Was St. Hildegard Charismatic or Mystic?

Hildegard was a a contemplative mystic whose intimacy with God overflowed into charismatic gifts. Her mystical seeing informed her prophetic speaking. Her prophetic speaking was sustained by her contemplative prayer. Her healing wisdom flowed from her theological cosmology (Gr. cosmos = order). Her music expressed her mystical understanding of creation’s order. In Hildegard, the charismatic and mystical are not separate traditions, schools of spirituality, they are one continuous movement of grace.