Journal Entry from Searching for Hildegard
Searching for Hildegard who was a mystery to me first, then became a divine inspiration, when I made a film about this Germanic Christian mystic. As a videographer, I have spent the time capturing lectures from several theologians. Specifically, Matthew Fox who spoke of her frequently during his series of Christ Path Retreat with Andrew Harvey.
Questions About Hildegard
- Was she someone real?
- Why do some people know her and others just draw a blank stare?
- Why am I attracted to this woman who lived 1000 years in the past?
- What do people think about her now?
- What would it be like to walk in her footsteps to find the source of her inspiration?
- How has she influenced the thinking of today’s mystics, healers, and artists?
- Why does she continue to speak to us today?
The Great Awakener
These are the sort of questions I awake in the divine early morning before the earth gets delighted by a new day. This is my journey.
Michael M. Conti’s Journal Entry from October 19, 2012
*First time Hildegard appears in my journal. Many of these questions which I asked, eventually got answered when I started to make The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard six months later in 2013 when I went to Germany as a participant on a retreat there.
In fact my first real exposure happened in 1996 when I was witness to Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party.
