Lynda G. Adamson

Broschiertes Buch

Feathers from the Flame

Beschreibung

Spiritual discovery, emotional healing, and the nature of consciousness surface through Laura's past-life regression into Hildegard of Bingen's complex twelfth century world. Through the contemporaneous therapeutic sessions of the protagonist Laura as she is hypnotized into the person of Clothilde, the mystical, visionary world of Hildegard of Bingen is cleverly revealed by the author. (Dr Eileen Guenther, Professor Emerita of Church Music at Wesley Theological Seminary). A past life regression lands Laura in her twelfth-century self, Clothilde, where she uncovers a complicated woman within a rigid society. After leaving home to live with her future fiancé's family, Clothilde accompanies her mother-inlaw to Disibodenberg, a monastery where she first hears stunningly beautiful music and then meets its composer, Hildegard of Bingen. In current time, Laura discovers that Hildegard did indeed exist inside the convent with her work reaching far beyond its walls. Hildegard composed music, healed the sick, traveled to preach, corresponded with kings and popes throughout Europe (including Frederick Barbarossa, Henry II, and Eleanor of Aquitaine), and founded two convents. Both Hildegard and Clothilde exhibit enormous strength in a cloistered era. Clothilde loses a fiancé in the Second Crusade, falls in love with a Jew but must marry a churlish bully, and manages a manor the size of a small town. Hildegard herself supervises the construction of her Rupertsberg convent at Bingen and then another at Eibingen while constantly writing, composing, and healing. Clothilde connects with Hildegard during regular journeys to nearby Bingen where she helps in Hildegard's hospice and copies Hildegard's copious correspondence. Clothilde simultaneously hides a secret that propels her to fiercely protect her family, a secret that leads Laura to the root of her own greatest fear. Fans of Outlander, Pillars of the Earth, Frozen River, and the Brother Cadfael series will welcome this stimulating story.

Autor

Lynda Adamson, PhD, has many diverse interests. As a former English professor, she has taught American, World, and Children's Literature and written fifteen reference books for these disciplines. She travels as often as possible, having visited Europe many times as well as Australia, New Zealand, China, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, where she has enjoyed concerts, museums, archeological sites, culture, and stunning natural beauty. Gourmet cooking and cuisine are also high on her list of favorite activities. She lives near Washington DC where she volunteers at the Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre, and Ford's Theater, sites featuring musical theater, opera, and plays. She sings soprano with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, performing regularly at the Kennedy Center. Her avocation introduced her to Hildegard when her choir performed one of Hildegard's twelfth-century compositions coinciding with Hildegard's 900th birthday. Its numinous beauty led her to research the mystic Hildegard's impressive accomplishments from inside convent walls from the age of ten to eighty-one. She has repeatedly visited the Bingen, Germany, area on the Rhine with its lovely vineyard-covered, history-laden hills where Hildegard lived and worked.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Balboa Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9798765263082
• Artikelnr.: 75124936