Hydrophobias

The Christian philosophy […] cannot understand […] how there are cancers and plagues and hydrophobias of the soul, the secret causes of those horrible diseases in the body.

Certain of these “hydrophobias” are marked by a fear of flowing surfaces because of photophobia.

We are anesthetized against most terrors of land. […] HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off. But once at sea, fear quickly is lost.