Biography:List of female mystics
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This is a List of female mystics.
Bahá'í Faith
- Táhirih
- Bahiyyih Khánum
- Ásíyih Khánum
Buddhism
- Alexandra David-Néel author of books on Tibetan Mysticism
- Yeshe Tsogyal 8th century C.E. Tibetan mystic, consort of Padmasambhava
- Buddhamitrā was a Buddhist nun living in India during the 1st century who is remembered for images of the Buddha that she erected in three cities near the Ganges River.
- Cheng Yen
- Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
- Karma Lekshe Tsomo
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.
- Pema Chödrön
- Thubten Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Tibetan Bhikshuni (Gelongma) ordination of women. She is a student of H. H. XIVth Dalai Lama, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche and other Tibetan masters.
- Robina Courtin
- Ani Choying Drolma
- Ayya Khema
- Houn Jiyu-Kennett
Christianity
- Beatrice of Nazareth Flemish nun
- Joan of Arc French saint
- Teresa of Avila Spanish saint
- Maria Bolognesi Italian (blessed)
- Bridget of Sweden Swedish Saint
- Heilwige Bloemardinne
- Marguerite Bays Swiss (blessed)
- Maria Domenica Lazzeri
- Hildegard of Bingen German saint
- Edith Stein German Saint
- Catherine of Siena Italian saint
- Itala Mela Italian Venerable
- Consolata Betrone Italian nun
- Hadewijch Dutch nun
- Jeanne Guyon
- Anne Catherine Emmerich (blessed)
- Margery Kempe
- Anna Kingsford
- Christina of Markyate
- Flower A. Newhouse
- Julian of Norwich
- Marguerite Porete
- Mother Shipton
- Catherine of Siena
- Lilian Staveley
- Simone Weil
- Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi
- Gertrude the Great - Saint
Hinduism
Vedic and Classical
- Ghosha
- Gargi Vachaknavi
- Maitreyi
Medieval
- Akka Mahadevi
- Sant Andal (Nachiar or Goda-devi)
- Sant Avvaiyar
- Sant Bahinabai
- Sant Janabai
- Sant Kanhopatra
- Lalleshvari
- Sant Mirabai
- Sant Molla
- Sant Muktabai
- Sant Nirmala
- Sant Rupa Bhawani, saint-poet
- Sant Sahajo
- Sant Sakhubai
Sikhism
- Bebe Nanaki
Modern
- Amma Sri Karunamayi
- Anandamayi Ma
- Mata Amritanandamayi
- Ma Devi Jnanabhanishta
- The Mother
- Mother Meera
- Sarada Devi
- Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
- Daya Mata
- Sister Nivedita
Islam
- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
- Hazrat Babajan
Judaism
- Hannah Rachel Verbermacher
Jainism
Taoism
- Sun Bu'er
Western mysticism and syncretism
- Helena Blavatsky
- Annie Besant
- Alice Bailey
- Mabel Collins
- Helena Roerich
Further reading
- Kishwar, Madhu. Women Bhakta Poets : Manushi (Manushi Publications, 1989).
External links
- Joan of Arc - Joan of Arc Archive.