Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘I Origins’: Sci-Fi Reimagining of a Reincarnation Ritual

January 18, 2014 | | R | 1h 46min

Tibetan monks go on searches for reincarnated lamas. They have a method. They track them via word of mouth, cosmic hints, visions, and dreams, to remote villages, hauling lama accouterments of previous incarnations. They then display said accouterments before the suspected reincarnated infant lama, inquiring, “Which was your rattle? Which was your drum? Was this your feather?”