Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orleans
From within her own brief life to the present day, Joan of Arc’s mystique has been appropriated by many groups and causes. This program, filmed in Orleans and Joan’s native village of Domremy, allows her to speak for herself through voice-over r...
The Hungarian Princesses: Elizabeth and Margaret
Perhaps no members of European royalty rejected wealth and embraced poverty so utterly as Elizabeth and Margaret, Hungarian princesses and members of a ruling family that produced ten saints. Filmed amidst the spectacular vistas of Hungary’s medie...
Hildegard of Bingen
Poet, essayist, musician, and visionary, Hildegard of Bingen is the most well-known female mystic of the Middle Ages, renowned in Europe for advising popes and bishops, conducting theological debates with Bernard of Clairvaux, and composing Ordo Vir...
Mysticism and the perennial philosophy: Huston Smith speaks
Huston Smith has devoted his life to study of the ineffable experience. This program opens windows of understanding into the renowned mystic philosopher’s unceasing quest for truth about the ultimate nature of reality as he shares the story of his...