{"id":54898,"date":"2025-08-20T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fotodoc.com.br\/nao-categorizado\/aos-seres-da-metamorfose\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:41:55","slug":"aos-seres-da-metamorfose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fotodoc.com.br\/en\/photo-essay\/aos-seres-da-metamorfose\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Beings of Metamorphosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Exu killed a bird yesterday with a stone thrown only today.&#8221;<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Exu\u2014being of the crossroads, of exchange, of movement, of transformation, of resistance, of reinvention\u2014is fundamental to understanding the\u00a0<strong>Afro-diasporic experience<\/strong>\u00a0in Brazil and the Americas. Exu opens paths; inhabits all paths. Their attributes belong also to beings who dwell at the margins, who cross boundaries, who redefine new forms of sociability\u2014especially (though not exclusively) in\u00a0<strong>terreiros<\/strong>\u00a0(sacred spaces).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The prime target of neo-Pentecostal denominations in their racist crusade against African-rooted traditions and religions, Exu resists demonization and continues their work of\u00a0<strong>mediation between beings and worlds<\/strong>\u2014<em>here<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>beyond<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Their wisdom and cunning manifest in countless ways; one of the most evident is when they become present in the bodies of\u00a0<strong>terreiro peoples<\/strong>. This essay seeks not answers, but a complement to Spinoza\u2019s famous question:<br \/>\n<em><strong>&#8220;What can a body do\u2026 with Exu?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The images comprising this essay were created at\u00a0<strong>Casa de Quimbanda 7 Marias<\/strong>\u00a0in Abaet\u00e9 (Minas Gerais) in 2022, with the consent and participation of the house\u2019s mediums and entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><em>Laroy\u00ea Exu!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Exu \u00e9 Mojub\u00e1!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(Praise Exu! \/ Honor to Exu!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><em>Translated with Deepseek AI<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fotodoc.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PPF2025-5-292-02-patrick-arley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45804\" src=\"https:\/\/fotodoc.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PPF2025-5-292-02-patrick-arley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" 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