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Its interesting how many things are linked together, just like the Mandala. Interestingly, Stephen asks a funny question and when I investigated it, it came down to Hildegard Von Bingen. On her birthday. Today, I study mandalas and run into.... the name Hildegard Von Bingen. I have her CD, called Vision. See picture and link below.

Hilde is a 12th century Christian Nun who had visions and was a voice for many in her time--- something that was basically unheard of back then.

She may have been the inventor of opra, was an artist, teacher, counselor, medicine woman and musician. She was an abandoned child, I believe even given away to the church as a tithe. She ended up being more of a gift than anyone could have imagined and created art, music, poetry, herbalism, medicine and spiritual literature, volume upon volume.

She'd have been called many things in our time-- ADHD, hypomanic, schizophrenic~ but above all, she was considered HOLY, maybe because she had the audacity to fly her freak flag

She should be studied in history, but no one ever hears of her, except me :) She pops up now and then and I've been given to paint her and what she might have been.

She used Mandalas~~~ so the mixture of the two may be something that can be translated into a painting.