Hildegard of Bingen, slow medicine, God’s Hotel

Posted on by Valorie Grace Hallinan

Recolate angel“Angels…what glorious shapes take place within you….”  Hildegard of Bingen

“I discovered Hildegard and her medicine…and that is where God’s Hotel starts.”…..Victoria Sweet, MD, author of God’s Hotel

The Hŏtel-Dieu (God’s Hotel) cared for the sick in the Middle Ages.  Hildegard’s music.

(And it’s All Saints’ Day weekend.)

Victoria Sweet at TEDxMiddlebury.

Photo: Recoleta Cemetary, Buenos Aires

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Published by Valorie Grace Hallinan

Writer, blogger at Books Can Save a Life, about the healing and enriching power of books. At work on a memoir about growing up with a mother who is mentally ill. A former book editor and medical librarian, my work has been published in Great Lakes Review, Library Journal, and other publications.

3 thoughts on “Hildegard of Bingen, slow medicine, God’s Hotel”

  1. Beautiful picture, Valorie! I think I first heard about Hildegaard either in an introduction to German literature or in a book called ‘The Gargoyle’. I have always wanted to read one of her books after that. She is very inspiring.

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