It is admited in almost all occult traditions:
nature spirits (elementals) do not have an ego like man has. The ego is spiritual in itself. This is corroborated by Blavatsky. If one thinks he can see bette than Steiner and Blavatsky, well I expect you to have solid grounds upon which you can found this assertion.
Nature 'spirits' are in fact soul-etheric complexes which enliven nature. they have a limited capacity of freewill, but it is used by higher hierarchies or by man himself when he learns how to do it. Beware of magical practices and the old times religion: today these are wrong ways to connect ourselves with elementals.
they oscillate between loe and hate, antipathy and sympathy, that is they are confined to astral feelings, they cannot control their feelings because they have not ego, no "I'.
likewise, animals have a group soul, theuir ego is not located in each individuals but on the astral plane. On the astral plane, each member of the same specie share the same ego or 'I'.
Fire beings have a special connexion to the ego, though. the ego of humans links with the bodu through the warmth in the blood, or we may say the 'fire' of the blood. therefore, fire 'spirits' have somewhat an ego like man. Some fire spirits are ex-men, parts of human beings which splitted at death and gained a srot of independance. they are most of the time dangerous bcause they are packed with chaotic passions.
Coming back to elementals (nature 'spirits'), they cannot be held responsible fotr the tricks they play upon us because they have no moral sense. One cannot say a lion is bad because it devous its prey, it is 'nature'. Likewise, elementals have no 'I', therefore no moral responsibility. they like to play tricks upon us. Tosay they have not I does'nt mean they have no wisdom: they incarnate nature's wisdom. That doesn't chane the fact that
1) they have no ego (or 'I') and only a limited amount of freewill, but that is used by higher spiritual hiereachies or man himself (magicians and occultists).
2) they have no moral responsibility
3)they are linked with our sols because they link to our ego (or higher hierarchies)
Bcause the angels are gone now, most elementals aer confused and seek recognition of man.Therefore, they generate cataclysmic events, in order to demonstrate to man that he is destroying nature and hurtin nature's invisible beings.
Devas are of a different order. they are Earth angels. they are above elementals, but much more linked with the being of the earth itself. Devas are of feminine apprearance, whereas angels of the outer cosmos look more masculine. Devas guide elementals. Both devas and elementals can be fallen, and therefore annoying for us humans. All elemantals are not friendly, I warn you. But it is important to spiritualize our perceptions in order to take the elemntal back into the ascending current of their evolution, and if possible, redeem those who are fallen. But most of us are still incapable of this... yet.
One must not confuse soul and spirit.
Yes great spirits work in matter, but these are not elementals. Elementals are the workers of nature, architects and thinkers of nature are higher angelic hierarchies.
Byebye
Druid