Vision Page #4

But the Arabs are heathens, Mother.

Yes, but they know a bit about medicine.

We ask to be freed from this serfdom!

We wanted our own cloister,

we can't go back now.

You wanted your own cloister!

- Because you quarreled with Father

we had to leave a place of comfort.

My family didn't send me to you

to ruin my hands!

Ora et labora. You know the rule.

We don't want to sleep on straw beds!

The time will come

when we can adorn ourselves.

I warn you:

It will count against you in Heaven.

Some of you will get on the wrong track,

and die before time.

My parents think

you've been seduced by sylphs.

And that you use your gifts

for your own glory, not for us!

Then I saw in the true vision

that I was beset with gloom,

as Moses had been.

For as he led the sons of Israel

out of Egypt and into the desert,

they complained at God

and afflicted Moses.

Thus God has granted

that I too shall be afflicted.

My dearest daughter!

I want to hear proposals on how to

deal with sisters who want to leave

because they do not like the hard work

and believe they deserve better

than to live in poverty.

SisterJutta?

They should be allowed to go.

Sister Berta?

Stubbornness leads to punishment,

unity wins the crown. I say punish them.

Sister Gerhild?

The fourth stage of humility is:

A nun is first obedient in hard times.

Even when injustice occurs she does not

complain, but embraces patience.

She is steadfast,

without tiring or running away.

For the scripture says: He who is

steadfast till the end shall be saved.

I think we should let them leave.

If not, they'll just sow discord

and we'll end up hating each other.

But those who endure will pull together,

and love will triumph over hardship.

Cloister Rupertsberg

I've come to demand

what's rightfully mine.

What could that be?

The lands that my sisters

have brought into this cloister.

You mean the sisters who left you

because they couldn't stand it?

You know which properties I refer to!

I'm prepared to give you half.

But we need the other half to survive.

The same goes for us.

We need it to survive.

It's God's will that we do not starve,

that we may serve Him.

Ask the Margravine of Stade...

who lobbied so hard for you.

Or your protector...

the Archbishop of Mainz.

They can still your hunger.

The Devil take you!

The Archbishop has allowed me

to serve as your provost.

Oh, dearest Volmar!

You come at the right moment.

I need you more than ever.

Bishopric of Mainz

The visionary Hildegard,

who shines with admirable virtue,

will receive from us

a water mill at Bingen Gorge

and the surrounding land.

Thus is the existence

of your cloister secured.

I hope you'll again dedicate yourself

to transcribing your visions.

We're keen to read them.

Man stands in the middle of the world,

for he is more mighty

than the other creatures living here.

He is small in form,

but the strength of his soul

makes him large.

He is master

of the upper and lower elements.

You too are great

through your soul's strength.

Just as man's heart is concealed

within the body,

so is his body

surrounded by the soul's powers.

May I say something

that may enrage you?

Could you really enrage me, child?

I love you so deeply,

I'm afraid you may die before me.

I shall certainly die before you.

It's perfectly natural.

I can't live without you.

I said that to my mother, Jutta,

when I was your age.

And then she died,

and I passed on

what she taught me to you.

And you shall one day

pass on what you've learned from me.

It is a musical play.

We'll perform it

in honor of our great guest,

Magistra Tengwich from Andernach.

Each of you will portray a virtue.

You, Richardis, will be the soul

who is seduced by the Devil.

Who shall be the Devil?

Our priest, Volmar.

He's the only one who may not sing.

He won't like that.

- Who knows,

perhaps he'd like to be a devil.

You have embraced me.

But now you destroy me

through your repentance.

But I shall conquer you!

All your paths are evil, I have seen it.

Now I fight against you.

Now come to my aid,

Queen Humility,

with your enlightening power!

O Victory,

you have overcome the Devil,

hurry here with your warriors.

Bind him, O glorious powers!

O, our Queen,

we belong to you,

and we follow your every command.

You know the letter

from Paul to Timothy,

in which he says:

"Women should dress decently,

modestly, and demurely.

Their adornment shall not be

gold, pearls, or fine clothes,

but instead good deeds. "

One does not exclude the other.

Our virgins wear their white robes

as visible proof

of their union with Christ.

Paul ordained that women

should cover their hair.

Your virgins wear it down,

and visible to all.

His commandment is for married women.

As virgins, we are as naive

and untouched as in paradise.

God loves beauty.

In paradise there was no ugliness.

We live on earth.

And paradise...

must first be earned again.

I will have to report

these changes in your lifestyle.

- Do that.

Will you be staying for supper?

- No.

I am fasting.

Ten years' work!

Your first volume!

Thank you.

Thank you, all.

And tomorrow we shall...

continue our work.

There are men who possess

an extraordinary masculine potency.

The sexual wind that blows

in the loins of these men

is more fiery than windy.

He is possessed of

two tent-like formations

that surround the trunk

of all masculine powers

and reinforce it and make it erect.

Just as one builds

a bulwark around a tower.

As soon as the man's seed

falls on its place,

the female blood draws it in

with all the longing of its love,

and sucks it in

in the same way

that one draws in a breath.

And in this way, female blood

and the male seed are mixed.

What will be the title of this book?

Liber subtilitatum diversarum

naturarum creaturarum.

I'm sure you've seen yourself

how well we've put your generosity

to good use.

It is a very well-planned site.

I hope peace has returned to you,

and you've overcome the new start.

I am deeply indebted to you.

Without you,

Richardis wouldn't have supported me.

I've come to discuss

my daughter with you.

I can only sing her praises!

She supports me in everything I do.

She is intelligent,

humble...

I'd not have finished my book

without her.

Your daughter knew exactly

how to win my heart completely.

I shouldn't say this, actually,

because I am obliged

to love all sisters equally.

I know how you adore her,

and how she adores you, but...

her brother has found her a post

that means she must leave you.

As you know,

Hartwig is Bishop of Bremen,

and he has ensured

that the nuns at Bassum Convent

have voted Richardis

to be their new Abbess.

You cannot do this without my consent.

I'm here to ask your consent.

I cannot do without Richardis!

You'll have to, my friend!

Never!

My family feels that Richardis

has served you long enough.

You've been a shining example

of how to hold such a position.

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