Elementaries vs. Intelligences in Magic

Elementaries Versus Intelligences Two primary methods exist to get non-physical entities to work

for you. One invovles an act of creation and the other requires making friends.

By creating an elementary/servitor, a magician does not incur any kind of debt to an outside

spirit. Likewise this avoids the issue of mental manipulation that comes along with

working with another being. The disadvantage is that you must teach the spirit

what to do and provide it the energy to work with regularly in an active manner. The advantage to

utilizing an intelligence, or spirit, is that they come with a tremendous amount of knowledge

regarding the subject matter at hand. They will draw energy off of you to power their efforts on