Being and Presence is an ontological essay. This meaning it is a work dealing with existence and being with a focus on the quality of presence from an existentialist point of departure.

For the aspiring existentialist this is a handbook, a guide to being for Itself and the demands such an existence de facto poses. Every section of the essay is exemplified by a brief prosaic example to illustrate terms or ideas under scrutiny.

Lord Ulf Skei is a poet and portraiture painter, he spends his time traveling and creating. The author has spent time studying philosophical issues at university and through life. The work at hand is his view to being, existence, and the opposite to this; Nihil.