Metamorphosis

noun, plural metamorphoses [met-uh-mawr-fuh-seez]

1.Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly.

[..] 3. any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

The most common idea of metamorphosis is linked to a slow physical process that, passing through different steps, will eventually lead to the flourishing final point of a living being. However, a metamorphosis can simply identify with a mutation, be it explicit or ambiguous, radiant or shady, gracious or malevolent: it's a remarkable change. The final destination is not always a colourful butterfly, as Kafka teaches, and the theatre of the mutation can sometimes leave the body, to approach more controversial psychological scapes.