You are divine

This season, we shed a mosaic stained-glass light on Hildegard von Bingen: a woman so multi-talented and influential, we're not afraid to call her the Leonardo da Vinci of her time.

This season, we shed a mosaic stained-glass light on Hildegard von Bingen: a woman so multi-talented and influential, we're not afraid to call her the Leonardo da Vinci of her time.

Both a saint and a scientist, a prophet and politician, a proto-feminist and an early eco-warrior, this 12th-century German nun founded two monasteries, composed an entire catalogue of sacred music - still in Amazon's top 100 today! - and penned nine books on subjects ranging from botany to cosmology to human sexuality (including the Western World's first known description of the female orgasm). The secret of Hildegard's boundless energy and inspiration? Her 'Ecclesia' or inner church: a source of divine love and radiant light which, according to Hildegard, resides in each one of us. “Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world—everything is hidden in you.”

This season's Ecclesia' Couture Collection is an invitation to visit your inner church and discover the multi-colored mosaic of your hidden talents. Let's tap into the luminous life energy that connects us all - the 'Greening Power', as Hildegard called it - and CREATE! After all, to quote the unruly mystic herself: if we were truly made in God's image, aren't we all creators too?

Dare to shine your brilliant light. You are divine.