L'Etat C'est Moi

Last night I had a dream that was so weird I have to write a message about it for my own records, even though it can't possibly mean anything to anyone except me. I dreamed I was at the court of King Louis XIV at about the midpoint of his reign. The Sun King, his court, and I were in a church. The King conducted the first part of the service, it would have been a Catholic Mass, but I didn't get that impression from what I remember about the dream.

After the King presided over the first part of the service, he left the church and one of his assistants delivered the sermon or homily. He said the King had to leave because he was ill. That's all I remember.

Why did I have this bizarre dream? Lately, I have thought about what King Louis XIV said when he said "I am the state," or, in French, "L'etat c'est moi." I have been ill the past couple of days. That's the only reason I can come up with for having this little dream.