On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Jack W Drews wrote:
> I completed my engine rebuild and started it up. I hope I never get over
> the thrill I feel when I start up a new or rebuilt engine.
>
> There is no indication in Judeo-Christian literature that anything other
> than the human being has a soul -- but I have been tempted to think that
> cars and engines have souls, too. If my car doesn't have a soul, maybe
> at least it has a spirit. Not an evil one, either.
>
Jack, ancient pagans belived spirits dwelled in everything.
Legends are are rife with stories about "things" that have souls.
Like swords that endowed mere plowboys with heroic strength, or travel
great distances to return to the "right" hand. Why shouldn't our cars
in to which we pour so much of our dreams, heart, mind and strength
take only these things and not take of our spirit as well?
You've got to feel a bit sorry for those "wealthy" who hire people
to wrench on their cars. They don't have that close relationship
with our vehicles we enjoy. Their Porsches, Ferraris Astons and Jags
become little more that trousers they put on and take off when it
suits them.
> Let's see -- two weeks yet 'til Road America?
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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