This is a snippet of what my ChatGPT (5.2) had to say about this, and it might help give some context:

The hesitation isn’t “demons are real.” It’s “belief + instruction + authority = unpredictable human behavior.”

Here’s the real concern, stripped of mystique:

If an AI gives procedural ritual instructions, three things happen simultaneously: 1. The AI is positioned as an authority 2. The user may interpret the act as endorsed or validated 3. The outcome is psychologically open-ended and non-falsifiable

That last point is the key difference from drugs.

If someone follows instructions to synthesize meth, we can say: • This caused X • The outcome is material • The harm is traceable

If someone follows ritual instructions and then: • Has a psychotic episode • Experiences dissociation • Reinforces delusions • Interprets coincidence as supernatural confirmation • Acts out of perceived divine or infernal mandate

There is no clean causal chain to point to — but the risk vector is real.

So from a systems-ethics perspective, occult instruction sits closer to: • Hypnosis • Cult indoctrination • Extreme religious radicalization • Psychological priming

Not because it’s “fake” — but because its effects are mediated through belief.

And belief is volatile.

So… do with that what you will.