List of female mystics explained

This is a list of female mystics.

Bahá'í faith

• Táhirih
• Bahíyyih Khánum
• Ásíyih Khánum

Buddhism

• Alexandra David-Néel author of books on Tibetan Mysticism
• Yeshe Tsogyal 8th century CE Tibetan mystic, consort of Padmasambhava
• Khema
• Yaśodharā
• Patacara
• Uppalavanna

Christianity

• Adrienne von Speyr
• Alexandrina of Balazar
• Anna Kingsford
• Anna Maria Taigi
• Anna Schäffer
• Anne Catherine Emmerich (blessed)
• Bárbara de Santo Domingo
• Beatrice of Nazareth Flemish nun
• Benvenuta Bojani
• Bernadette Soubirous
• Bridget of Sweden Swedish Saint
• Catherine of Genoa
• Catherine of Racconigi
• Catherine of Siena Italian saint
• Catalina de Jesús Herrera
  • Cecilia del Nacimiento Christina Ebner
• Christina of Markyate
• Claire Ferchaud
• Consolata Betrone Italian nun
• Cora Evans
• Edith Stein German Saint
• Faustina Kowalska
• Flower A. Newhouse
• Gemma Galgani
• Gertrude the Great - Saint
• Heilwige Bloemardinne
• Hildegard of Bingen German saint
• Itala Mela Italian Venerable
• Jeanne Guyon
• Joan of Arc French saint
• Julian of Norwich
• Juliana of Liège
• Karmni Grima
• Lilian Staveley
• Louise Lateau
• Lucy Brocadelli
• Luisa Piccarreta
• Lydwine of Schiedam
• Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi
• Margaret of Ypres
• Margareta Ebner
• Margery Kempe
• Marguerite Bays Swiss (blessed)
• Marguerite d'Oingt
• Marguerite Porete
• Maria Angela Astorch
• Maria Bolognesi Italian (blessed)
• Maria Domitilla Galluzzi
• Maria Esperanza de Bianchini
• Maria Franciszka Kozłowska
• Maria Grazia Tarallo
• Maria Petyt
• Marie Julie Jahenny
• Marie Rose Ferron
• Marthe Robin
• Mechthild of Magdeburg
• Mother Shipton
• Natuzza Evolo
• Rosa Egipcíaca
• Simone Weil
• Sister Lúcia
• Teresa de Cartagena
• Teresa Luisa Gardi
• Teresa of Avila Spanish saint
• Teresa Urrea
• Thérèse of Lisieux
• Ursula Benincasa
• Ursula de Jesus
• Úrsula Micaela Morata

Hinduism

Vedic and classical

• Ghosha
• Gargi Vachaknavi
• Maitreyi
• Lopamudra

Medieval

• Akka Mahadevi
• Sant Andal (Nachiar or Goda-devi)
• Sant Avvaiyar
• Isaignaniyar
• Sant Bahinabai
• Sant Janabai
• Sant Kanhopatra
• Lalleshvari
• Sant Mirabai
• Gangasati
• Sant Molla
• Sant Muktabai
• Sant Nirmala
• Sant Rupa Bhawani, saint-poet
• Sant Sahajo Bai, 1725-1805
• Sant Sakhubai

Modern

• Amma Sri Karunamayi
• Anandamayi Ma
• Mata Amritanandamayi
• Ma Devi Jnanabhanishta
• The Mother
• Mother Meera
• Sarada Devi
• Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
• Daya Mata
• Sister Nivedita

Islam

• Dada Masiti
• Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
• Hazrat Babajan

Judaism

• Hannah Rachel Verbermacher

Jainism

• Sister Champa

Sikhism

• Bebe Nanaki

Taoism

• Sun Bu'er

Western mysticism and syncretism

• Helena Blavatsky
• Annie Besant
• Alice Bailey
• Mabel Collins
• Helena Roerich
• Florence Scovel Shinn

Further reading

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