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

Islam

  • Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
  • Hazrat Babajan

Judaism

  • Hannah Rachel Verbermacher

Jainism

Taoism

  • Sun Bu'er

Western mysticism and syncretism

Further reading

  • Kishwar, Madhu. Women Bhakta Poets : Manushi (Manushi Publications, 1989).

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