eISBN: 9780814667668, E6766
The Hildegard of Bingen Pilgrimage Way is a new path that invites pilgrims from all over the world to walk along the historic sites where the saint lived in the twelfth century. The route leads pilgrims on 140 kilometers from Idar-Oberstein via Disibodenberg and Sponheim to St. Hildegard’s Abbey in Eibingen on the Rhine. It is a path through fascinating European landscape, to Hildegard’s visionary work, to one’s own spirituality, and to God.
The Hildegard of Bingen Pilgrimage Book directs you on the way, offering short descriptions on the ten stages. It also provides profound information about Hildegard’s life and her theological, musical, medical, and botanic works. Biblical texts and meditative poems give impulses on this path—and to the pilgrims, they give room for their own spiritual discoveries.
Annette Esser, PhD, is the initiator of the Hildegard of Bingen Pilgrimage Way in Germany, editor of the fifty-nine tableaux along the way, and author of this pilgrimage book. Born in Cologne, Germany, Annette Esser has studied Catholic and Protestant theology at Münster University, Germany, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York; she holds a doctorate in theology from Radboud University, The Netherlands. As a teacher, artist, and theologian, she is the foundress and president of the Scivias Institute for Art & Spirituality, a nonprofit organization for artists, theologians, and therapists. Her artwork includes the Hildegard sculpture made from clay as seen on the Hildegard of Bingen pilgrimage passport and book.
eISBN: 9780814667668, E6766