Hermetic systems' "testing" of spirits

[gurugeorge]

In many traditional systems of magick, both Eastern and Western, that involve astral travelling, there are systems of symbolism that you use to "test" spirits.  E.g., one consciously "invokes" a "realm", and one "tests" the entities one meets in one's travels in that realm to see whether the symbolic "language" they give out jibes with what they "should" give out according to the realm you've invoked (in order to be able to discern whether they are telling the truth or are misleading).  In the Western Hermetic systems there are several symbolic structures - e.g. Qabalah, Alchemical symbolism, etc.

Does anybody here have experience of that sort of thing?  Does anybody do the traditional magickal type of astral travelling where they "test" spirits?

[Nita]

www.lava.net/~pagios
Hello Guru George
  I will test this link when I am through with this message. William Mistele has articles about the type of testing you are talking about.
    Nita

[gurugeorge]

Thanks for the link Nita - interesting stuff.

Still interested to hear from anybody here who has experience using any "systems" - Qabalistic, Hermetic, Franz Bardon, Golden Dawn, Thelemic (Crowley), etc.