Metempsychosis

[Sarah]

The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the deathof the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body,whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T.Browne.

[Sarah]

not just reincarnation, but the experience of the transmigration of the soul. and contrary to the other definition posted here, quite a few people know the meaning of this word.

[Sarah]

reincarnation; the process of being born to a new body after death.

[Sarah]

See [reincarnation] .