Experiences and beliefs are necessary to consider when attempting to understand Hildegard of Bingen and Isaac the Blind. While both were alive around the time, they had vastly different lives, with Hildegard becoming a highly esteemed Catholic and Isaac the Blind bringing Kabbala to life.
Hildegard of Bingen believed God encouraged people to act well by sending virtues to live in their souls allowing them to choose good choices. She also supported helping women by creating better social constructs. This may come from the difficulty she would have been forced to endure as women near the time of the crusades. Isaac the Blind would have also had to endure difficulty due to his faith being Jewish, and him living around the same time. He believed in a "Tree of Life" and this was part of the start of Kabbala.
Hildegard of Bingen and Isaac the Blind were both powerful influences during and after their time. They were also both similar from their experiences with the crusades, and different in that same experience. Hildegard definitely went through the experience of dealing with a crusade, but it was a different experience than Isaac the blind had with the same thing.
“Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, Osvaldo Golijov.” Hollywood Bowl, www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/1575/dreams-and-prayers-of-isaac-the-blind. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.
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