Thank very much for your sharing and for all the information, Réka.

I saw the distortions in this one individual as a stark mirror for the betrayal of the self by women in our society. Which aspects do I/we carry in myself/ourselves, are there masochistic, self-effacing, materialistic tendencies that need to be realigned? Maybe these are only relevant questions before Transfiguration has taken place, or are these recurring karmic themes?

I agree with Eddie that change can take place rapidly and unexpectedly, especially when a situation has been too badly out of balance for too long. There is a swing from the yang to the yin to restore harmony (or the other way round). This can also happen on the collective level. Who would ever have thought that the Berlin Wall would crumble so fast at the time? It could have ended in war and destruction, too, but it didn't. Healing can also take place in the blink of an eye, as we all know, as everything is energy and consciousness.