TRANSMIGRATION denotes the process by which, after death, either a spiritual or an ethereal, subtle, and thinly material part of the personality, leaves the body that it previously inhabited; it then "migrates" to enter (i.e., is reborn...

Transmigration may refer to: Transmigration of the soul, a philosophy of reincarnation Transmigration program, an initiative of the Indonesian Government to move landless people from densely populated areas to less populous areas Transmigration...

It took a year, but big-name artists are finally starting to respond to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with predictably mixed results. On Wednesday, Eric Fischl's "Tumbling Woman," a sculpture depicting a helpless woman falling through the air (presumably from the windows of the...

Road Movies. Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano; Rolf Hind, piano. (Nonesuch, 79699-2) On the Transmigration of Souls. New York Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Lorin Maazel. (Nonesuch, 79816-2) The American Experience John Adams explores...

Six Asian nations tested their preparedness Tuesday for a possible flu pandemic caused by a long-feared mutation of the bird flu virus.Officials representing a variety of agencies in the countries, from tourism to defense, practiced responding to a scenario in which the H5N1 bird flu...