St. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi: The dramatic mystic

[@BarbaraMarieLouise]

Thank you very much! That’s really interesting. As I’m a voice teacher and actress I work a lot with breathing, words, letting go and divestment. And it’s now about 1 1/2 years that I realised the proximity of the art of singing, especially the breath support with the trinity. It’s not so easy to understand if you never really experienced a good breath support. But when you have developed it, it is like the word “person” becomes “flesh” in you. It feels like the sound goes through you and at the same time you breath out and at the same time you have a sense of “slurping” the breath and sound. So for me I now understand the trinity in a way like singing and speaking with good breath support: The father is like the body who gives the support for the breath to flow as is necessary in order to let the word and sound get out resonating in all your resonances that are in your body and mind. So: that’s why only the Holy Spirit could be the “father” of Jesus as Jesus, the son, is the word. And you cannot say a word or make a sound without the breath. And the breath of God is the Holy Spirit. So with this knowledge of my profession I think I understand at least a certain direction where she might want to go. The breath (Holy Spirit) flows freely through the body (Father) in and out. And on the breath the word (Jesus) is formed and send out (if not you wouldn’t hear anything). And by sending it out the word touches your ear thanks to the breath that is surrounding you. So the the word comes back to you and by this you have a new communication going on in yourself and with yourself. At least that would be my interpretation.

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[@samanthabirdx]

Hello! Amazing episode! Saint Maria Maddalena De Pazzi’s story has always resonated with me deeply, I’ve read about her in a few different places but I’m having trouble finding her actual writings. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you so much!