Contents

• Bahá'í faith
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Eastern mysticism and syncretism
• Hinduism
• Vedic and classical
• Medieval
• Modern
• Islam
• Judaism
• Jainism
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Western mysticism and syncretism
• Further reading

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
• Khema
• Yaśodharā
• Patacara
• Uppalavanna
• Yeshe Tsogyal 8th century CE Tibetan mystic, consort of Padmasambhava

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
• Clare of Assisi
• 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
• Helen of Tottenham
• 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

Eastern mysticism and syncretism

• Ching Hai

Hinduism

Islam

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

Judaism

• Hannah Rachel Verbermacher

Jainism

Sikhism

• Bebe Nanaki

Taoism

• Sun Bu'er

Western mysticism and syncretism

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

Further reading

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