abbess and mystic, Hildegard von Bingen. Composer, writer, and herbalist, this visionary woman carved a name for herself in the healing and mystic arts around 1100 C.E. in what we know today as Germany. Though she would have shunned the title in her day, Hildegard was a magical practitioner in every sense of the word. Her written legacy allows us a glimpse into what European herbal medicine looked like 1000 years ago, and offers us a link to understanding our own ancestral plant practices when we visit them in a historical setting.