Talk:Hildegard of Bingen

Should "reincarnation" be included?
User:Hvbresearch (contribs) has recently readded the section in 3.3 Modern Interest concerning information about Hildegard's supposed "reincarnation" in the twentieth century, as per this revision from Jan. 10. On the one hand, the work of Rudolf Steiner was indeed influential on certain early 20th-cen. Hildegard scholars, including Hiltgart Keller, whose dissertation on the Rupertsberg Scivias mannuscript is a crucial witness to the manuscript before its loss after WWII. On the other hand, even Keller didn't include such marginal notions as Hildegard's reincarnation in her scholarship; and although User:Hvbresearch has included references, they are not to any major scholarship on Hildegard -- rather, they are to scholarship on specifically modern spiritual practices that may be more appropriately included in a wiki article devoted to them specifically. Thoughts? NathanielMCampbell (talk) 16:21, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks NathanielMCampbell. I found the entry relevant under Modern Interest in Hildegard because it's not so much about reincarnation as the continuing legacy of Hildegard's theology, one studied area being among those who explain its recurrences by the posited phenomenon of reincarnation. Granted this view is not found in mainstream academic research, but I believe that providing a collection point for the alternative sincere schools of thought on a subject, especially when they are deeply rooted as indicated by abundant historical and scholarly footnotes, is one of the great strengths and benefits of Wikipedia. Hvbresearch (talk) 19:23, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Hilarious to find "reincarnation researchers" treated like real scientists. Unsure of what they claim regarding "Hildegard's lineage include that of artist Carl Schroeder"; are we supposed to believe that Carl S. probably is Hildegard reincarnated? Hexmaster.se (talk) 14:48, 3 March 2020 (UTC)


 * What indeed is said anent Hildeyard her lineage, her bloodline, her birthright?
 * Rings off like it wud make a becoming addition to the article. 2A00:23C7:9C97:5D01:49A0:D177:D706:86A0 (talk) 00:16, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Astronomy
Shouldn't we expand the information regarding her interest in the cosmos? Not much here. She also invented hopped beer apparently... — Iadmc  ♫ talk  10:46, 12 May 2023 (UTC)