1. Kazantzakis, Nikos,The Odyssey: A Modem Sequel (London: Simon and Schuster, 1958), p.500.
2. Ritsos, Yannis, ‘Accented Colours’, inYannis Ritsos: Selected Poems 1938–1988, eds. Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades (Brockport: BOA Editions, 1989), p.144.
3. Genesis, 1:2.
4. I am grateful to Paul Ashton, Terry Eyssens, Pete Moore and Ruth Quibell for their thoughts on this experience.
5. Otto, Rudolph,The Idea of the Holy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1958).