Cyril mentioned the sword of Damocles. An interesting reference, the weight of responsibility hanging over the King.  It’s a fascinating read on the situation, equally an interesting point of view on the Totem. Perhaps then no person is an island; the weight of responsibility to the lineage of the human psyche is what we carry, mostly unknowingly. Could the idea of a ‘guilty conscience’ play into this? An echo of the human psyche. When we dream at night are we tapping into the background of the collective unconscious? Is this where the sword hangs for us all?