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>Elemental spirits are beings who are consciousnesses of trees and rocks and so on. Everything in nature has a corresponding elemental spirit.
True. As far as im aware, the spiritual manifestation of each elemental is as follows:
>Air - Sylphs
>Water - Undines
>Earth - Gnomes
>Fire - Salamanders
>Humanity is a sort of midwife who was created in order to help bring to light the personality of nature. The light of human consciousness helps to animate tree spirits and rock spirits, creating a living community of beings in nature, all of whom have characteristics that are similar to humanity.
Agree they are intrinsically connected to us and exist in a kind of etheric symbiotic relationship to mankind.
>Cars have consciousnesses too, as do computers.
This is something a bit different in my opinion. These "spirits" seem to be a product of modernity and some of the first solid recorded information regarding this phenomena seems to date from WWII (specifically RAF engineers who would find inexplicable faults with the aircraft machinery they were working with and pilots would report strange phenomena happening whilst in the air. They came to term this phenomena "Gremlins" (it's where the saying "gremlins in the system" comes from)
I cant source it but I recall reading an account of a pilot who's aircraft was badly shot up but he managed to land without incident and he credited the "gremlins" with helping him out on this occasion. They seem to have mischievous natures more than a malicious ones.
It seems machines are capable of generating (or at least) attracting spirits of their own. I woundn't personally class these as elementals though. I think they are something else & a phenomena that warrants further discussion and exploration.