It was just a migraine
In a lecture on St. Hildegard , the lecturer mentioned that's some modern "scholars" explain away her spiritual visions as having been caused by migraine headaches. It is certainly possible that Hildegard may have been having migraines. But what in the world does that have to do with whether or not God was sending her visions? When I see a tree, certain things happen in my brain. But it would be nonsense to point to those neurological phenomena and say, "See, Gene is not seeing a tree: there is just this electrical activity in his brain." Perhaps visions sent by God are so intense that they cause migraines. Or perhaps migraines are God's way of sending us a vision. I don't know if Hildegard was having genuine revelations or not, but I do know that whether or not she was having migraines has nothing to do with answering the first question. In any case, here is one of her migraine headaches for your viewing pleasure: It looks remarkably lik...