There’s actually a nice article that explain it here:
Aaron Leitch wrote an excellent article on personal gnosis that I think everyone, especially noobs, ought to read. It deals with the proper place as well as the limitations inherent in getting gnosis directly from spirits. https://www.llewellyn.com/blog/2018/01/the-problem-with-personal-gnosis/
This also applies to downloads… It should be also mentioned that interpretations from your subconscious impulses are always difficult, and prone to being over-reliant on emotional and assumptive conscious-mind input.