EPHEMERA

In this collection of essays, Christos Malavitsis, with lyricism and poetry, guides the reader to places of spiritual awakening, countering the pain of ephemeral and finite life with the ephemerality of the spirit and the soul's ability to strengthen its bond with the eternal.

Against the mysterious ocean of ignorance, the silent duty of man's presence in the world is to keep vigil, holding alight the candle of existence that has been granted to him for as long as it shines: `You keep your vigil. Until the other comes. He will light his candle from yours. He will sit at your post as you depart. Without exchanging a word.`

(Uranis Foundation Award, 1990)

THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF MAN

With bright, questioning contemplation and insightful penetration, in these essays Christos Malavitsis presents the anguished testimony of the historical moment. In an era of violence, lawlessness, and ignorance, during the time of humanity's suspicious silence, when no one speaks about the essential things anymore, man is called to maintain the memory of light.

To realize the vertigo of the abyss, to grapple with the night of forgetfulness, looking towards the day of being that floods the soul with divine prosperity. To seek the ultimate meaning that leads to the light of transcendence.

(Essays Award of the Greek Pen Club, 1996)

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]