Spiritual Imposters
I've had at least two or three postulates ask me about Imposter spirit's and why they will show up in the beginning.
They will commonly do this to neophytes on most paths of gnosis if you search for reformed witches on youtube they usually think these are demons but they are celestial constructs that strike out at people to get them to stop practicing sorcery they usually do this when a practitioner hasn't set up defenses around their temple or home.
This commonly happens when an individual hits a magical milestone as well it wil make use of the shadow and its paranoia to make the individual see their spirit guides as enemies and allies as enemies as well this is why there are no shortage of witches and sorcerers who practied for yeas only to make a youtube about why they left their craft behind and went to the church their goals are to prevent awakenings and keep dogmatic currents fed there are hundreds of video's of former wiccans, satanist, LHP black magicians and more who have encountered them they are capable of manipulating thought and divanatory expressions they are part of the mechanism living here similar to many astral parasites who can prevent you seeing or astral projecting properly.
There are many methods of cleansing such as the eternity purge if an entity is messing with your thoughts try to take it with a grain of salt so you can come to your own deduction of what you're being guided to do, I often found imposter spirit's will cause beginner's fear and paranoia with speaking to me until they reach out to me try to perform regular shadow work and empower your protections monthly so your senses aren't altered in a way that would decieve you or alter your ascent.
Infernal Blessings to you all!
Here in Mexico, for example, the pre-Hispanic cult of the Great Death has become an appendage of Catholic crap the primordial force that represents the ctonican death is now a Christian egregor, the enemy sneaks through any hole it finds.