I find it difficult to accept the notion of valid spirit communication, there seem to be quite a lot of them around.
Now fair do's we have a situation following the delluge when there were quite a number of spirits, more spirits than humans by all accounts if we relate to the 'Legion' episode related in the NT and elsewhere, no doubt a reason for the Hindu Janis understanding of incarnation through the animal/insect population, (any flesh will do when push comes to shove), after all swine were used in the case of Legion.
Is it not without reason that these spirits have a brief of their own, an agenda to suit their own and one that we should consider carefully if pre flood experience is to be taken into account.
Deceit is a hard nut to crack when delivered by an expert, wouldn't you say?
A honey trap does not always refer to a good looking tempter of the opposite sex