transmigrate

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Ladder�If the 20th Century does not suit, transmigrate to the 25th.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Maricopas, by the Gila, believe when they die they shall transmigrate into birds, beasts, and reptiles, and shall return to the banks of the Colorado, whence they were driven by the Yumas.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

No doubt many of these wretched sufferers would have consented to transmigrate instantly into the bodies of any of the animals who were ending so snugly their earthly careers.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)

In Buddhism, though the Pitakas speak continually of rebirth, metempsychosis is an incorrect expression since there is no soul to transmigrate and there is strictly speaking nothing but karma.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

When the Lama dies, his soul enters immediately into the body of some child, so that he is simply said to transmigrate.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann