## St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Visions of the End Times
Yes, Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), mystic and Doctor of the Church, warned in her prophetic visions of a **"great deception"** at the end of time, linked to demonic forces or fallen beings.
According to her writings, particularly in *Scivias* and her visions of the last days, the following points stand out:
* **The Antichrist:** A human being possessed by Satan from his very conception. An impure woman will conceive an impure son who will not manifest his wickedness until he is certain that he possesses, completely and superabundantly, all the arts of evil. Meanwhile, love among men will have diminished, and heretics will be able to preach their erroneous beliefs openly; among Christians, doubts regarding the Catholic faith will grow.
* **The "Filthy Mist":** In her visions, she describes a dirty mist covering the earth—a symbol of the perversion of truth and mass deception.
* **Five Epochs of the Beast:** She identified five symbolic beasts (**Fiery-Red Dog, Yellow Lion, Pale Horse, Black Pig, and Grey Wolf**) representing eras of increasing evil and corruption, with the final phase marked by occultism and a deceptive delusion that leads many away from God.
* **The Great Deception:** The goal of these beings is to deceive men with apparent "sweetness and gentleness," hiding vices to lead them to perdition.
In summary, Hildegard saw the end of times as an era where order unravels and fallen beings (demons) deceive the world before the final victory of the Church.
### The Origins of the Antichrist
According to the visions of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, especially in her work *Scivias*, the Antichrist ("Son of Perdition") will be the son of a perverted woman seduced by the devil. He will be born of fornication and perversion, conceived without knowing for certain which man is the father, being essentially the fruit of a diabolical union.
* **Origin:** The "Corruptor" emerges from within the very bosom of the Church.
* **Conception:** The mother conceives the Antichrist in a "fervent heat of fornication," being misled by diabolical seduction.
* **Nature:** He is described as the final instrument of perversion who attempts to imitate Christ, yet is filled with pride and malice.
* **Context:** Hildegard points out that this evil will be born from uncorrected vices within the Church itself.