i hear hildegard was a genius, and a woman ahead of her time...
just listened to (and tried to learn how to "burn" a recording
of) Canticles of Ecstasy. I hear she was very knowledgeable about
medicinal plants, and a prolific composer of music and one of
the first know women to do so, and also one of the premier
women authors...and the pope asked advice from her. She also
had migraines, which were often accompanied by visions...