I pray, in short, that God exists, that Lucifer brings about His own Redemption and that mankind therefore shall in time be free of them both forever… - Michael Moorcock

Such speculation leads us nowhere and everywhere, but it makes no difference to our understanding of our immediate problems.

For years my lady made her plans. And when the time came to put them into action, how wonderfully she was able to achieve her ambitions."
"Only because few rational people can ever begin to understand such a lust for power," said von Bek feelingly. "There is nothing more puerile than the mind of a tyrant.

Like so many others he seemed to equate self-pity with artistic inspiration. In an earlier age he might have discovered his public and become quite rich (self-pity passing for passion in the popular understanding).