“The Seventh Plague” 1823 Painter: John Martin. It was not until the tenth and final plague that the Pharaoh finally let the people of Israel go. When the Pharaoh refused to do so, God imposed ten plagues upon Egypt. Moses and his brother, Aaron, approached Pharaoh and demanded he set the Israelite slaves free. Hildegard also wrote about women’s sexuality, as one of the first to do so. It is well know that she had faith in medicinal herbs and healing crystal stones.
Hildegard was engaged in theology, science and healing. She wrote books, poetry, music and songs. It was quite common to give the tenth child to the church. Her parents offered her as tithe (giving one tenth) to the church when she was eight years old. Hildegard (1098- 1179) an abbess from Germany was a Christian mystic and visionary. Earthquakes at 6 and above are considered to be serious and can cause a lot of damage. Using this scale an earthquake with 7 points is ten times more powerful than an earthquake with 6 points.Īn earthquake with colossal 10 points on the Richter scale has never been recorded. It is named after Charles Richter who developed the scale. The Richter scale measures the strength of earthquakes. The Richter scale is measured in tenfold increase of energy.