🎧 Waypoint 4.3 — The Wombstone

Why does power fear what comes next?

In this episode, we enter the ancient myth of Cronus—the Titan who devours his children to stop time, prevent succession, and secure his rule.

Drawing on Greek myth, etymology, and cosmological symbolism, this waypoint traces a recurring pattern: liberation hardening into domination, anxiety masquerading as wisdom, and authority attempting to swallow the future.

Stones, wombs, caves, shields, milk, and honey become symbols of false security and hidden growth, as Rhea and Gaia work against repression, and Zeus matures in secret.

This is not a story about monsters, but about structures—about how fear turns power inward, and why attempts to freeze the world inevitably fail.

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