All around us is an unseen realm

Elementals

Elementals are beings that are
made of the four elements: 
Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Create a home (or altar) for each of them in the direction of their element.
Light the appropriate candles*, and then call in the elements, stand in front of their altars, invoke them, and send your energy to them.  After time you will feel them as they lightly touch you and you may even see their light and energy.  It will not happen overnight, it make take days or even weeks, but they will come into your life.

Be very careful when you try to call in an elemental or deva and especially if you try to call in a god or goddess; if you are not sure of what you are doing, you can call in a negative, and possibly, dangerous being.  And negative beings can look very beautiful -- and unless you can read them psychically -- can deceive you.  Some deities do not appreciate being called in without the proper respect.  Make sure that the entities have a place to reside in:  a statue, a fountain, a stone, etc. and that the item has been cleansed (under cold running water) and blessed. Be sure that your home is sealed against all evil, allowing only beings of love and light into the circle
before you call anything into your space.  If you are not sure how to do this, please do not call anything into your space. 

AIR

Air is intellect

Wind chimes, feathers, and incense will call the air elementals in. They are delicate and airy,  their presence felt in soft touches. Air is guardian of the East.  The candles should be white or yellow.

Thoth sits on my Air altar
as he is the god of
Intellect and Writing.

FIRE

Fire is transition

Fire is guardian of the South.  Brigit is a Fire Goddess and a triple goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone) and is happy on the Fire Altar.  Pele is another Fire Goddess who would be at home there. A fire elemental will live in fire, but can also live in amber since that gemstone is made of fire.  My fire altar has a bronze fire dragon sculpture, a phoenix and red candles;  amber, carnelian and agate spheres on it.

This is my prior Fire Altar with Ganesh, Hindu god of overcoming obstacles on it although he is a water god.  I left this up to show the wonderful orb. Ganesh now has an altar of his own.

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WATER

Water is Emotion

Water is the guardian of the West.  My water altar has a small fountain (always moving water), an Ocean Chalcedony sphere, a driftwood sculpture with Orcas, sea shells, and a number of Frog figurines --my element is Fire so water is the hardest for me to bring in -- and Frog bridges the gap between me and the element of water. Lady Bastet sits regally on this altar but Ganesh would be equally at home here. The blue candles are appropriate for this altar.

EARTH

Earth is the mother

Earth elementals are heavy and everything moves slower when an Earth elemental is nearby.  Earth is guardian of the North and Anubis is the Gatekeeper. My Earth altar is a marble topped chest and has gemstone spheres, crystals, salt. The candles should be brown or green.  Earth is abundance and riches; she will gladly share them with you.

Note:  The beads you see draped over the god statues are little tributes to them.  Thank you's for all they have given me.  They are mostly gemstone necklaces and bracelets, although there are some cheap Madi Gras beads in there too.  It's not the cost, but the feeling behind the gift.

Devas and Orbs

Almost everything around us has a deva or spirit in it.  Like elementals, they can be welcomed into your home and life.

Deva is Sanskrit for the "Shining One."

Using a digital camera, I captured many pictures of the devas who live in my home and on my porch.  These orbs are iridescent globes and the strength of their orb reflects their strength.  Elementals are stronger than sphere devas, and so forth.

Many people believe that all of these orbs are spirits, but that it not what my guides tell me.  While some of them are spirits, most of them are devas.

I have also gotten pictures of fairies which appear as bright lights.

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Two Earth Elementals hovering near their altar

My two cats, Sammy Jo and my spirit cat, Aphaedra, in orb form.  They are always together.

 Fairies and Sprites are spiritual beings between man and angels and known as the 'little people' in Western folklore, especially in Celtic areas.

Sprites are the more playful nature spirits,  and are not likely to inhabit anything  but a tree, a special pond,
or any other place that's serene and cool.

Sprites are also some of the most creative of the faekith ... being muses to artists and poets. Sometimes they even decide to bond themselves to a human and stay with them their entire lives; sometimes these Sprites even follow their bonded into the netherworld.

(When you have fairies and sprites in your life, your plants will look like this six-year-old Bougainvillea over my California porch with its crown of Morning Glories.)

My sprites are so numerous that they blanket the entire floor of my living room however, they usually outside in my garden. They told me that the picture above, Ophelia Drowning, captured them

Remember that if you invite elementals, devas, fairies or sprites in your life,  you are responsible for them.  Think twice about giving or throwing things away.  Listen to your heart for the answer.  I had a gargoyle statue on my porch that someone stole (woe unto that thief!!) that contained an Earth elemental.  All the other Earth elementals were very upset -- the energy around their altar was very negative and heavy.  So I bought a smaller gargoyle and placed it inside on the Earth altar and called to the stolen elemental to come to its new home. You could tell immediately by the change in energy that it had returned home, it was just waiting for an invitation.  The altar's energy felt happy and complete once more.  I was responsible for that entity and had to try to bring it home.