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id="Bahá'í_faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.27.C3.AD_faith"></span>Bahá'í faith</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bahá'í faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih" title="Táhirih">Táhirih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADyyih_Kh%C3%A1num" title="Bahíyyih Khánum">Bahíyyih Khánum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81s%C3%ADyih_Kh%C3%A1num" title="Ásíyih Khánum">Ásíyih Khánum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el" title="Alexandra David-Néel">Alexandra David-Néel</a> author of books on Tibetan Mysticism</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeshe_Tsogyal" title="Yeshe Tsogyal">Yeshe Tsogyal</a> 8th century CE Tibetan mystic, consort of <a href="/wiki/Padmasambhava" title="Padmasambhava">Padmasambhava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khema" title="Khema">Khema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Bodhar%C4%81" title="Yaśodharā">Yaśodharā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patacara" title="Patacara">Patacara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppalavanna" title="Uppalavanna">Uppalavanna</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adrienne_von_Speyr" title="Adrienne von Speyr">Adrienne von Speyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrina_of_Balazar" title="Alexandrina of Balazar">Alexandrina of Balazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Kingsford" title="Anna Kingsford">Anna Kingsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Taigi" title="Anna Maria Taigi">Anna Maria Taigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Sch%C3%A4ffer" title="Anna Schäffer">Anna Schäffer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Catherine_Emmerich" title="Anne Catherine Emmerich">Anne Catherine Emmerich</a> (blessed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1rbara_de_Santo_Domingo" title="Bárbara de Santo Domingo">Bárbara de Santo Domingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_of_Nazareth" title="Beatrice of Nazareth">Beatrice of Nazareth</a> Flemish nun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benvenuta_Bojani" title="Benvenuta Bojani">Benvenuta Bojani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous" title="Bernadette Soubirous">Bernadette Soubirous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_of_Sweden" title="Bridget of Sweden">Bridget of Sweden</a> Swedish Saint</li> <li><a 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d'Oingt">Marguerite d'Oingt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Porete" title="Marguerite Porete">Marguerite Porete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Angela_Astorch" title="Maria Angela Astorch">Maria Angela Astorch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Bolognesi" title="Maria Bolognesi">Maria Bolognesi</a> Italian (blessed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Domitilla_Galluzzi" title="Maria Domitilla Galluzzi">Maria Domitilla Galluzzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Esperanza_de_Bianchini" title="Maria Esperanza de Bianchini">Maria Esperanza de Bianchini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Franciszka_Koz%C5%82owska" title="Maria Franciszka Kozłowska">Maria Franciszka Kozłowska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Grazia_Tarallo" title="Maria Grazia Tarallo">Maria Grazia Tarallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Petyt" title="Maria Petyt">Maria Petyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Julie_Jahenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie Julie Jahenny">Marie Julie Jahenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Rose_Ferron" title="Marie Rose Ferron">Marie Rose Ferron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marthe_Robin" title="Marthe Robin">Marthe Robin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechthild_of_Magdeburg" title="Mechthild of Magdeburg">Mechthild of Magdeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Shipton" title="Mother Shipton">Mother Shipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natuzza_Evolo" title="Natuzza Evolo">Natuzza Evolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Egipc%C3%ADaca" title="Rosa Egipcíaca">Rosa Egipcíaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Weil" title="Simone Weil">Simone Weil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_L%C3%BAcia" title="Sister Lúcia">Sister Lúcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_de_Cartagena" title="Teresa de Cartagena">Teresa de Cartagena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Luisa_Gardi" title="Teresa Luisa Gardi">Teresa Luisa Gardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_of_Avila" class="mw-redirect" title="Teresa of Avila">Teresa of Avila</a> Spanish saint</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Urrea" title="Teresa Urrea">Teresa Urrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux" title="Thérèse of Lisieux">Thérèse of Lisieux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursula_Benincasa" title="Ursula Benincasa">Ursula Benincasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursula_de_Jesus" title="Ursula de Jesus">Ursula de Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Arsula_Micaela_Morata" title="Úrsula Micaela Morata">Úrsula Micaela Morata</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vedic_and_classical">Vedic and classical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vedic and classical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghosha" title="Ghosha">Ghosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gargi_Vachaknavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gargi Vachaknavi">Gargi Vachaknavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maitreyi" title="Maitreyi">Maitreyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lopamudra" title="Lopamudra">Lopamudra</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval">Medieval</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Medieval"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akka_Mahadevi" title="Akka Mahadevi">Akka Mahadevi</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Andal" title="Andal">Andal</a> (Nachiar or Goda-devi)</li> <li>Sant Avvaiyar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaignaniyar" title="Isaignaniyar">Isaignaniyar</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Bahinabai" title="Bahinabai">Bahinabai</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Janabai" title="Janabai">Janabai</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Kanhopatra" title="Kanhopatra">Kanhopatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalleshvari" class="mw-redirect" title="Lalleshvari">Lalleshvari</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai">Mirabai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangasati" title="Gangasati">Gangasati</a></li> <li>Sant Molla</li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Muktabai" title="Muktabai">Muktabai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Nirmala" title="Sant Nirmala">Sant Nirmala</a></li> <li>Sant <a href="/wiki/Rupa_Bhawani" title="Rupa Bhawani">Rupa Bhawani</a>, saint-poet</li> <li>Sant Sahajo Bai, 1725-1805</li> <li>Sant Sakhubai</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern">Modern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amma_Sri_Karunamayi" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Sri Karunamayi">Amma Sri Karunamayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandamayi_Ma" title="Anandamayi Ma">Anandamayi Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mata_Amritanandamayi" title="Mata Amritanandamayi">Mata Amritanandamayi</a></li> <li>Ma Devi Jnanabhanishta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirra_Alfassa" title="Mirra Alfassa">The Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Meera" title="Mother Meera">Mother Meera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarada_Devi" title="Sarada Devi">Sarada Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurumayi_Chidvilasananda" title="Gurumayi Chidvilasananda">Gurumayi Chidvilasananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Mata" title="Daya Mata">Daya Mata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Nivedita" title="Sister Nivedita">Sister 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class="mw-redirect" title="Hannah Rachel Verbermacher">Hannah Rachel Verbermacher</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jainism">Jainism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jainism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champaben" title="Champaben">Sister Champa</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sikhism">Sikhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_mystics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sikhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bebe_Nanaki" title="Bebe Nanaki">Bebe Nanaki</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taoism">Taoism</h2><span 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