中世紀德國本篤會修女聖賀德佳（St. Hildegard von Bingen,1098-1179 ） 佳被譽為是中世紀早期所謂的「神秘主義者（Mystikerin/Visionistin）」。她的神視經驗，於她童年時期即已開啟，並於約43歲時開始動筆寫下第一部神學著作《當知之道》。她的神視經驗於後來獲得教宗尤金尼烏斯三世（Eugenius III,1145-1153）的支持，允許她加以記錄，並可公開地談論。在聖賀德佳的神視經驗中，凝視與聽覺是通往神聖經驗的渠道。她認為人除了肉體的眼睛之外，也具備了「靈魂的眼睛」。在神視中，人特別需要靈魂的眼睛，方能洞悉信仰中的奧秘。「心靈的眼睛」能夠引人超越身體的感知，在靈性的層面上與造物主相互連結。《當知之道》記載了她的二十六個神視，書寫至成書的時間為西元1141-1152。此作品紀錄了聖賀德佳具「先知性的召叫」（prophetic call），並在當時受到了高度的重視。《當知之道》的重要性在於它是聖賀德佳所有神視作品的起源，其呈現了聖賀德佳對於《聖經》的理解以及她透過神視與文字傳達天主對於人類的恩典與救贖。本文擬以此作品第一部分的前三個關於「創造」的神視描繪，探究聖賀德佳藉由「凝視」所感知到的聖顯以及她特殊的神聖經驗。

The German Benedictine abbess, St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was named a mystic in the European Middle Ages. She had her mystical visions when she was a child. Around forty-three, she started to write her first theological book, Scivias. Pope Eugenius III (1145-1153) acknowledged her mystical visions, and supported her to talk about them publically and to write them down. ＂Gazing＂ and ＂Hearing＂ were for St. Hildegard von Bingen the paths toward Holiness. She believed that human beings possess bodily eyes as well as ＂eyes of the soul＂ (Inner eyes). In her experience of mystical visions, the ＂inner eyes＂ were especially needed to comprehend the mystery of Faith. The ＂inner eyes＂ were the prominent element to guide human beings beyond their bodily feeling, and to be connected with God. In the twenty-six visions of Scivias the prophetic call to St. Hildegard von Bingen is documented, described and painted. The book was finished between 1141 and 1151 and is highly-valued, because it was her first book and the foundation of her other theological works. It presents Hildegard's understanding of the Bible and her role as a transmitter of the grace and redemption of God seen through her mystical visions and description of them. This paper focuses on the first three mystical visions in the first part of Scivias and explores her mystical experience and the hierophony which she perceived through ＂gazing＂.