"Subtitled Meditations & Visions of Hildegard of Bingen, this 1996 video is a most excellent presentation on the life and writings, music and art of the amazing, visionary composer/ healer/ artist/ mystic, whose works expressed an intense relationship with Sophia, or Mother Wisdom. First some facts and details of her life are presented (for instance: did you know she was 'given' to a convent at a very early age, because she was the tenth child in her family, and custom was to give one tenth of your wealth as a tithe to the church??!!). Then many of her writings are recited, to a background of music she composed (performed by 4 women on voice, vielle, harp, recorder, psaltery and percussion), while her illuminations and works of art are shown. Informative, instructive, and recommended!"