I think he did mean that they are of-and-from as in taken away/given away freely while they previously were an integral part of previous mostly tyrannical power

I think he did mean that they are of-and-from as in taken away/given away freely while they previously were an integral part of previous mostly tyrannical power hierarchies. The psychoanalytical “father” is both good, and tyrannical, and i think part if its wisdom in that it manifests today as government and written ideal (where the ideal has power to reign in the government) is testament to our wisdom as a society.