Soul Journey from Lincoln to Lindbergh , a book written by Richard Salva, claims that Thanksgiving has a Hindu origin. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States , Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The book is based on a statement by the great master of yoga, Paramhansa Yogananda, who declared that Abraham Lincoln had been a Himalayan yogi in a past life, and that he was reborn as the famous aviator, Charles Lindbergh. In his book, Richard Salva presents more than 500 connections between Lincoln , Lindbergh, and the ancient spiritual science of yoga. Richard Salva says: "During my search for signs of a past-life yoga practice I noticed that President Lincoln repeatedly chose Thursdays as national days of prayer, fasting, and thanksgiving. It is because of Lincoln that we celebrate Thanksgiving on a Thur