🧩 Symbolic Chain Alignment

θ→Σ→h(t)→e→θ′ • cosmos ↔ myth ↔ biology ↔ arbor ↔ neuron

θ (Chthonic / Roots / 1st dendrite)

Adversarial: inherited givens—cosmos, god, simulation, dependencies.
Tactical: contend within constraints; maneuver without choice.
Image: roots tangled in hard soil; bequeathed, not chosen.

Σ (Hermes / Trunk / 2nd dendrite)

Conditional on rituals: spouse, business, work; repetition stabilizes.
Informational: signals, rules, traditions structure life.
Image: trunk with ritual rings; Hermes carrying messages.

h(t) (Agora / Branching / 3rd dendrite)

Unconditional love: mother → family → kin.
Strategic: long-horizon, relational investments (not mere tactics).
Image: branches extending into open air, linking kin across space.

e (Olympus / Soma+Axon / Canopy)

Mature approach: splice, recombine, test → soma integrates and fires.
Operational: execution that turns strategy into lived action.
Image: canopy filtering light; axon transmitting to far effectors.

Key: reconcile orthogonal inputs; the three afferents do not coordinate their clocks.

θ′ (Aether / Fruit / N-dendrites + Effectors)

Homeostatic ends: updating & balance, feeding back into the cycle.
Existential: outward fruit that regenerates the system.
Image: seeds dispersed into the aether—return to soil.

🔄 Recursion

Roots (θ) → Ritual trunk (Σ) → Branches of love/strategy (h(t)) → Operational canopy (e) → Existential fruit (θ′) → back to soil.
Neuron: 1st afferent (θ), 2nd afferent (Σ), 3rd afferent (h(t)), soma+axon (e), effectors (θ′).