Unexplained Mysteries: The new book by Richard Salva, "Soul Journey: From Lincoln to Lindbergh" is based on a quote by Himalayan Yogi Paramhansa Yogananda, which states that aviator Charles Lindbergh was the reincarnation of US president Abraham Lincoln. The book explores in detail the concepts of reincarnation and karma, and delves in to the lives of both men in order to demonstrate the similarities between them. Many important events are covered here, including the American Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation of Lincoln's era, to Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic. At all times, the similarities between the two men are explored.The main theme of the book is the concept of past lives, and the evidence which points to Lincoln and Lindbergh as a prime example of reincarnation of the soul. In exploring this, the author not only provides a compelling case for reincarnation, but also provides a fascinating look through the lives of the two men, taking you on both a journey through the soul and through history, and covering their participation in some of America's most significant events.

Even if you aren't convinced about reincarnation, the book still provides a fantastic history lesson, and will undoubtedly teach you a lot about Lincoln and Lindbergh that you didn't know already. The book consists of pairs of stories, each covering one of the two men and then followed by a comparable story about the other. This layout makes the book very approachable, and I found myself picking it up when I had a spare moment to read another couple of stories."Soul Journey: From Lincoln to Lindergh" is recommended reading to anyone who has an interest in reincarnation of the soul, but anyone who isn't convinced by this aspect will still find the book a fascinating look into the lives of the two men. Well worth a look.

Erm, maybe I've got this wrong, but I thought the point of karmic reincarnation was NOT to repeat the same life... but this book apparently explores the similarities in the lives of Lincoln and Lindburgh. Doesn't that sort of negate the point?

Based on the theory, a soul may repeat many elements of a past life, have a similar attitude, exhibit similar physical traits, be drawn to certain locations, to certain people and will have goals which complement that which may not have been accomplished before.

Ah, right - okay, thanks for enlightening me. I sort of understood the idea of reincarnation as being a kind of ladder - that there were certain tasks or goals that your soul had to meet, in order to ascend into the afterlife, and you were given any number of lifetimes in order to complete these goals. I didn't understand that you would/could be placed in a similar 'life-type' (for lack of a better term), I thought it was a fresh beginning each time. I'm not sure if I like your explanation or my understanding better - I know there are certain things in this lifetime I'm not eager to repeat...

I have read this book and found it very interesting. Towards the end of the book i felt that the author was streching it abit. He made a good point that had Lincoln lived then we have a better comparsion between the two. I think its a good read.

Lincoln is more like JFK.

Charles Lindbergh was nothing like Lincoln. first of all Lindbergh was a nazi simpather(sp) and I never heard of lincoln saying somthing anti-semtic. but I do belive in reincartion cause theres a lot of stuff on it thats beliveable, I just doubt lindbergh is a reincartion of lincoln

Lincoln was rasict against blacks.

How did you come to that conclusion ?