1. Spirits, Being Fallen Themselves, are False Guides

World Scripture

O Lord, how can a god or a demon know all the extent of Your glory? You alone know what You are, by the light of Your innermost nature.
Bhagavad-Gita 10.14 (Hinduism)

Even in His servants He puts no trust, and His angels He charges with error.
Job 4.18

Alas for the blindness of the sons of men, all unaware as they are how full the earth is of strange and invisible beings and hidden dangers, which could they but see, they would marvel how they themselves could survive on the earth.
Zohar 1.55a (Judaism)

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness, all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I say, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like any prince.”
Psalm 82

Teachings of Sun Myung Moon

Spiritual phenomena include the activities of ghosts or evil spirits. However, these do not lead to resolving our relationship with God. Unless we are taught the correct relationship with God, and unless we understand the influences of evil spirits on us, we cannot find our proper place in the universe.
(191:11, June 24, 1989)

The spirit world is in the Cain position and the earth is in the Abel position.³⁷ Up to now, the spirit world, in the Cain position, has been dominating humankind. When people allow themselves to be guided by spiritual mediums, they are only allowing spirits to command earthly people for their own benefit.
(83:15, February 5, 1976)

Today many people are suffering from psychological disorders, and some mutter to themselves. Do you know why this happens? It is caused by the spirit world. Spirits from the lower realms cannot ascend to the higher realms on their own, so they manipulate earthly people. But low spirits do not have a good viewpoint or direction; [therefore their influences always have an adverse affect on people]. Good spirits, on the other hand, have a clear direction.
(91:273, February 27, 1977)