SOURCE : Exu the Messenger, Magician and Master of the Crossroads
“People weren’t made to be machines. Part of us is madness, a necessary madness Exu is the master of-this is the most creative part of us. It is the space of our evolution. Without Exu what would our lives be? Nothing but a monotonous repetition of passionless acts.”
This is why Exu performs everything in reverse, and why his worshippers often ask him to do the opposite of what they desire. Exu teaches that blind obedience to authority or to whatever the established order of things may be is wrong, and that ritual often obscures meaning. He reminds his congregation that they should always be ready to reinterpret reality from a fresh point of view, or else a situation can stagnate.
Exu’s dwelling is at the crossroads, which symbolizes his aspect as the great communicator and expander of horizons. He stirs up action. The crossroads are where people and ideas meet, pass, and are exchanged. Things happen at crossroads: spaces open up and close down; new directions are taken.
