The longing for God, asking for him and searching for him, is the key theme in the visionary writings of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and the basis for numerous questions. The articles by the eminent German philologist and theologian which have been collected under this title deal with topics and aspects of Hildegards colorful and inexhaustible thoughts which create a relationship between the microcosm and the macrocosm, mankind and God and are so timeless in their essentiality that they can still inspire us now.