Yup, the Youthful Hero, having secured the circulation of the energy of the universe, becomes the Tyrant Holdfast, unless he slays himself, and if he doesn’t, the energy stagnates, and the kingdom becomes a wasteland.

It might not have been such a bad idea, in those early cities, when, upon the completion of the revolution of Jupiter or Saturn, the king and court, all, went voluntarily to the grave.

Happily, in our democracy, we can kick the bums out, as long as we can keep the system working.