Saint Hildegard’s Vegetal Psycho-Physio-Theology

Abstract

Besides a series of psycho-physiological correspondences between parts of the soul and physical processes, one finds in Hildegard’s corpus an entire hagiography and a theography mapped onto parts of plants in a sort of spiritual botany. The analogies mixed together with the non-analogical emanations of viriditas are complex, insofar as they involve particular species of plants or plant organs, psychic faculties, and chief actors in the Judeo-Christian theological drama.

Keywords

• Hildegard of Bingen
• vegetal life
• Virgin Mary
• Jesus
• Holy Spirit