The Past, Its Presence, Prelude to a Prayer

There I lay, floating on my back upon the blue Aegean, that same sea pressed against the sun-bathed sands of Serifos. I was suddenly thinking of the past, the blurred nature of its presence, and how— however blurred its áffect—the past presses so aggressively against . . . is it the chest? the throat?

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Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal
Published
2026-01-14
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https://doi.org/10.55221/1940-5537.1544
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Byzantine Studies and History
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The Past, Its Presence, Prelude to a Prayer

Scott Cairns
Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal
Byzantine Studies and History
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The Past, Its Presence, Prelude to a Prayer

Scott Cairns
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Abstract

There I lay, floating on my back upon the blue Aegean, that same sea pressed against the sun-bathed sands of Serifos. I was suddenly thinking of the past, the blurred nature of its presence, and how— however blurred its áffect—the past presses so aggressively against . . . is it the chest? the throat?

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