Elementals act like their element- fire consumes, earth holds steady - so choose one that is unlikely to get out of hand, and meshes well with your personality. I have found earth to be easiest for me though. How an elemental is invoked has a lot to do with your background; the Qabbala method with its rather elaborate set ups- tools and formulas- has little in common with shamanistic approach, and every tradition has its own way. The one aspect they all share is to call out/attract the elemental from the physical object associated with it, and have it take from. Being more willful than most spirits, I find myself coxing them more than commanding.
Did you have a particular tradition or goal in mind?
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Cosmic consciousness is devoid of diversity; yet the universe of diversity exists in notion.... We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything and which is everything.... The light of [this] self-knowledge alone illumines all experiences. It shines by its own light. This inner light appears to be outside and to illumine external objects.
-Sage Vasishtha
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