Metamorphosis borrows from the term's roots in biology and geology, elaborated into a inherent property of the world itself. While in biology, metamorphosis describes an abrupt change in an animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation, and in geology (as metamorphism) it refers to the transformation of rock formations due to extreme heat or pressure, this idea applies more broadly to encompass all agents and their subsistence within the world.

Metamorphosis is attributed to all entities - human, non-human, societal, and even divine. Following its transaction describes how these agents exchange properties and undergo transformations through their interactions within networks. Metamorphoses are not one-time events but continuous processes that can proliferate, shift, be interrupted, terminate, and start over. The prefix "meta-" in metamorphosis suggests a multiplicity of forms and transformations through the new distribution of agency as ongoing processes, transcending simplified and static notions of anthropomorphism or plurimorphism.

We have to learn to identify, trace and follow the metamorphoses within which reveal the trace of Gaia — it undergoes continuous transformations along with all the actors - from microorganisms to geological processes - constantly negotiating and adapting in response to one another.